Less than $5 French Cultural Activities

The Arc de Triomphe was commissioned by Napoleon to celebrate French military victories. But he never saw it completed. Find out why in this article about the history of the Arch.

This version of the item includes a short reading activity on Google slides to be shared via link or Google Classroom. Students can type their answers directly on the slides and share them with you. You can also use the included Google Forms version of the questions - have students type their answers and receive all answers on one convenient spreadsheet. Or even better - use Flubaroo to grade the multiple choice questions and you'll only need to grade the short answer questions!

Includes answer key, additional resources AND instructions on how to use the slideshow with students and how to use Flubaroo to grade submissions via Google forms. All slides can be printed if desired.

This item is available in the following formats:

• Arc de Triomphe - reading for intermediate/advanced French students

• Arc de Triomphe - reading for French students for Google Drive™

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• Paris monuments - reading bundle - Google drive edition

French Pink Shirt Day FREEBIE

This quick and easy resource is for use near the end of the month of February to recognize Pink Shirt Day. The story behind this day is one that has a positive influence on students as they understand that it is not OK to bully EVER.

I hope you are able to use this resource in your class by quickly making copies and allowing students to use their creativity and unique perspectives to colour and decorate how they see fit.

Personally, I made copies onto pink printer paper in poster size 200% to make two big posters with the title 'Jour du chandail rose' and students have placed their Tshirts around the poster. Older students will also make theirs with a writing piece to explain their views on Pink Shirt Day in French.

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How to use this resource:

1. Copy a set for students. I like to copy multiple sets (ie. 3 sets of 8 to insure that students sitting with one another do not have the same page next to them. I find this allows for more creative development as they do not copy their neighbour).

2. Let students colour and create and cut the shape of the Tshirt out

3. Display on a bulletin board or on the wall of your school

JE VOUS SOUHAITE UNE BONNE JOURNEE DU CHANDAIL ROSE

Who can use this resource:

Teachers who are looking for French resources who want quick and easy NO PREP materials that their students will love. A fresh new look on a great idea and the best part is you just have to click 'print'.

Students love the clear lettering and can get creative using all the various pink writing materials in the class. I gave my students free reign of anything pink and they came up with their own unique designs.

Students are proud to be a part of a bigger project that they can all display with pride.

What grade level:

I personally use these texts with Grade 1 and Grade 2 students in French Immersion. I feel confident that students from K-3 will find these most useful and teachers can come back to the texts with any students who may be experiencing challenges in their French reading skills. Core French teachers will be sure to add the resource to their repertoire for Grades 4 to 6 as they learn to read and write at the Junior level.

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Some of the Benefits of this resource:

1. Students use hands on materials
2. Boost confidence in French language acquisition with whole group, small group, independent work, and one-to-one instruction using the same resource
3. Each alphabet sheet may be used independently or as a cumulative workbook of French activities
4. Students grow in independence at their own pace
5. Reinforce decoding and encoding skills
6. Social wellness and personal autonomy in using French in the classroom
7. Scaffold and support language acquisition, oral communication, and writing skills
8. Alphabet set can be used all year long and re-introduced each year going forward

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Tired of the same French Christmas Projects and looking for something a little more inclusive? Most of your students are probably already pretty familiar with how we celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, New Years, and Valentine's Day in the United States. But have they ever heard of La Chandeleur, La Fête des Rois, Jour des Aieux, Carnaval, or dozens of other holidays celebrated throughout the Francophone world from December through February?

This flexible project is a great way to expose your students to a wide variety of cultural traditions and practices in a short amount of time with minimal effort on your part!

Each student will pick a francophone country from a set of preprinted cards, select 2 winter holidays to research, and create a slide presentation to teach the rest of the class what they have learned. Optional graphic organizers are perfect for diverse learners and guided notes keep students engaged and learning during presentations!

Includes:

-Notes to teacher with pacing suggestions

-Detailed Project Directions and Easy grading rubric

-29 Francophone Country cards

-Graphic Organizer

-Presentation Notes

-Materials available in English and French to make this work for all levels!

Perfect for giving yourself a break before Winter Break by letting your students teach each other! This is also a great project for those long, slow winter days that tend to drag in January and February.

Do your students need some teamwork practice? There is an Group Version of this project! Are you looking for both options? These projects are also sold together as the Francophone Country Winter Holiday Project Bundle.

Need other seasonal ideas?

