My homepage: http://www.madameshackelford.com/
Reference Resources (dictionaries, accent marks, etc.)
Extra Credit Grid
Class Syllabus 2006-2007
Lycée Camille Saint-Saens
Note: Scroll down page to locate the unit we are currently studying.

How to Study French

French - the most practical foreign language<

Why Ohio Needs French

About.com French (Left hand menu offers explanations and practice in MANY topics!)

French Grammar and pronunciation Glossary

French Grammar by topic

Grammar ("How to" Sites)

French dictionnaries (and more)

French Spelling Tricks

Words to organize and enrich your writing

Francophone Countries

Celebrities who speak French

Windows on the world - France

Embassy of France in the US

Regions of France - information
Regions of France - clickable map

Frère Jacques  (song)

Grammar & Vocabulary:                              Games and Practice:
    Bonjour                                           Game: Greetings, Numbers
    Comment tu t'appelle?                           Days and Months
    Qu'est ce que c'est?                            Numbers 0-69
    Days of the week                                                possessive adjectives practice
    Numbers 13-21                                                  Classroom objects
    La Famille                                                            Ou? Combien? Comment? Practice question words
    Etre and Avoir                                                                           using family vocabulary
    Er Verbs                                                               More Interrogative Expressions (Questions) Practice
    IR Verbs                                                              Practice negative expressions
      RE Verbs                                                              Adjectives form and agreement practice
    descriptions (adjective practice)                          passé composé practice
      possessive adjectives                                             passé composé irregular verbs practice
    Comparisons                                                           Future Tense Practice
                                                                                     question word game
                                                                                     Here is the answer..what is the question?
                                                                                    Information questions
    verbs ALLER and Faire

Les Meilleures punitions de Bart Simpson
 
transition words/terms of coherence game                                                                            Horoscope   

                                                       Family Blog:    Set Up       Family Pictures for the blogs!
Some Blogs from last year:                                                   

http://lafoliemonet.blogspot.com/

France- a cultural primer

Living Abroad: Some do’s and don’t in France

More do’s and don’t of etiquette in France

French etiquette

French language, culture and business protocol

Inside France: Tipping and etiquette

Driving etiquette in France

Intercultural Differences

French Culture, Communication and gestures

Culture and Etiquette guides for France (a bibliography)

Let’s Study the Subjunctive !

Guide des métiers

Guides des professions

Phosphore’s list of professions (with links)

Why Ohio Needs French

Cauchemars(nightmares)
Halloween in France (CNN article)
Halloween
Letter to a Vampire (interactive site)

Great Halloween Site for poetry/story ideas, coloring sheets, etc!

Halloween (Canadian Site)

Escargots Dressed up for Halloween! 

La Toussaint - Cemeteries in Normandy (photos by Mme. Capet, teacher of our epals) 

Revolution Links:

http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity- Exploring the French Revolution

http://www.historywiz.com/frenchrev-mm.htm
History Wiz Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité Exhibit

http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/hist255/kat_anna/people89.html
The People of the revolution 1789-1799

http://www.royalty.nu/Europe/France/MarieAntoinette.html
Marie Antoinette (facts + bibliography)

Les Philosophes:

• http://www.usask.ca/education/ideas/tplan/sslp/french/locke.htm

John Locke

• http://www.usask.ca/education/ideas/tplan/sslp/french/montesqu.htm

Montesquieu

• http://www.usask.ca/education/ideas/tplan/sslp/french/voltaire.htm

Voltaire

• http://www.usask.ca/education/ideas/tplan/sslp/french/rousseau.htm(Rousseau)

French America Historic Ties:

http://www.info-france-usa.org/franceus/history/histo2.asp
French help in the American War of Independence

Events of the Revolution
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/hist255/kat_anna/events89.html

http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/hist255/kat_anna/timeline.html
Timeline of Events 1789-1799

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_the_French_Revolution
Glossary of the French Revolution

http://www.antique-horology.org/_Editorial/RepublicanCalendar/default.htm
Symbols of the French revolution

http://www.culture.gouv.fr/lumiere/documents/files/imaginary_exhibition.html
The Age of Enlightenment in the paintings in France’s national museums

