Bienvenue~Welcome!
This page is our guide to practicing & having some more fun with French in language lab.
- Population: 67.2 million people live in the country (2018)
- Capital: Paris, with 2.2 million inhabitants
- Name: République Française (French Republic)
- Motto: 'Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité' (Liberty, Equality, Fraternity)
- Government: Democracy
- Language: French
- Religion: mainly Christians (Roman Catholics 64%)
- Currency: 1 Euro=100cents, until 2002 French Franc
- History: In 700-500BC the Celtic Gauls arrive in France. In 58-50BC Roman Emperor Julius Caesar defeats the Gauls and France becomes part of the Roman Empire until 476AD. French was ruled by kings for many centuries until the storming of the Bastille during the French Revolution in 1789. Then Napoleon becomes Emperor of the French Republic until he is sent to exile.
- Flag: blue, white and red. The French refer to the flag as 'Tricolore' (French for 'three colours')
- Anthem: the French anthem is also called 'La Marseillaise' Listen to the text of the French national anthem here (link to YouTube)
France Map and Geography
Reference links for info above are from the sites:. Please click on to find out more.http://le-lutin-savant.com/g-fleuves-de-france.html
https://www.kids-world-travel-guide.com/france-facts.html
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Review for Final (Check out the links, vids, & songs on this page)
L'Alphabet Alphabet song slideshow practice
Les Nombres 0-20 Numbers song
Le Calendrier Calendar song
Le temps/Weather words
French Facts (review above and check ws/notes)
La géographie/ French map (ID important bodies of water, rivers, major cities & product, mountains)
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EHS Graduates/ Our FrenchEskymos:
-FrenchEskymos in Paris
-FrenchEskymos in Africa
-Parisian Monuments Slideshare
Virtual Tours:
360 Tour Eiffel Plus d'Eiffel :virtual tour
Tour Eiffel virtuel 360
Le Louvre: Virtual tour Awesome Louvre virtual
Sacre Coeur (Basilica/overlooking Paris)
Vidéos/Tours:
Sony a600 Paris
Time Elapse Paris
Notre Dame (world famous Gothic church)
News:
Flooding in Paris Update in Paris
Labo: Click on pages on FrenchEskymosBlogspot.
French games
Name that flag game
France Facts/Vid
-Français Facile (Easy French Vids/songs...)
-Additional French Resources
Digital Dialects (Review colors/ couleurs) LanguageGuide.org
Basics:
Review L'alphabet, les couleurs: Slideshare/chanson, les nombres, les jours...
Nombres 0-10 (Game/Jeu)
Conjuguemos Games
Nombres
Quia Nombres
Bonjour (song/chanson)
Les jours (days)
Les jours (vid/chanson)
Le Calendrier listening
french-games
Polylingual French course :)
Les Fêtes...
Joyeux Halloween
Apprenez les mots d'Halloween
Chanson de squelette
L'histoire du fantôme/Ghost story
Les catacombs
La méteo/ French Weather
View the French weather Slideshare
Il pleut. (rain song)
Les transports:
Les transports ( by/ en)
Quizlet: les transports
Restaurant: Le train bleu
virtuel
Géography Now France Vidéo!
Géography Google Docs w/ slideshow & video links (Assignent on Google Classroom)
Slideshare: French Rivers
Online QZ French Geography
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French Facts
Scavenger Searches:
10/22 Paris scavenger hunt Google Docs 1
Google Docs 2
French Trivia@ funtrivia.com
Les dessins-animes/cartoons:
Eponge Bob
Mouseketeers Tom & Jerry
Final Presentation:Ville de la France: French city presentation