Explore my comprehensive French Noël/Christmas Vocabulary Activities/Practice/Enrichment/Emergency Sub for more vocab fun! With 10 pages of engaging written practice (featuring word searches, short answers, jumbles, and more) there is something for everyone! These activities not only utilize the same core vocabulary here but also introduce 8 additional seasonal words!

Or let them play a little with Noël Vocabulary Dominoes, Noël Vocabulary Cut & Paste Bingo, or Noël Vocabulary Dice.

Looking for something a little more secular? Try my Winter Vocabulary and Emergency Sub Plan. This one is good all season long!

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Plongez vos élèves dans l'exploration fascinante des légendes du monde entier avec ce projet de recherche interactif ! Ce produit pédagogique offre aux étudiants l'opportunité d'étudier des légendes provenant de cultures variées, allant des histoires locales du Québec et des cultures autochtones, jusqu'aux récits d'Afrique, d'Écosse, de Porto Rico, de Nouvelle-Zélande, d'Hawaï, de Russie, et bien plus encore. Les élèves découvriront comment les traditions orales ont traversé le temps et comment elles reflètent les valeurs et les croyances des différentes cultures.

Dans ce document, vous trouverez tout le nécessaire pour démarrer ce projet :

• Explications claires : Des instructions détaillées pour guider les enseignants et les élèves à travers chaque étape du projet.
• Critères de réussite : Des indicateurs précis pour aider les élèves à comprendre les attentes de leur recherche et présentation.
• Rubriques d'évaluation : Des outils d'évaluation pour les présentations orales et les travaux écrits, facilitant la correction.
• Clés de réponses : Un guide complet pour corriger les graphiques, les infographies et les présentations des élèves.
• Organisateurs graphiques : Des modèles pratiques pour aider les élèves à structurer leurs recherches et à synthétiser les informations.
• Auto-évaluations : Des outils pour que les élèves puissent réfléchir sur leur propre travail et leurs compétences.

Les enseignants auront également le choix entre deux versions pour que les élèves sélectionnent leur légende :

1. Tirage au sort : Imprimez et découpez les différentes légendes pour les placer dans un chapeau ou un bocal, permettant un choix aléatoire.
2. Activité de carousel : Utilisez les versions résumées des textes pour une activité de type caroussel, où les élèves pourront explorer les 40 légendes et choisir celle qui les inspire le plus.

Are you a CI teacher that struggles with whether to teach tu and vous first? I like to pick one and stick with it for a time to avoid confusion. In the past, I have used the tu form because the end sounds are the same for je, il/elle/on forms. This kept everything simple and kept target structures limited. However, vous is a very important pronoun in French. I don't want to think about sending kids to France and being in the habit of using tu. While some francophones would be sympathetic, some might be offended.

So, I have discovered a way to teach both simultaneously with a clear visual cue. A CRAFTIVITY, if you will. All you need in the classroom are

1. copies of the crown (this resource)
2. royalty tax (this resource)
3. scissors,
4. glue/tape/staples,
5. maybe some markers or colored pencils.

How does it work?

• On day one, or early in the year, give students their crown. It's great for early in the year when there isn't much vocabulary accumulated to work with. Tell them to decorate their crown however they want. They can make it personal.
• After this, they cut them out and glue/tape/staple the bands on the ends of the crown only. They should not connect the strips to make the band. I recommend keeping them flat for easy storage until they are Royalty for the Day.
• Have students cut out their own royalty coins for royalty tax. You can decide on the number. I start with one per citizen. Royalty does not need a coin. Also, some of the coins are square because they are so much easier to cut out!!
• When it's their day to be royal, pull out their crown, have them connect the band so they can wear it on their head. During class, students must refer to royalty with the vous form and the rest of the class refers to each other in the tu form. Let them pick what day they want. Some will pick their birthdays while other families do not celebrate birthdays.
• The sentence Vous êtes royal(e)! is on the crown as a reminder.
• Remember that some students may need help understanding that using a formal form is very important to another culture!

What if someone forgets to use the vous form with royalty? They have to pay a royalty tax! This is included in the resource. The student who has still kept their royalty coin(s) because they remembered to use the vous form can get a prize or just bragging rights! You can even have the class interview the student about things they like, dislike, etc. so everyone can learn about their king, queen, or whatever royal title they prefer.

Accommodation: Some students don't like being the center of attention for the entire class. In this case, you can group students together. Three in a group is a good number but use whatever works for you. Each group has one royal student. The others in the group have to use the vous form with that student and the royal student uses the tu form with everyone else (except maybe the teacher).You can even rotate groups so several students get the chance to talk to each royal member. Of course, the member of royalty stays on their "throne" while others come to see them.

