Paris
on Parade
You have been selected to visit the 8 suggested monuments in cyberspace and collect pictures of at least 5 of them. Also be sure to collect at least 3 interesting facts about each monument as well. At the conclusion of this activity, you will prepare a printed travel guide book for students who are not familiar with Paris or the French language and culture.
First, go to Paris on your virtual trip:
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| Arc de Triomphe | http://www.paris.org./Monuments/Arc/ |
| Centre Pompidou | http://www.paris.org/Musees/Beaubourg/info.html |
| Eiffel Tower | http://www.tour-eiffel.fr/teiffel/uk/
http://www.endex.com/gf/buildings/eiffel/eiffel.html |
| the Louvre | http://www.louvre.fr/
http://www.paris.org./Musees/Louvre/info.html |
| the Musee d'Orsay | http://www.paris.org./Musees/Orsay/info.html |
| Notre-Dame | http://www.paris.org./Monuments/NDame/ |
| Sacre-Coeur | http://www.paris.org./Monuments/Sacre.Coeur/info.html |
| Versailles | http://www.chateauversailles.fr/en/ |
| Paris | http://www.paris.org./Monuments/
http://worldbook.bigchalk.com/414820.htm http://www.parisfranceguide.com/ |
Next, save some pictures:
To save a picture from the Internet, follow these steps.
1. Put your cursor on the picture you
wish to save.
2. RIGHT click on the mouse
3. When the box pops up, choose the
SAVE PICTURE AS option.
4. When the next box pops up, give
your picture a unique file name and click SAVE.
Then, create pages for your book:
To retrieve a picture and put it into a word document,
follow these steps.
1. Open a blank Word document.
2. Go to INSERT, PICTURE, FROM FILE.
3. Choose the file name of the picture
you want and click on the INSERT button.
4. Then add 3 sentences about your
picture.
4. Voila! You have completed a page
of your travelogue.
Assessment:
Each person will turn in a travel brochure of 2 pages.
The title page should have Your Name’s Paris Trip and 2 pictures and 3 interesting facts about them.—15 points
The second page should have the remaining monuments and 3 interesting facts about them--15 points
Total points possible: 30 points
Paris on Parade was a joint venture of
Barbara Beemer,
TMS French Teacher and
Laurie Fowler,
Technology in Motion
Page last updated on September 4, 2002
Background art from http://www.pinette.net/genealogy/clipart/
Paris pictures from Google
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