PRESENTATION TO FORM IV Madame Obels-Robinson

Teacher of French

OBJECTIVE:

Introducing myself

Presenting you the French language from a different perspective 

IN THE CLASSROOM    

FRENCH? HOW MUCH DO YOU ALREADY KNOW?

AS A MEMBER OF THE CISTERCIAN COMMUNITY YOU HAVE STONG TIES TO FRANCE

THE ABBEY OUR LADY OF CITEAUX  CISTERCIAN ORDER

1106 FIRST HISTORICAL CHURCH IN CITEAUX SAINT BERNARD DE CLAIRVAUX

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WHAT ARE SOME OTHER TIES?

� French explorer Jacques Cartier claims territories in 1534- explores the Saint Lawrence river and the French establish fur trading posts

� In the1600s French exploration continues along the Great Laes and the Mississippi Valley. The Explorer La Salle takes the colony of Louisiana for France in 1682

� 1685-1755 The Huguenots (French Protestants) form communities in North America French Acadians leave Nova Scotia and settle in New England and Louisiana when forced out by the British 

THROUGH HISTORY 

1803 The United Stated purchases Louisiana

� World War I   and    World War II

� Are you aware of the connection between France and the independence of the US? 

� France and the War of Independence 

After the declaration of independence the 4th of July1776 France was the first country to recognize the USA.

French frigate Hermione She became famous when she ferried General Lafayette to the United States in 1780 for support to the Americans in the American Revolutionary War

Marquis de Lafayette

STATUE OF LIBERTY ? LIBERTY ENLIGHTENING THE WORLD

Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi  / Statue of Liberty 1886

Gustave Eiffel 

Eiffel Tower 1889 

THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE  

IN LITERATURE  

JEan de la Fontaine 

JEAN DE LA FONTAINE 17TH CENTURY

PUSS IN BOOTS   

LITTLE RIDING HOOD   

CHARLES PERRAULT

THE THREE MUSKETEERS    Un pour tous et tous pour un

One for all and all for one

ALEXANDRE DUMAS

DIDEROT

VOLTAIRE

ROUSSEAU

IN PHILOSOPHY

DESCARTES

PASCAL

LAVOISIER

PASTEUR

IN SCIENCE 

MONET  IMPRESSION SUNRISE

IN THE ARTS

RODIN   THE THINKER

CATHEDRAL: NOTRE DAME DE PARIS

PALACE OF VERSAILLES

IN ARCHITECTURE

FRENCH  TODAY

As the world’s fifth biggest economy and third-ranking destination for foreign investment, France is a key economic partner.

After English and German, French is the third most widely used language on the Internet, ahead of Spanish.

   

United Nations European Union  NATO UNESCO  Olympic Games Committee International Red Cross International Courts 

1.  Diplomacy

2.  Aeronautic / Airspace

3.  Medical and pharmaceutical research

4.  Computer Science

5.  Finance

6.  Oil and gas exploration

7.  Luxury goods

•  As the world’s fifth biggest economy and third-ranking destination for foreign investment, France is a key economic partner.

•  After English and German, French is the third most widely used language on the Internet, ahead of Spanish.

MERCI ET À BIENTOT