You can use this for whatever level you choose. While I like the idea of starting with level one, you could wait. Furthermore, you can use this activity every year you teach, no matter the level. Even though students may be comfortable with tu and vous before level one is over, letting someone have a special day is good. They will have the opportunity to practice both pronouns and their conjugations with new verbs and new tenses or moods.

Students will feel special and you will see them grow in their language and confidence. So little for us to invest with such a great return on investment!

Free French School Lunch Menu #19

Have a look at what's on the menu at my kids' school in France. They get cheese every day!!  I'll be adding more menus weekly as I receive them.  There are so many things a French teacher can do with these in class. Just click here to watch a video in which I'll tell you about some of the ways I like to use these menus with my students.

I have made five extremely versatile no prep printable worksheets available to use along with any and all of these French school lunch menus. Versions 1 - 4 have ten questions each while version 5 has six questions. The questions on these worksheets will have your students learning a lot about cultural differences concerning menu items as well as the amount of time French students get for lunch, why there's no menu for Wednesday, etc.

Your students will find it interesting to see that French kids are offered une entrée, un plat principal, une garniture, un produit laitier, et un dessert every day.

These menus and the accompanying worksheets are also available in my French Food & Drink bundle.

Click here for more free French school lunch menus WITHOUT accompanying worksheets.

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This French reading comprehension reading will teach your students about the remarkable history of the Eiffel Tower.  Everyone now sees the Eiffel Tower as a beloved symbol of Paris. But it wasn't always accepted as such. Find out what the controversy was when the tower was first built and how the tower was saved from demolition only 20 years after it was completed.

A 2-page reading for beginning and intermediate French students. Vocabulary and grammar are simple enough - present tense with only a few instances of the passe compose - so that a first year, second semester class would be able to read and understand the writing. Includes a 9-question multiple choice short answer worksheet in English with answer key as well as related resources.

The Google™ drive item includes:

• Google™ slides reading in French
• Google™ slides drag and drop questions in English
• Google™ forms version of multiple choice questions
• Answer key

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This item is available in the following formats:

•French reading comprehension Eiffel Tower - Print and digital bundle

•La Tour Eiffel - reading for French students for Google Drive™

•French reading comprehension activity | La Tour Eiffel

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This no-prep activity focuses a diverse array of French scientists, philosophers, artists, politicians, royalty, writers and more! This print-and-go activity has something for everyone!

Resource includes:

• Wordsearch with 15 Famous French historical figures
• Optional Fun Fact Research Sheet (Great for independent internet research!)
• Corresponding Answer Key.

Wordsearches are excellent to use as bell ringers, for early finishers, homework assignments, or for when you just need a minute to catch up!

Love wordsearches? Check out more French Wordsearches for dozens of other wordsearch options.

Check out my French Vocabulary Emergency Sub Plans for lots of other themed vocabulary sets that can be used for a sub or when you just need an in-person mental health day! :)

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Your middle schoolers are bored and tired of the same coloring sheets, crosswords, and pumpkin cutouts they've seriously been doing for years. Do them a favor and switch up your Halloween routine with this fun project-based Halloween unit which features cross-curricular content in math and language arts.

In this unit, you (or your sub!) can easily lead an independent, self-guided project for your middle-school students in grades 4 through 8. As with all of my products, you'll never see frilly hard-to-read fonts or babyish images. My products are intended for your students who think they're adults, but aren't quite there! They're loaded with examples and easy-to-understand language.

In this 13-page resource, you'll find the following activities, templates, prompts, examples and tasks that will keep them busy for days!

• "Une maison hantée thématique" - An activity that will get your students brainstorming a theme for their haunted house and a final reflexive activity on making their choice.

• "Donnez des frissons!" - An activity intended to have students stick to their "theme" and give details about the different rooms or areas within their haunted house. This activity should bring to life their design and concept.

• "Le plan d'étage" - A guided example of a building plan including a "légende" with typically used symbols in engineering to construct their one- (or multiple-) storey haunted house on paper.

• Also included is a large-format example to display for your students who need the extra visual supports.

• Also included is a blank sheet for students to draw their haunted house's building plan.

• "Mesures de ma maison hantée" - An activity to push your students' mathematical brains. These activities have step-by-step examples on changing the scale of their "paper" haunted houses to a realistic measurement, as well as calculating the perimeter and area of each of the areas within the house! Formulas are given and explained if you haven't quite got here, yet! This step will include multiplying decimal numbers.

• "Des paragraphes terrifiants!" - This writing activity will have your students thinking about audience and the purpose of writing. Miniature graphic organizers are provided for your students to create descriptive, persuasive and narrative paragraphs as well as a poster project to "sell" their haunted house!

• "Boutique Bouh!" - A series of math activities to boost your students' abilities to estimate and add decimal numbers including:

• Boutique Bouh!'s store prices to be used in 2 other activities:

• Story problems/written problems.

• Building a mathematically specific treat bag!

• "La liste de courses" - An activity that will have your students sticking to a budget when choosing the items they'll need to create the haunted house of their dreams! This activity includes a catalogue of items and prices at a local hardware store, and your students will have to calculate based on quantity, add and multiply decimal numbers, and finalize their total bill which must not surpass 1000$.

• "Potions des monstres" - An activity on ordering decimal numbers from smallest to greatest.

If you're looking for basic Halloween themed worksheets, I've got those here.

If you're looking for a more research-based approach to the traditions and culture surrounding this Holiday, I've also got those here.

Free French School Lunch Menu #17

Have a look at what's on the menu at my kids' school in France. They get cheese every day!!  I'll be adding more menus weekly as I receive them.  There are so many things a French teacher can do with these in class. Just click here to watch a video in which I'll tell you about some of the ways I like to use these menus with my students.

I have made five extremely versatile no prep printable worksheets available to use along with any and all of these French school lunch menus. Versions 1 - 4 have ten questions each while version 5 has six questions. The questions on these worksheets will have your students learning a lot about cultural differences concerning menu items as well as the amount of time French students get for lunch, why there's no menu for Wednesday, etc.

Your students will find it interesting to see that French kids are offered une entrée, un plat principal, une garniture, un produit laitier, et un dessert every day.

These menus and the accompanying worksheets are also available in my French Food & Drink bundle.

Click here for more free French school lunch menus WITHOUT accompanying worksheets.

Check out my new Build Your Own French Bundle option. Select resources from my store, and if they total $20 or more I'll quickly create a special order bundle for you at 20% off. No sale items or other already discounted bundles can be included.

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Want to have all of your secondary French resource needs covered? Check out the following curriculum supplement bundles:

➯ Ça y est, Je parle français! French 1 curriculum

➯ Ça y est, je parle français! French 2 curriculum

➯ Ça y est, je parle français! French 3 and 4 curriculum

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Comprehensible input is important in a world languages class - but you can't always do stories. This is a French comprehensible input lesson that uses target structures in a comprehensible way to teach about a nonfiction topic - the palace of Versailles. The text is simple enough for first semester French.

The target structures are:

• voulait
• il y a
• habitait
• aujourd'hui

This item includes:

• A 30-slide PowerPoint with repetition of the target vocabulary
• a text version of the PowerPoint
• comprehension questions
• a grammar explanation and exercises for most basic forms of the imparfait
• a story retell sheet with photos - one for writing, one for oral retell
• a list of associated videos
• a complete answer key

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Engage Your Students with an Interactive Paris Landmark Video Project

Tired of grading repetitive Eiffel Tower projects? With the "Discover Paris" project, students will research one of 24 iconic Paris landmarks, create captivating travel videos, present them to the class, and vote on the top 3 tourist destinations. This dynamic project combines research, creativity, and presentation skills with cultural understanding, making learning both interactive and fun.

Busy Students, Individualized Projects, and Easy Grading: Your students will stay engaged for a week with individualized projects, while you enjoy straightforward grading.

Flexible Language Options: Projects can be completed in either French or English, depending on your students' language level. Get ready to spark a passion for French language and culture in your classroom, one landmark at a time!

What’s Included:

• Detailed teacher notes with an implementation schedule
• List of 24 Paris landmarks to assign
• Project instruction sheet for students
• Storyboard templates
• Guided presentation notes with voting sheets
• Grading rubric

Ideal for Upper School French Classes: Perfect for any level of upper school French, including Foundations of French, French Exploratory, Middle School French, French 1, 2, 3, 4, and adaptable for AP French.

Let's embark on this enriching virtual field trip to Paris today!

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This bundle of 25 worksheets will get you through this last crazy week!

My students are very low-level and not easy to engage. My products are not babyish and are created for grades 5-8. The vocabulary and concepts are very basic; but I try to create documents that are at their maturity level. My Core French products are built around this demographic and this concept.

