Curriculum:
Essential Questions for French

GRADE 11: Who are we? What are the concepts of "self" in French and Francophone cultures and in diverse societies? How does self-identity change?

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Self Identity/Ethnic Identity

•  How do you identify yourself?
•  What determines who you are?
•  What defines ethnic identity?
•  If you moved to another country, would your identity change? Why? How? (How do you keep your ethnic identity during the process of assimilation?)
•  Is it possible to be a French/African/U.S. citizen and maintain your ethnic identity?
•  What was an African before the colonists arrived? What is/was a Frenchman/American/Arab? What did Africans (Americans/French/Arabs) have in common with each other? How did they differ? (Caribbean, Indochine, North Africa) Politique, economie, cultures, traditions, langues, contes, po è mes, .

Mixing of Indigenous and French Culture and La Nouvelle Francophonie

•  What contacts does France have historically and globally? Commerce, politique, esclavage, .
•  How did life change after the arrival of the French?
•  How did France claim a region/nation as its own? What happens to the ethnic identity of the native? To that of the expatriate?
•  When did the French leave? Why?
•  Understanding the diversity of immigrants. From where did immigrants come?
•  How did France deal with immigration?

A nos jours?

•  How is Africa changing today? France ?
•  What does "African" mean? "French"? What will it mean in 100 years?
•  Why does French remain a much-studied language?
•  How is the immigrant changing in Africa ? In France ?
•  How has immigration influenced our own society? African society? French society?
•  Why does France need its immigrants? How is France dealing with immigration?

Curricular Units and Lesson Plans

Self-Identity in Pre-Colonial Africa

Self-Identity in Colonial Africa: La nouvelle francophonie

Self-Identity in Post-Colonial Africa: A nous jous