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War Times Journal

War Times Journal: The French Revolt and Empire: A Napoleonic Wars Summary

For Students 9th - 10th
This site describes the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars. Read the history of these wars from 1792-1815.
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Central Intelligence Agency

Cia: World Factbook: French Polynesia

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource from the CIA World Factbook provides a detailed fact sheet of French Polynesia. The content covers the country's geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues. It...
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Other

Mount Vernon Ladies' Association: Washington and the French and Indian War

For Students 9th - 10th
Washington began his involvement with the French and Indian War by volunteering to be a Britain's emissary to the French to order them to leave British territory. However, he became mired in the conflict and ended the war when the French...
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The Newberry Library

Newberry Library: The French Colonial Empire, 1500 1800

For Students 9th - 10th
Learnng module uses primary resource material to teach about the French Colonial Empire and how French expansion shaped modern-day countries.
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Collections Online: French Oil Sketches

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of 19 images of French oil sketches painted during the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries that are part of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's collections. Click on each title to see an enlarged image and...
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Tom Richey

Tom Richey: The French Revolution and Napoleon

For Students 9th - 10th
The lessons, videos, and slideshows will help those studying the French Revolution examine the problems causing the fall of the Old Regime and follow the French Revolution through its liberal, radical, and Napoleonic phases.
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Libertyonline: Autobiography by Thomas Jefferson: French Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
This autobiographical site takes the writings of Jefferson and breaks them down into easy to read sections. Here you will find the section on the French Revolution.
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Virtual Museum of Canada

Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: The French Connection

For Students 9th - 10th
This exhibit features narratives and pictures that recount the history of French settlers to the banks of the Detroit River in the 1700s.
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Ohio History Central

Ohio History Central: French and Indian War

For Students 9th - 10th
The struggle for territory between the European countries led to the French and Indian War. This war had far-reaching consequences for the colonists and Great Britain. Discover reasons the war began and how the end of this war eventually...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: French Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of French Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Immigration and Ethnic History Society

Iehs: Lacroix, the Transplantation of French Canada: A Challenge to Immigration

For Students 9th - 10th
This article focuses on the migration of French Canadians into the New England area and the impact on the area and the Roman Catholic Church. By the Great Depression, nearly a million Canadians of French descent had settled in the United...
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US Department of State

Office of the Historian: The United States and the French Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
The French Revolution had political consequences in the United States. It forced us to adopt a clear foreign policy of neutrality and to pass legislation concerning immigration. Examine how Jefferson and Adams responded to the French...
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Wisc-Online

Wisc Online: English Words of French Origin

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this learning activity, students read and listen to English words from the French language.
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City University of New York

The Rhineland Crisis: The French Reaction

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief one page summary of French government viewpoint by Flandin, French minister of Foreign affairs, and the rationale for inaction in light of Hitler's remilitarization of the Rhineland.
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US Department of State

Dien Bien Phu and the Fall of French Indochina, 1954

For Students 9th - 10th
Historical account of U.S. involvement and rise of Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam after the fall of French Indochina in 1954. Site contains photgraphs and topic related links.
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University of Texas at Austin

Francais Interactif Fetes: Holidays

For Students 9th - 10th
Wonderful interactive video clips, interviews and vocabulary all relating to French holidays and traditions. Site has excellent cultural information, high quality videos and top-notch auditory practice.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Knowledge and Power in Medieval France

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource provides text and artifacts from France from late 8th to late 15th centuries. Discusses the roles of monarchs and monasteries in early French history.
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: French Revolution and Us History

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive resource explores the outbreak of the French Revolution (1789-1799) and its effects on United States history.
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Other

Philadelphia Print Shop: The French & Indian War

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a brief history of the war with information on the British and the French. The page also includes a link to "Maps of the French & Indian War," which could be used in an elementary classroom setting. Note that this is an...
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Other

Suffolk County Community College: French Absolutism

For Students 9th - 10th
This article describes the nature of French Absolutism and gives some historical background to the practice of absolutism in 18th century France.
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Library of Congress

Loc: B. B. French's Diary

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is provided for by the Library of Congress. Benjamin Brown French, politician and Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, kept a diary. The Library of Congress has digitalized for display the December 25, 1851, entry...
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The Wharton Group

Discover France: The French Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a site about the history of the French Revolution. The first section discusses causes of the Revolution. Also discusses its course and consequences.
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New Advent

Catholic Encyclopedia: The French Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of The French Revolution with a special emphasis on the role of the Catholic Church. Please note that ?The Catholic Encyclopedia? is a historic reference source and should be viewed in the context of resource material dated...
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The French Twins by Lucy Fitch Perkins

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of the novel The French Twins by Lucy Fitch Perkins. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.

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