Task

Students will take on the persona of a travel agent in Paris, France. They will choose two monuments or places of interest from a list provided by the teacher to research and then present in an informative, interesting and enticing way in order to attract tourists to visit their beautiful city. They should provide tourists with useful information such as location of monument, metro stop, brief history, explanation of its historical significance, current uses, etc. They should also include where to go to eat, shop, take pictures, buy unusual souvenirs or to stop and rest. Students will prepare two presentations. A traditional two to three page paper with bibliography will be handed in to the teacher on February 8, 2000 and a power point presentation will be prepared and presented in class during the week of February 28th.

Process

THE PROCESS

Students will select two topics, either from the list provided or in consultation with your teacher.
Students will research their monuments or places of interest using the Internet resources provided.
In your LAN account, you will create a document in Word in which you will take notes for each web site
with appropriate annotations.
You will write a two to three page paper using the French spelling when referring to your topics. You will include a bibliography citing web addresses.
After gathering research, finding maps, pictures, virtual tours, images, etc., students will prepare a power point presentation. You will create at least 7 slides, including a title slide, a résumé, and bibliography slide. Although most of this presentation will be in English, all references to the topic must be spelled and pronounced in French. A résumé slide in French must be included at the end of the presentation . This resumé slide will include 3 or 4 sentences explaining why your monument is interesting to visit.
To access graphics on the web, you will return to your note cards to find the address saved. Select the address and paste it into the location area of Netscape. When the graphic appears, click and hold the image and select "copy this image." You may then return to PowerPoint to paste it on your card.
Students must gain permission to use copyrighted graphics by writing to the author of the site. These permissions need to be part of your bibliography.
The bibliography should be according to the MLA citation rules and hyperlinked to the source where appropriate.
You will use these slides to illustrate and summarize points you are making in your presentation.
All work will be evaluated based on the successful completion of the attached rubric.

Resources

Paris http://www.paris.org
Metro Paris http://www.paris.org/Metro
Museums of Paris http://www.paris.org/Musees
Monuments of Paris http://www.paris.org/Monuments
Lonely Planet Paris
Popular Places of Paris http://www.paris-tourism.com/places/index.html
Visit Paris http://www.paris-france.org/parisweb/FR/VISITER/default.htm
Explore the Paris neighborhoods through an interactive map http://www.pariserve.tm.fr/English/paris/
Explore the Pompidou Center http://www.centrepompidou.fr/Pompidou/Home.nsf/docs/fhome
Virtual Tour of the Louvre http://www.louvre.fr/
Information on the underground of Paris http://www.pratique.fr/vieprat/trans/rail/daf2903.htm
Discover Paris through it's Bicycle Paths http://www.paris-france.org/Asp/viv_dossier.asp?Page=/Parisweb/FR/vivre/velo1.htm
The Markets of Paris http://www.paris-france.org/parisweb/FR/vivre/MARCHES/marches01.HTM#Les marchés

Conclusion

You will have gained in-depth knowledge about Parisian monuments, tourist attractions, museums, churches, and other points of interest which will complement our study of Paris based on the French Level 1 series Allez, viens!
You will have learned how to use the Internet for relevant information, how to multitask, annotate and cite your sources.
You will have processed the information you have found into a presentation that is well researched, well written, well organized and in the voice of a travel agent.
You will have learned to process, select and present material in an electronic format which has a professional look with an overall graphic theme that appeals to the audience and complements the topic.

This project designed and implemented by Linda Test for the French students of Germantown Academy with technical assistance from Carol Siwinski, Curricular Technology Specialist.