WEB SITES

Your French Textbook (grades 8 & 9)
Textbook resources plus online activities, games, puzzles, and self-tests.

Bitesize French
Have fun revising (studying) French on this BBC site for students!

A Europe of Tales
European myths and legends, available in 8 languages, including French and English.

Destination Death (game)
Use your modern foreign language skills to save your sister from a fate worse than death! You can choose to play in French, German or Spanish at three language levels.

BBC French
Interactive videos, an online course, learning games and today's weather in Paris!

The Paris Pages
"Les Pages de Paris" in French or English.
Monuments of Paris
Scenes of Paris
Search the Paris pages

Travel in France
 Paris Metro
TGV
SNCF

Biography Links
 Biography in Context (SUBSCRIPTION DATABASE)
Biographie.net (en français)
French authors (en français)
Haute Couture--slideshow and info from the Met Museum

Francophone Resources
Web links for French cuisine, sports, personalities, literature, music, and Francophone countries from the AATF (American Association of Teachers of French).

Le Tour de France
The official site for the famous Tour de France bicycle race features real-time coverage during the annual competition plus information about the route, the riders, previous winners, history, and cycling news.

Normandie Web
All about Normandie (en français).

Bonjour Quebec
Quebec's official tourisim page in French or English.

Google France
Check "Pages francophones" to retrieve sites in French. Try the Image Search en français.

Momes.net
French web site for kids with songs, stories, music, games,etc. Fouillez en français.

Your French Textbook
Click on the cover of your book for chapter activities, games, quizzes and Web links.

Casa de Joanna
Language learning resources with authentic links in French.

The African Cookbook
Menus and recipes organized by country.

Global Destinations from the Global Gourmet
Recipes from around the world.

World Factbook
The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 266 world entities.

Country Studies
The Library of Congress presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world.

For Fay School French Projects

• Grands Personnages
• Villes de France

ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIAS

Information about countries, regions, people and things.
Do you want to use Britannica Online at home?

Grolier Online: Lands and Peoples
The encyclopedia of countries, cultures, and geography.
Do you want to use Grolier Online at home?

SUBSCRIPTION DATABASE

Need information about a person? This is the best source for award-winning biographies of people from all over the world from respected reference books.
Do you want to use Gale Biography in Context at home?

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updated 01/27/2011