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France Fieldtrip

Title:  France
Subject Areas: French, Art, Math
Grade Level:  8
Teacher:  Rebecca Burck

School:  Gold Hill Middle

Summary of Lesson:  Students will take a virtual trip to France.
Lesson Details
Objectives:  Students will answer questions about France.
Students will appreciate the culture of France.
Students will state the similarities and differences between France and the US.
Students will recall facts for a follow-up discussion.
Setting: Computer lab
Procedures:    Take students to computer lab.
Have students work on worksheet questions by looking at two websites about France, www.smartweb.fr/paris and www.france.com.
Students will be given one 40 minute class period to finish the worksheet.  They may need to finish the assignment outside of class.
Technology 
Specific Activity:

Students will access websites on France and answer questions.
Assessment:  Worksheet:  Number correct/Number possible
State Standard Met: The student will process, store, retrieve and transmit electronic information.
The students will communicate through application software.
ISTE Standard Met: Students will use content-specific tools, software, and situations to support learning and research.
Foreign Language
Standards Met: 
 
Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics.
Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the cultures studied.
Students acquire information and perspectives through authentic materials in the foreign languages and within the cultures.
Students demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through comparison of the culture studied and their own.
Students will show evidence of skills necessary to become life-long learners by using the language for personal enjoyment and enrichment.
Art Standard
Met: 

Students will acquire knowledge of historical and cultural developments which occur as a result of varying needs and aesthetic points of view.

Math Standard
Met:  

Understand relationships among units and convert from one unit to another within the same system.

Language Arts
Standards Met:  


Students will comprehend and analyze what is read from a variety of sources.

The student will write in a variety of forms including narrative, expository, and persuasive writings.
Materials
Resources:   www.smartweb.fr/paris
www.france.com
Miscellaneous: student worksheet 
pencil or pen

 

FRANCE

http://www.smartweb.fr/paris

See student worksheet

 

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