Geography

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Paris??????

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Paris__________Video Worksheet

Name 3 historical monuments/buildings yousaw in the video:1. ___________________2. ___________________3. ___________________

What’s the name of the river that flowsthrough Paris? ________________________________________

Name 3 types of food you saw in the video:1. ___________________2. ___________________3. ___________________

Describe Paris in one word: ___________________________________________

The Eiffel Tower

In 1889, the people of Paris held a celebration for the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution.

It was a chance for them to show their skills in art and design to the rest of the world. The organisers decided to build a tower as the centre-piece of the entire event. The tower was designed by an engineer named Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel. (the same man that built the Statue of Liberty)

It is 300.5metres high and took 230 workmen over two years to build. The French people had only planned that the tower would stand for about 20 years.

The Louvre

The Louvre, is located on the right bank of The Seine built on the city's western edge. The museum opened on 10 August 1793 with an exhibition of 537 paintings. Today nearly 35,000 objects from prehistory to the 19th century are exhibited over an area of 60,600 square metres.

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The Mona Lisa

Mona Lisa is a portrait of a French lady named Lisa Gherardini. It is a portrait by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci. It is a painting in oil, completed around 1503–1519. It is on permanent display at the Musée du Louvre in Paris.The image is widely recognised as the most famous painting in the world.

L’arc de TriompheThe Arc de Triomphe is one of the most famous monuments in Paris.

It stands in the centre of the Place Charles de Gaulle at the western end of the Champs-Élysées.

The arc honours those who fought and died for France in the French Revolutionary and the Napoleonic Wars, with the names of all French victories and generals inscribed on its inner and outer surfaces.

Beneath its vault lies the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from World War I.

The monument stands 50 metres in height, 45 m wide.

The Tomb of the Unknown Solider

from WWI

L’arc de Triomphe

The Champs-Élysées

Montmartre Montmartre is a hill (the highest pointin Paris) of 130 metres high, giving itsname to the surrounding district, in thenorth of Paris,a part of the Right Bank. Montmartre is primarily known for thewhite-domed Basilica of the Sacré Cœur. Many artists includingVincent Van Gough used to workfrom studios in the district.

Notre Dame

Notre Dame de Paris (French for Our Lady of Paris), also known as Notre Dame Cathedral, is a Gothic, Catholic cathedral on the eastern half of the city of Paris, France. it is the church that contains the cathedra (official chair) of the Archbishop of Paris. Notre Dame de Paris is widely considered one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture in France and in Europe.The first period of construction from 1163 into 1240s and it was finally built by 1345.

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The Hunchback of Notre Dame

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FRENCH!

Bonjour – Hello

Merci – Thank you

S'il vous plaît – Please

Au revoir – Bye

Ca va? - How are you?

Ca va tres bien, merci. - I’m very well,

thank you.

The Facts: Population of France: 64,876,618 Population of Paris: 2,152,423

Location:  Western Europe, bordering:Andorra 56.6 km,Belgium 620 km,Germany 451 km, Italy 488 km Luxembourg 73 km, Monaco 4.4 km, Spain 623 km, Switzerland 573 km

Climate:  generally cool winters and mild summers, but mild winters and hot summers along the Mediterranean; occasional strong, cold, dry, north-to-northwesterly wind.

Government:  republic

Religion

Roman Catholic 83%-88%,

Protestant 2%,

Jewish 1%,

Muslim 5%-10%,

unaffiliated 4%

France is a secular country where freedom

of thought and of religion is preserved.

Sport

The French "national" sport is Association football, = called 'le foot‘.

The most-watched sports in France are football (soccer), rugby union, cycling, tennis, handball, basketball and sailing.

France is notable for holding (and

winning) the football World Cup in 1998.

Stade de France

France is also famousfor holding the world famous cycling tournament:“La Tour de France” which finishes each year on the Champs-Élysées

in Paris.

the tennis Grand Slam tournament:Roland Garros, or the French Open is another famous French sporting event worldwide.

Sport is encouraged in school, and local sports clubs receive financial support from the local governments. While football (soccer) is definitely the most popular, rugby union and rugby league takes dominance in the southwest, especially around the city of Toulouse.

The modern Olympics was invented in France, in 1894 by

Pierre de Coubertin.

Pets

In 2006, 52% of French households had at least one pet:

9.7 million cats, 8.8 million dogs, 2.3 million rodents, 8 million birds, and 28 million fish.

QUIZ TIME!!!!!!!!

Postcards!

Bonjour Mr. O Meara,

Today we travelled to Paris and saw the Eiffel Tower. It is over 300 meters high and is very beautiful. We also visited the Louvre museum. Tomorrow we are going to see the Tennis at the Roland Garros. I have to go now for dinner. We are having frogs legs and croissants.

Au Revoir,

Mark