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30+ sites concerning Acadia, yesterday and today
Site dedicated to the deportation of Acadians from Nova Scotia around 1755, with detailed descriptions of where the refugees settled.
History, music, current events, genealogy, enfin tout sur l'Acadie!
Pictures of the region, but also an online assortment of Acadian songs including the famous song, Grand Pré.
Match the French animal sounds to the right animal.
Click here to listen to the poem "Barbara" by Jacques Prévert. Great to practice pronunciation (listen, pause, repeat).
Fun French learning site with pictures, on different French holidays.
A vivid description of the technique used to make this French delicacy.
For French 3 or above, this site educates about French culture, history, and society. Excellent!
Fantastic songs with many activities for all levels of language. Songs offered range from popular, new, old, traditional as well as holiday songs.
Excellent grammatical review. Quiz yourself!
An amazing site that is narrated in French with fabulous graphics, and all spoken text is scripted for ease of comprehension.
Site with tons of information on Louisiana history including French forts and their history.
Goldmine of grammar exercises, conjugations, spelling, culture, phonetics, literature, film, etc.
Site of the famous brand Fragonard; details the history of perfume making especially in the Provence region, as well as discusses the profession of "le Nez."
Histoire de la fabrication du parfum à travers les siècles
Fun site that allows you to choose three traits of your personality and then informs you of three perfumes that will express who you are. Sorry gentlemen, no men's fragrances featured.
Passé Composé avec avoir - jeu
English description of what exactly pâté is, and it doesn't always have to be liver. You can even find a recipe to make your own.
A murder-mystery that you must solve using your knowledge of French! Used at the French 2, 3, 4, and AP levels for review and practice.
Interactive map of the locations of violence during the past two weeks
Saint Nicholas - Around the world
Descriptions in English of various Saint Nicholas traditions around the world.
Saint Nicolas - Puzzle à ranger
All that you might want to know about Saint Nicolas, le 6 décembre
Site that explores stereotypes, and also has excellent comprehension exercises complete with audio feeds.
Site by Richard Shryock at Virginia Tech explaining why French is the most practical foreign language to study
A site detailing the contributions of members of the Alliance: Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, Georges Loustaunau-Lacau, etc.
Biography of Jules Saliège as well as other contributors to the Resistance.
Biography of Boris Vildé, member of the network Musée de l'Homme.
Biography of various Resistants including Elisabeth Hirsch, Christian Pineau, etc. Search by name.
Site detailing the evasion of Raymond Aubrac by Lucie and the more recent polemics surrounding their participation in the Resistance.
Founded by Sabine and Miron Zlatin, this safehouse welcomed over 100 Jewish children during WWII. Its ending was tragic.
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