Expand your class's vision of the French-speaking world by conducting this research project. Pupils focus on building 21st-century skills while they look up information about a French country and put together presentations.

Concepts

primary sources, secondary sources, french culture, countries, research reports

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Additional Tags

languages

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Instructional Ideas

• Start out by modeling a project by creating your own presentation about France

Classroom Considerations

• If you click a materials link within the lesson plan, you will be sent to a later page within the same document (where that material is located)
• The worksheet titled Vocabulary Toolkit is almost the same as Worksheet 2: My French Speaking Country
• While it's not entirely clear in the lesson, this appears to be designed as a group project

Pros

• Includes some flexibility in the plan for different levels or purposes; learners can create their presentations in either French or another target language
• Comes with supporting materials (worksheets, rubric, and a reflection)
• See the materials for sample presentations that you can show your class; one is a Prezi and two are YouTube videos

Cons

• There is a typo in the rubric

Common Core

SL.7.1.a SL.7.6 SL.8.1.a SL.8.6 SL.9-10.1.a SL.9-10.6 SL.11-12.1.a SL.11-12.6