University of Texas at Austin
Francais Interactif Fetes: Holidays
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.
University of Texas at Austin
Francais Interactif Greetings, Introductions
Introductions and vocabulary and phrases relative to the classroom are presented in interesting audio, video and interview clips. Links to pertinent grammar and internet activities. Great site for listening comprehension and cultural...
Other
Office De Tourisme Aix en Provence
A very useful site for beginning French students: photo visit and links to maps,practical information and basic history accessible to early beginners(Presentation); a more in-depth look at the products, traditions, and symbols of the...
Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet: France
This site includes information on the culture of France. It gives information on travel, festivals and special events, attractions, and more. Also includes general information such as history, demographics, and geography of the country.
Digital History
Digital History: The French in Indochina [Pdf]
Looking back on history, one can see the hubris of the French in dealing with the Vietnamese. Read about the imposition of French ideas of government, education, law, and economics in the 350-year involvement of the French in Vietnam,...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: The Art of Parisian Art Dealer Ambroise Vollard
Paris at the end of the nineteenth century was at the center of a cultural arts explosion owing, in part, to the constellation of artists surrounding the art dealership of Ambroise Vollard. This archived report from NPR tells the story...
Howard University
Howard University: African & Caribbean Literature in French
Resource presents an exhaustive bibliography and resources for research on African and Caribbean literature in French.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Wolof
The Wolof constitute a large ethnic group inhabiting the West African country of Senegal, a former French colony, and Gambia, a former British colony. "Wolof" is the name by which the people refer to themselves, and it is also the name...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Afrikaners
The Afrikaners are descendants, to a great extent, of Dutch, German, and French Huguenot settlers, and, to a lesser extent, of English, Scottish, Irish, and other settlers of South Africa. The Dutch language of the first White settlers...
Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media
Teaching History: The New World: A Stage for Cultural Interaction
During European colonization, how did the French, Spanish, and Dutch view the Native Americans and how did their interaction differ? What affect did their interaction have on colonization?
Ohio State University
Osu History Teaching Institute: The French Revolution
The French Revolution challenged political, social and cultural norms in European society. The lesson is broken down into three parts: political, shifts in power, French nationalism.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: Louis Xiv
Slideshow provides historic images of King Louis XIV of France.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: Eiffel Tower
Explore four online exhibits detailing the story behind the construction of the Eiffel Tower. The story is told using an array of documents and photos.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Mangareva
Countries and Their Cultures spotlights Oceania's Mangareva culture of French Polynesia. Information includes orientation; history and cultural relations; settlements; economy; kinship; marriage and family; sociopolitical organization;...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Tahiti
Countries and Their Cultures spotlights Oceania's Tahiti of French Polynesia. Information includes orientation; history and cultural relations; settlements; economy; kinship; marriage and family; sociopolitical organization; religion and...
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: Claude Joseph Vernet
This visual website from Google Cultural Institute shares background information and photos about Claude Joseph Vernet.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: Claude Monet
This visual website from Google Cultural Institute shares background information and photos about Claude Monet.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: Claude Lorrain
This visual website from Google Cultural Institute shares background information and photos about Claude Lorrain.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: Edouard Manet
This visual website from Google Cultural Institute shares background information and photos about Edouard Manet.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: Edouard Vuillard
This visual website from Google Cultural Institute shares background information and photos about Edouard Vuillard.
Nations Online Project
Nations Online: French Polynesia
An excellent travel guide and country profile that takes you on a virtual trip to the French Polynesian islands in the South Pacific. An overview is given on its art, culture, people, environment, geography, history, economy, and...
Travel Document Systems
Tds: Tunisia: People
Read about the people of Tunisia and the influences several occupiers had on their culture. Information is from the CIA World Fact Book.
Other
Vietnamese Culture: Vietnamese History
Click on "Vietnam's History in Brief" to get a timeline of important events in the country's history. For more depth, click on the individual topics to learn about everything from Vietnam's early history through to the Vietnam War.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Oral Presentations on French Impressionism
Students research and present an artist from the period of French Impressionism. Presentations include a biography and examples of the artist's work. After the presentations, students produce sidewalk chalk paintings.