Seconde : GINI Coefficient

The GINI coefficient is used to indicate income inequality in a society.

Terminale : Truman Doctrine

You can watch below an extract of Truman's speech before a joint session of Congress, March 12, 1947.

Première : Ellis Island

Golden Door is an Italian movie that shows the arrival of European migrants in New York. They have to pass the examinations to be admitted to the United States.
What were their expectations ?
What was their first feeling about the host country ?

Première : Art and Industry

How did Turner represent industrialisation ?

Rain, Steam, and Speed

The Fighting Temeraire

Première : There Will Be Blood

This movie is a masterpiece to learn about the improvement of oil extraction and the rise of a self made-man.
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Seconde : Crossing the Border

"Enayat and Jamal are Afghan refugees who live in a camp in Peshawar and try to escape to Great Britain with the help of people smugglers. Their dangerous journey leads them along the "silk road" through Pakistan, Iran and Turkey towards London."

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Seconde : Worldometers.info

World statistics updated in real time here.

What are the items which increase most ?
Do these numbers reveal inequalities ?

Seconde : Incivilities ?

These photos were taken in London (Elephant and Castle) last summer. Art or incivility ?
I need your opinion.

Seconde : Twitter and the Iran Revolution

" Share and discover what's happening right now, anywhere in the world." We can read this sentence on Twitter. Even if the most frequent tweet is "I'm eating a sandwich", people can share information across the globe thanks to this micro-blogging service.
Take a look at the following picture which is an extract from Persepolis 2.0. The authors of this graphic novel found inspiration in the work of Marjane Satrapi (Persepolis) to speak about the events which happened after the presidential election in Iran last June.