Here are the activities you'll find in here:

Étiquettes-cadeau

Coloriage

• "Renne"
• "Mes mitaines d'hiver"
• "Mes vêtements d'hiver"
• "Chandail de Noël moche" (Ugly Christmas Sweater)

Blank tree to decorate

Casse-tête - Les cloches de Noël

Bonhomme de neige en hiver (simple writing prompt)

Mots cachés

• "Les saisons"
• "Noël"

Relier les points

• Père Noël (x2)
• Maison de pain d'épice (x2)
• Manchot/Pingouin

Colorier par nombre

Noël: Vocabulaire à tracer

Noël: Nouveaux mots de vocabulaire

Drawing + Small text

• "Mon bas de Noël"
• "Mon plat de Noël"

Poème acrostiche Noël

Nombres et couleurs de Noël (compter et colorier ornements).

On lâche pas! Hang in there.

Mme. Kaitlyn.

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French School Lunch Menu Activities Bundle - 5 French and English Versions

Here are five no prep printable activities to use along with my free French school lunch menu series. You get five versatile worksheets that you can use with any of the lunch menus I've provided. Since there are so many menus available, having five different worksheets to use will keep your menu activities from becoming boring. All of the menus are in French only, but each worksheet has a French only and an English only version so that you can use them with any level whether you teach core French or in French immersion.

I recommend printing the menu you want to use on one side of a sheet of paper and the set of questions you want to use on the other. Talk about a time saver and fun cultural addition to your food unit!

Versions 1 - 4 have ten questions each while version 5 has six questions. The questions on these worksheets will have your students learning a lot about cultural differences concerning menu items as well as the amount of time French students get for lunch, why there's no menu for Wednesday, etc.

Your students will find it interesting to see that French kids are offered une entrée, un plat principal, une garniture, un produit laitier, et un dessert every day.

It would be fun to look up images of some of these menu items to show students what they look like and if they eat anything similar at their schools or homes.

These activities and menus are all included in my French Food & Drink bundle.

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Check out my new Build Your Own French Bundle option. Select resources from my store, and if they total $20 or more I'll quickly create a special order bundle for you at 20% off. No sale items or other already discounted bundles can be included.

Want to have all of your secondary French resource needs covered? Check out the following curriculum supplement bundles:

➯ Ça y est, Je parle français! French 1 & 2 curriculum

➯ Ça y est, je parle français! French 3 curriculum

➯ Ça y est, je parle français! Advanced French curriculum

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Make learning about Mardi Gras interesting with this no-prep Mardi Gras digital escape game.  The game includes access to a website where your students will hunt for the keys to unlock a set of locks.  Students will need to read the clues very carefully and watch videos, visit websites, and read texts to find the information they need to win the game.  Very easy to use - just send your students to the website and let them work!  Students can play individually or in teams. 

Mardi Gras is here! Your friend has sent you some beads, but you can't open the box they're in without figuring out the codes to the locks. Learn about Mardi Gras and open the box to get your prize in this Mardi Gras digital escape game. This is a challenging activity that students will need to work together and think critically in order to complete. All readings are in English

Digital escape games are a fun way to start a unit, or to review at the end of a unit.  They can also be used to learn about a cultural or historical event.  This game will have your students reading carefully and paying attention to the smallest details in order to complete the challenge and unlock the locks.  

This item includes:

• Access to a website where your students can play the game
• Complete teacher's guide to playing the game
• Answer key so you can help students if they get stuck!

Your students will enjoy learning without even realizing that they are learning!  The challenging game format will get them excited about finding the code to unlock each lock - and the format of the clues for each lock will have them paying close attention - there's no way to solve the puzzles  without being 100% focused! 

Topics in this game include:

• Krewes
• Throws
• The Cajuns
• King's Cake
• Calculating the Date of Mardi Gras (note that the game is updated each year, so be sure to download the updated teacher guide so you'll have the correct answer key!)

Prep is very easy - you just need to share the website URL with your students.  You may want to test the site before you use it, just to make sure nothing is blocked by your district.  As some of the clues can be challenging to unlock, you may choose to help your students with the trickier ones.  With the teacher guide, you will have the answer key - so you can help guide students towards the correct answer by giving them hints, or if you have limited time, you can adjust the game by reducing the number of locks they need to unlock - just give them the answer(s) to help the activity fit your time constraints.

Looking for a great way to start off the school year? The Exploring French Influence in American Culture project is a great intro to French class at back to school time! Students will discover that French might not be such a foreign language after all. By exploring various influences, they will gain profound insights into how French language, traditions, and people have woven their presence into modern American life.

