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French and Family
Where is France? Interest young learners in exploring France, French language, and French culture. They identify similarities and differences between French and American families, speak the French words for family members, analyze maps,...
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French and Indian War: Make A Map
Fifth graders create a map of the battles that occurred during The French and Indian War. In this history lesson plan, 5th graders read about the war in their text books, then divide into groups to create a detailed map of a famous...
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Intermediate French Review: Matching
Match the French word or phrase on the left to its English counterpart on the right. This online worksheet provides practice for those learning French. Title claims it assesses the allez and venir verb forms, but vocabulary items are...
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French _er Verbs
This word search includes 12 French -er verbs to locate in the puzzle. There is little research to support the use of word searches in the classroom; however, this could be a sponge or anticipatory activity.
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The House
Oú est la cuisine? Several activities are suggested here to develop and further vocabulary acquisition for your beginning French speakers. They draw pictures of different rooms in a house and place objects around the room. Then, using...
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French Matching Worksheet
In this foreign language worksheet, students match the French word with its selected meaning found on the right side of the sheet.
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French and Indian War
Eighth graders examine the French and Indian war and the many events that led up to it. They read a section of their history textbook and write four questions and the answers to the questions. Students then trade questions with another...
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European Integration: Who and Why?
This French IV-V lesson plan addresses European integration into the European Union. French language learners research, discuss, and present in the target language. Online research, discussion, and presentations will take approximately...
Memorial Hall Museum
Problems and Events Leading Up To the Attack of 1704
Groups read primary and secondary sources detailing the ambush at Bloody Brook on September 18, 1675 and the attack on The Falls in May of 1676. After examining the results of each attack, groups reflect on the language used in the...
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Description Quiz
Several things are missing in each picture, can you identify the missing objects? There are two descriptions here: one for a landscape, and the other shows a classroom setting. After reading the descriptions of each (in French), your...
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International Festival: France
Students explore French culture. In this cross-curriculum social studies lesson, students listen to Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans and identify words and landmarks associated with France. Students pronounce several phrases in French,...
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“Double Double Speak Speak”
Bilateral suborbital hematoma? Call an audible? 404? Have fun with “the twittering or warbling of birds,” or as 14th century French speakers would say, have fun with “jargon.” Groups match specialized jargon with plain speech, decode...
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French and Indian War Forts
Eighth graders examine the design and significance of the forts of the French and Indian war. Students conduct Internet research in pairs, and complete a questionnaire about the location, styles, and important information about the...
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Publication
This lesson was designed in response to a class struggling with Le Petit Prince. The author starts the day by having the class describe (in French) the little prince and his planet. Then, they discuss the use of a dictionary and a list...
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Food Words: Scramble
There are so many key vocabulary terms to know for French food! Use this list as a basis, and pair it with some fun activities to get your class moving. You could print off pictures to correspond with each vocabulary word and have...
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Celebration and Satire
Students compare and contrast different perspectives of the French Revolution. For this visual arts lesson, students discuss the use of satire and caricature in history and create satirical cartoons based on contemporary issues.
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Chapter One Review
Designed to review chapter one of Allez, viens!, the French textbook, this resource simply presents a list of questions the teacher will ask the class to review vocabulary. If you do not have access to this textbook, this resource will...
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The Vietnam War (1945 – 1975)
Have you ever wanted to do something so perfectly you wound up not doing it well at all? Young historians use primary and secondary documents to analyze the United States involvement in the Vietnam War. The issues surrounding the...
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Printable Alphabet Poster
Decorate your classroom with a simply adorable alphabet poster. Each letter is represented with a cute drawing and a cursive word. The poster is in full color and designed to print at 24 by 36 inches. See the materials tab for additional...
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La Vie en Cave!
Students investigate the cave paintings of France. They explore various websites, recite and discuss french vocabulary terms, create a painted cave wall, and view and discuss images of French cave paintings.
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Ben Franklin’s Almanac: Being a True Account of the Good Gentleman’s Life
Candace Fleming's award winning Ben Franklin's Almanac is the anchor text for a classroom guide that provides teachers with a cache of pre, during, and post-reading activities.
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The Direct Object
What exactly is a direct object? Use this resource to introduce direct objects to your middle and early high school classrooms. The section at the top explains the part of speech, and then there are 20 sentences below for learners to...
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101 Dalmations and Counting
Fourth graders use numbers from 1-101 in Spanish or French after viewing a video of "101 Dalmations".
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Exploring the Brasseries of Paris
Students read and comprehend materials written for French native speakers; use cognates and contextual visual clues to derive meaning from texts that contain unfamiliar words, expressions, and structures; identify subtleties of meaning...