Didam 2024

    Le vendredi 12 septembre 2025, la classe de terminale AMC (anglais monde contemporain) est allée au musée DIDAM à Bayonne pour visiter une exposition de 2 journalistes très connus en France. L'exposition s'intitule :" Plantu et Reza : regards sur le monde". 

Plantu est un dessinateur connu pour ses caricatures qui parlent de l’actualité et de la paix dans le monde. Il a beaucoup travaillé pour le journal Le Monde. 

Reza, lui, est un photographe qui voyage dans de nombreux pays pour raconter, à travers ses photos, des histoires de guerre, d’exil mais aussi d’espoir. 

Cette sortie a permis à la classe de découvrir la force des images et de mieux comprendre comment l’art peut faire passer des messages importants.

Mars 2025

 

In this magazine you can find articles about:

p.6-11: American Healthcare in crisis : The U.S healthcare is criticized for its costs and inequalities.

p.14-15: London's pie-and-mash shops are disappearing : Traditional London food.

p.18-19: Justin Trudeau's legacy : An assessment of the Canadian Prime Minister.

p.22-23: Los Angeles has lost some of its trailblazing architecture : Fires in Los Angeles devastated architecture.

p.34-35: Are you ready for another pandemic? : The risk of a new pandemic.

p.36-37: Was Anderson, one of the cinema's great auteurs : Wes Anderson's unique visual and narrative style.

February 2025

     In the 2025 February issue of  Vocable you can find articles about : 

   - Alaska and on the difficulty of supplying by plane

   - Adults buyings toys 

   - Value of masters degrees in the U.S. and in the U.K.

   - TV series influencing travel 💓💓💓

   - Biography of Malcom X

   - The decline of the U.S. marijuana industry

   - Politics in New Zealand

   - Science : Insects in winter / Making babies without sperm or eggs)

   - Cinema with the release of the films : Queer and The Brutalist 

   - Music with the group post punk Adwaith 

   - Different profiles such as Angelina Jolie and Daisy Johnson.

“Pencils as Weapons Against Censorship”

This cartoon was drawn by Plantu, a famous French cartoonist known for his political and press cartoons.

It shows a group of people demonstrating and holding pencils in the air, which symbolizes protest and unity.

The drawing is mainly in black and white, but some details are in color to highlight their importance: the French flag, the Phrygian hat represent for the citizens, and the green pencils which represent weapons against censorship.

On the one hand, the cartoon is a tribute to the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris in 2015, with hidden symbols like the dove with newspaper wings or the paper in the corner. On the other hand, it is also a call for the defense of freedom of speech, showing French citizens fighting for their rights.

Finally, the cartoon clearly refers to Eugène Delacroix’s famous painting Liberty Leading the People, which shows the idea of resistance and people fighting together. This painting is also very significant for French citizens.

                    Kauan , Marni , Marie Louise ,Constance 

Secularism and peaceful coexistence

This cartoon was made by Plantu. He is a famous French cartoonist known for his political drawings. We chose this cartoon because it shows the three values of the French republic. First, it defends peace and democracy. Moreover, it represents equality between religions in the country .

On the umbrella we can read "liberty, equality,    secularism". After that , in the center , the three religions are represented under the umbrella as if it is protected . On the left we can clearly observe a Christian church next to a mosque and a synagogue . By the way , the person holding the umbrella is a Marianne figure , a symbol of the French republic . 

Finally, this cartoon shows that secularism allows people of all religions to live together peacefully under the values of the French Republic.

Anthony . A / Swann .B 

The power of Drawing (Plantu)

 Plantu whose real name is Jean Plantureux is a French political cartoonist. He has became well known for his satirical and political drawings published for décade in Le Monde. He published is first Caricature in 1972. The Caricature’s name is « La liberté guidant le peuple ». It’s an homage to « Je suis Charlie » movement after the 2015 attack at Charlie Hebdo. The central figure is Marianne by Eugène Delacroix. In his painting he changed the weapons into pencils to show the power of drawing when you want to claim things. 

We choose this Caricature because he draw that Caricature to show that we don’t need violence to passed message. 

Eugénie 

Théodore 

Eneko 

Halimi Veil Law 2017

 The author of this cartoon is Plantu, a famous French press cartoonist.He work for Le Monde, and became well known for his political drawings. Here, he represents two iconic French women: Gisèle Halimi and Simone Veil.He chose them because both played a important role in the fight for women’s rights.Halimi was a lawyer and activist, while Veil defended and passed the law on abortion.The drawing shows how activism and politics worked together.Plantu’s style is simple, with black and white lines and touches of red for symbolism.This cartoon was chosen because it celebrates equality and social progress.It also reminds us that women had to fight hard to gain fundamental rights.

In conclusion, the gorvenement in United States give the power to ban abortion. The french governement is desagree with that. And now it is written in constitution. 

Leana Charles Lilly Oscar TE 

Halimi-Veil Law, 2017

 We chose Plantu’s cartoon entitled “ Loi Halimi-Veil” , illustrated in 2017. We can observe the former French Minister of Health and the former President of the European Parliament : Simone Veil. On the left, we can notice Gisèle Halimi, a former French lawyer. 

They both defended the right to abortion in France. They are both running on a track field, while holding the female symbol and a legal document. 

These two women are unsung heroes of France. They fought for women’s rights. 

It’s a paramount cause in today’s society. It is still an issue in certain countries. So it is certainly a topical issue.

Due to some recent events that took place in the United States of America, where Trump opposed abortion, the French government decided to add this law about abortion to the Constitution.

Yeshi Amélie Enea Alona 

Halimi-Veil Law, 2017

«  Vous ne me faites pas peur » Simone Veil.