La marseillaise, national anthem of france (information + sound )
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/marseill.html

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/caira.html
Ca Ira (popular song of the revolution)

 http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTH18thcentury.html
18^th century Art

http://jeanber.club.fr/sources/3ordr.gif
3 ordres picture activity

http://french.chass.utoronto.ca/fre180/Cours8.html
18^th century literature

http://globegate.utm.edu/french/globegate_mirror/franxviii.html
The Age of Enlightenment in France

http://history.hanover.edu/texts/young.html
Arthur Young, Travels in France

http://www.fdn.fr/~fjarraud/pays18me.htm
extrait du  cahier de doléances

http://history.hanover.edu/texts/cahier.htm
(extract of a third estate cahier de doléance, in English)

 
http://www.historywiz.com/rightsofman.htm
Declaration of the Rights of Man (in English)

http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/france_159/discovering-france_2005/france-from-to-z_1978/the-symbols-of-the-republic-and-bastille-day_2002/the-declaration-of-the-rights-of-man-and-the-citizen_1505.html#sommaire_2
(more info on Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen) and

 
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/hist255/la/sans-culottes.html
The Sans Culottes movement

http://www.historywiz.com/guillotine.htm
The Guillotine

http://www.metaphor.dk/guillotine/Pages/Guillot.html
The Guillotine (this site has many pictures)

 
http://webexhibits.org/calendars/calendar-french.html
The French Revolutionary Calendar

http://www.elysee.fr/elysee/elysee.fr/francais/les_symboles_de_la_republique/les_symboles_de_la_republique.57220.html
symboles de la republique

http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/france_159/discovering-france_2005/france-from-to-z_1978/the-symbols-of-the-republic-and-bastille-day_2002/liberty-equality-fraternity_1503.html
Symbols of the Republic and Bastille Day

La Marianne
http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/france_159/discovering-france_2005/france-from-to-z_1978/the-symbols-of-the-republic-and-bastille-day_2002/marianne_1506.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrygian_cap
Phrygian cap

http://www.historywiz.com/louisxvii.htm
The mystery of the lost dauphin(son of Marie Antoinette et Louis XVI)

Some Grammar Practice:
Expressions that indicate the use of imparfait
Une promenade en ville (Decide which: passé composé /imparfait)

Pere Noel's Work Shop

http://www.pere-noel.com/accueil.htm

http://www.monperenoel.net/

l'Epiphanie

Gateau des Rois (photos of the two common "types")

Gateau des rois (recipe en français)
Cartes de voeux (pour la nouvelle année)

Elle roule bien, ma bagnole !

NEWS:

Yahoo France - Actualités
Le Monde - A la Une  (newspaper)
Le Figaro (newspaper)
L'Express (magazine d'actualités)
Les Cles de l'actualité Junior - online news for kids
Francophone Newspapers - large listing
Francophone Magazines  -large listing
Maisons Des Médias - (loaded with links to radio, television,cinema, etc.)
Radio France
TV5 (Francophone TV around the world; click on the jukebox to hear music clips and view videos)
TF1.Fr (current French news videoclips)
France 3 la télévision française (entre autres, journal télévisé national et régional en vidéo)
Launch - La musique sur yahoo

E-Compil  - music downloads (somewhat limited selecttion, though...) + listen to music extracts


PRACTICAL INFORMATION ABOUT FRANCE :

France Pratique
Embassy of France in the U.S.
Le Portail de l'Administration Française - govt. agencies, public services,forms,etc.
France Diplomatie - Images de France
L'Internet Culturel - French Govt. site loaded with information
 

STATISTICS,OPINION POLLS :

INSEE - Institut National de la statistique et dddes études économiques - France-
Quid France (chiffres)
Understanding USA (Data)
USA Statistics in Brief
U.S. Census Bureau
SOFRES - sondages d'opinion, marketing studies.....
Canal IPSOS - Banque de sondages
IFOP (Institut Français d'opinion publique)
BVA
Harris Poll (U.S.)
Gallup Poll
Public Agenda Online (Public Opinion and Public Policy)