Students will research:

• French Words in English: Illustrating linguistic fusion.
• American Cities with French Name: Reflecting historical connections.
• French Foods: Showcasing culinary diversity.
• Famous French Americans: Investigating influence on various career fields.
• French Holidays or Customs: Bridging cultural traditions.
• Bilingual Product Labels and Signs: Demonstrating the impact of dual languages

Projects are presented to class in infographic, slide or even good-old posterboard format.

*Includes Graphic Organizer for students with diverse learning abilities and detailed rubric.

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Looking for a fun way to spruce up your classroom for Christmas?! Look no further!

This resource will guide you in creating a balloon-popping advent adventure for your students in middle school. Featuring 21 activities to choose from, including explanations, materials, time frames and step-by-step instructions for set-up of the calendar and activities, your students will get jazzed every day for what they "pop!"

A mixture of "free" activities (i.e. paper, pencils, scissors and glue - at most!) and other options which involve purchasing (i.e. graham cracker gingerbread houses and marshmallow snowmen) will allow you the flexibility to choose the duration of this advent calendar, the frequency of the "popping" and will allow you to choose options within your budget and time constraints.

MERRY CHRISTMAS! Hope you have fun!

Kaitlyn.

Ready to go French culture lesson to accompany a video about Christmas Night in France - La Nuit de Noël on YouTube. The video is about 8 minutes long, and you can count on the entire lesson including pre-viewing, viewing, and post-viewing activities to last about an hour.

This resource is included in my French Culture Bundle.

This lesson includes:

• One page with 10 questions in English for pre-viewing discussion
• One page with 10 questions in English to be answered while watching the video
• Two vocabulary pages to complete (French and English) during the video lesson
• One vocabulary page with all 36 words written in French and English
• Three crossword puzzles with 10 words each, clues are in English
• Answer keys

The video is not my property and is not downloadable with this resource. You will need to watch it online.

These resources make it easy to transform a short 8 minute video into a comprehensive cultural lesson that you'll feel good about using with your students. Click here to view the video on YouTube. The video is presented by Géraldine from Comme une Française.

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Make learning about the French Revolution  interesting with this no-prep digital escape game.  The game includes access to a website where your students will hunt for the keys to unlock a set of locks.  Students will need to read the clues very carefully and watch videos, visit websites, and read texts to find the information they need to win the game. 

Very easy to use - just send your students to the website and let them work!  Students can play individually or in teams. 

Digital escape games are a fun way to start a unit, or to review at the end of a unit.  They can also be used to learn about a cultural or historical event.  This game will have your students reading carefully and paying attention to the smallest details in order to complete the challenge and unlock the locks.  

This French Revolution digital escape game includes:

• Access to a website where your students can play the game
• Complete teacher's guide to playing the game
• Answer key so you can help students if they get stuck!

Your students will enjoy learning without even realizing that they are learning!  The challenging game format will get them excited about finding the code to unlock each lock - and the format of the clues for each lock will have them paying close attention - there's no way to solve the puzzles  without being 100% focused! 

Topics in the French Revolution game include:

• The Marseillaise
• Marie Antoinette
• The execution of Louis XIV
• The Declaration of the Rights of Man
• The Bastille Prison.

Prep is very easy - you just need to share the website URL with your students.  You may want to test the site before you use it, just to make sure nothing is blocked by your district.  As some of the clues can be challenging to unlock, you may choose to help your students with the trickier ones.  With the teacher guide, you will have the answer key - so you can help guide students towards the correct answer by giving them hints, or if you have limited time, you can adjust the game by reducing the number of locks they need to unlock - just give them the answer(s) to help the activity fit your time constraints.

Discover dynamic discussion points that cater to all levels of French learners in grades 6-12. Whether for online forums, class discussions, or bell-ringers, these prompts cover a wide range of topics, from holidays and legends to foods, sports, and language-related discussions. With a monthly organization, these adaptable prompts keep the conversation flowing throughout the year while promoting language acquisition and cultural enrichment. Plus, they incorporate short videos, online articles, and more for a fully immersive experience. Elevate your classroom discussions today with these versatile prompts and spark a passion for learning and sharing!

Ideal for use as:

Online Discussion Forums

Bell-Ringers

Exit Tickets

Think-Pair-Share

Gallery Walk

Journaling

Early finisher work

Task cards

Extra Credit

And More!

Many prompts use technology so be aware they may require access to short, classroom-appropriate videos of approximately 5 minutes or less (Frenchpod 101 or youtube) and links to online articles or photos for discussion. One prompt per week all year round plus extras!