ND Curriculum Initiative

Subject & Standards

Understandings & Goals

Enduring Understanding: I want students to know about and be able to appreciate and share the wonderful culture of France, both in French and in English.
Goal(s): Students will research regions of France.

Questions Answered

Essential questions: 1. What do you know about the geography of this region in France?  2. What do you know about the weather? 3. What do you know about the industries there? 4. What do you know about the famous people who came from the region?  5. What are some interesting places to visit?  6. What are some interesting customs?  7. What do you know about the traditional food of the region?  8. What other things in this region are of interest?
Objectives: 1. Students will be able to share knowledge about the geography of the region of France in French and in English after having researched the region.  2. Students will be able to share knowledge about the weather in the region in French and in English.  3. Students will be able to share knowledge about industries in the area in French and in English.  4. Students will be able to share knowledge about the important people in French and in English.  5. Students will be able to share knowledge about the traditional foods in French and in English.

Assessment

What quiz and test items (e.g. simple content-focused questions that require a single, best answer) will provide evidence of understanding? Quizzes:
What academic prompts (e.g. open-ended questions or problems that require students to think critically and then to prepare a response / product / performance) will provide evidence of understanding? 1. Questions about the region of France.  2. What do you already know and what do you want to find out?
What performance tasks and projects (e.g. complex challenges that are authentic, mirror the real world and require a performance or product) will you include that will provide evidence of student understanding? Students will create a travel brochure about the region enticing French and English audiences to visit.
What other evidence (e.g. observations, work samples, dialogues, student self-assessment) of understanding will you collect? 1. Students will prepare a PowerPoint about the region in French and English.  2. They will include the geography, weather, industry, famous people, interesting places to visit, and food.  3. This will help the students be well-informed about the region and be able to share their knowledge with their audience.

Instructional Strategies

Students use inquiry-based learning to gather information about the regions of France. They prepare travel brochures about the region in French and in English to entice their audience to visit. Groups of students present PowerPoints on regions. Their projects will be used to share their knowledge with the class. Our outside audience will be parents. We will do a continuous slide show presentation in the commons area of our high school during the spring parent-teacher conferences.