In which John Green examines the French Revolution, and gets into how and why it differed from the American Revolution. Was it the serial authoritarian regimes? The guillotine? The Reign of Terror? All of this and more contributed to the French Revolution not being quite as revolutionary as it could have been. France endured multiple constitutions, the heads of heads of state literally rolled, and then they ended up with a megalomaniacal little emperor by the name of Napoleon. But how did all of this change the world, and how did it lead to other, more successful revolutions around the world? Watch this video and find out. Spoiler alert: Marie Antoinette never said, "Let them eat cake." Sorry.

This site offers many different links to resources students may use for testing or simply working with the French language.
Some sites that are linked are:
Podcast français facile
Duolingo
En Bonne Forme Workbooks
French Phonetics
Larousse
Dictionnaires
Radio-Canada

Saskatchewan French language teachers may be awarded a bursary of up to $2,000 through the French Teacher Summer Bursary program.

**Application Deadline: April 5, 2024

This bursary gives individuals the opportunity to attend a recognized Francophone or bilingual post-secondary educational institution in Canada during the months of July and August at a reduced personal cost. During this time, you will:

improve your teaching methods; and
further your knowledge of the French language.

'Following your review of each text, answer the questions of comprehension in our online exercises, and we'll evaluate it immediately. You get instant feedback about your French reading skills. It's challenging, fun and free!

'Hint: Download our texts and exercises as pdf and use it as free teaching materials for your students.'

*The reading speed can be adjusted for all parts of the site where oral readings are available (mostly the Listening and Dictation exercises).*

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« Nous avons sélectionné avec des professeurs expérimentés de français des textes faciles à lire et amusants. A la fin des textes, un exercice sous forme de QCM permet de valider ses acquis. Il est à noter que l'édition gratuite des textes sous forme de PDF est un vrai plus. »

*Le débit de lecture peut être réglé pour tous les extraits lus à l'oral (qui se trouvent principalement parmi les exercices d'Écoute et de Dictée).*

3 minute videos. Illustrations telling a story, with captions describing the action, written in French, with French voice over narration. For instruction in beginning French Language learning classes.

Vidéos de 3 minutes. Illustrations racontant une histoire, avec des légendes décrivant l'action, écrites en français, avec une narration en voix off en français. Destinées à l'enseignement dans les cours de début d'apprentissage de la langue française.

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This site is designed to support Grades 4 - 6 French as a Second Language Teachers across the province. We hope it provides a helpful starting point for teachers new to FSL and provides enrichment for FSL teachers seeking new ideas.
Teachers from across our region have generously contributed favourite go-to sites, lesson ideas and resources that they use with their students. We have done our best to share quality materials, websites and resources, but the lesson ideas have not all been vetted.
Teachers will need to judge what constitutes effective practices for their own context and be conscientious about selecting resources and designing lessons and assessments that align with curricular outcomes and the communicative focus of the Alberta Education FSL Nine-Year Program of Studies Grades 4-12."

This site offers links to other websites where French language games can be found for your students.

** Some time will have to be spent searching for the perfect games that your class might enjoy.

This site offers many interactive games for learners of Core French. Many different topics are covered.

Prépositions de lieu
This French location prepositions cheat sheet will help students quickly identify French prepositions with graphics illustrating the location of an emoji compared to a box.

Prépositions de lieu
Cette fiche d'aide sur les prépositions de lieu en français aidera les étudiants à identifier rapidement les prépositions françaises avec des graphiques illustrant l'emplacement d'un emoji par rapport à une boîte.

So, how are people fixing their water problems? In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks about a few different examples how some freshwater sources were good, then bad, then made good again. Also, Sabrina talks about parasites, fish, and dams!

Between 70 and 75% of the Earth's surface is covered with water and there exists still more water in the atmosphere and underground in aquifers. In this lesson, students learn about water bodies on the planet Earth and their various uses and qualities. They will learn about several ways that engineers are working to maintain and conserve water sources. They will also think about their role in water conservation.

This mansion-turned-museum (and research center) recently had renovations done, so they were already prepared for virtual museum viewing. Click your way through this interactive map for a tour of the beautiful building and collections of art from the likes of Bellini, Rembrandt, Vermeer, and more

Learn how friction causes a material to heat up and melt. Rub two objects together and they heat up. When one reaches the melting temperature, particles break free as the material melts away.

This activity was designed for blind learners, but all types of learners can use it to identify increases in friction.

Students use LEGO® MINDSTORMS® robotics to help conceptualize and understand the force of friction. Specifically, they observe how different surfaces in contact result in different frictional forces. A LEGO robot is constructed to pull a two-wheeled trailer made of LEGO parts. The robot is programmed to pull the trailer 10 feet and trial runs are conducted on smooth and textured surfaces. The speed and motor power of the robot is kept constant in all trials so students observe the effect of friction between various combinations of surfaces and trailer wheels. To apply what they learn, students act as engineers and create the most effective car by designing the most optimal tires for given surface conditions.

This art history video discussion examines Frida Kahlo's "Frieda and Diego Rivera"‰غ_ 1931, oil on canvas, 39-3/8 x 31 inches or 100.01 x 78.74 cm (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art). Painted in San Francisco during the artist's first trip outside of Mexico. She accompanied her husband Diego Rivera who was painting in the United States and would, at the end of the year, be the subject of a retrospecive at The Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Give a 5 question mixed review quiz to students every Friday.The questions can focus on current learning, but should also include questions from the entire year (especially concepts needed for next week's lessons, or foundational items that need to be mastered). This strategy will help develop mastery, provide opportunities for mixed practice to ensure comprehension beyond specific learning content.  

This art history video discussion examines Caspar David Friedrich's "Abbey among Oak Trees", 1809 or 1810, oil on canvas, 110.4 x 171 cm (Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin).