Curriculum:
Essential Questions for French

GRADE 8: What does foreign mean?

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What is a foreigner?

•  What does foreign mean to you?
•  What does a person feel when he/she arrives to a new culture? What is culture shock?
•  What is assimilation?
•  What are possible consequences of cultural acceptance and denial?
•  How can one change one's world view or perspective of foreigners?
•  What are the obstacles (cultural/linguistic/political) and advantages associated with making foreign friends?

Foreign People, Foreign Ideas - Catalysts for Revolution

•  Can you identify the national and foreign influences of the French Revolution?
•  How and why can foreign ideas, people, and events be so influential?

New France : Foreign soil -- new identity

•  Where are the Quebecois from?
•  What motivated immigration?
•  When did someone French become Quebecois?
•  How did the French immigration to Quebec effect the dynamics of Canada ?
•  Who are some famous Quebecois and why are they important?

Experiencing the feelings of being "foreign" through simulation

•  What are the differences between a foreigner and a native?
•  What is needed to function in a foreign language?
•  What does a person feel when they arrive in a foreign country or culture?
•  What are ways that people may take advantage of foreigners?
•  How has this experience enriched you as a person?

Curricular Units & Lesson Plans

The Little Prince: Concepts of "foreign" - Lesson 4: Written Creations

Cultural Comparison of Events

The French Revolution

New France

Space Station Simulation