The Christmas Truce

The Christmas Truce is a very famous event in WWI. A truce is when enemies at war stop fighting for a short period before it starts again.

Watch this TV commercial and explain what happened.



Here is a longer video explaining the real story behind the commercial:
The Chistmas Truce, by Extra Credits.

What other Christmas commercials do you remember? Do you think they really embrace the Christmas spirit? Why? Why not?

"Caleb"

I have a new short film for you! This time it is the story of a clever child whose parents are very, very busy. Then he decides to do something about it.

Stop at minute 13:40. What do you think will happen in the end?

 

The Devil's Dictionary

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) was a famous journalist from the 19th and 20th centuries. He is better known for his work, The Devil's Dictionary, where he compiled funny definitions of thousands of terms.

Here are a few of the most celebrated. Which one is your favourite?

You can try to come up with your own Devil´s Dictionary. If you are out of ideas, you can try an online list like https://www.randomlists.com/things and see how many things can you define... badly (it also works with people and places!).

Also, Bierce's original dictionary is available, like many other classics, from http://www.gutenberg.org

'Murderous' Worlds Exposed in NASA's 'Galaxy of Horrors' Video

This is a video that NASA created to describe some of the exoplanet that have recently been discovered. Do you find them terrifying?









You can also look at these posters created by NASA about some of the places we could explore one day.



 





 Here's the link where you can download them if you are interested.



https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/visions-of-the-future/

as...as, too..., enough

Here's a presentation about other ways of comparing things.

You can also look at this story from the BBC. Do you recognize the characters? What are their names in your language?