Annales school is a type of learning approach used in French schools. It is based on teaching children by looking at the past and learning from it. Students learn about history, language, science, and art through examining and reading documents from different periods of time. For example, a student might read texts from the 1600s about agriculture to understand how people lived and worked during that time. Annales school encourages students to think critically about what they are learning and to form their own opinions.