Welcome to the Skidmore Summer Workshop
Bonjour, tout le monde et bienvenu. I am a teacher of French and Italian in the Plainedge School District located in North Massapequa, Long Island, NY.
A suggested lesson plan: CULTURAL AWARENESS
Subject Area: French
Population: Checkpoint A
Topic: Francophone Countries
Curriculum Links : Culture, Community
Objectives: To become aware of the existence of other countries where French is spoken in the world and to compare and contrast their culture with that of the United States.
Materials: Computers with internet connection
Time: Two months
Scope and Sequence: Class time and time out of class
Skills: Basic computer skills
Evaluation: Rubric topics
Procedure: Explore the list of Francophone countries by doing a search on the WWW using Metacrawler
Choose 5 (five)countries which interest you
Research information about each country using a Search engine for each country