Manifestations et grèves: sont-elles efficaces?

Equip your A-level French students with the vocabulary and confidence to discuss one of France's most significant recent protests through structured opinion work and exam-style speaking practice.

What's included

• Opinion cards for categorisation – 14 statements presenting arguments for and against demonstrations and strikes that students sort, discuss and evaluate
• AQA-style speaking card – exam preparation focused on the Gilets Jaunes protests with an image stimulus and core questions
• Extension questions – additional prompts for deeper discussion or homework research on government responses, media reactions and the effectiveness of protest

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How to use this resource

Start with the opinion cards to build students' understanding of the debate around strikes and demonstrations. Students can work in pairs or small groups to categorise the statements, explain their reasoning and place them on an opinion line to assess the strength of each argument. This preliminary work gives them the vocabulary and ideas they need to tackle the speaking card with confidence. The additional questions work well as extension material for more able students or as a research task to deepen understanding of the Gilets Jaunes movement before attempting the speaking card.

Looking for more like this?

For more A-level French resources on politics, try:

• Le président français perd sa popularité chez les jeunes – discussion activities and speaking card on young people's political engagement
• L'engagement politique : cartes de discussions – three speaking cards covering teenagers, voting rights and political engagement
• Election campaign – role-play activity to practise discussing election campaigns

Browse our full collection of politics resources: Politics resources for A-level French