Cultural Projects
- At the start of a semester choose a city in a place where the target language is spoken. Create a customized google map of the city with relevant places. Ex: a unit on food could include finding restaurants, a unit on clothes could include clothing stores. Students could be assigned individual cities or countries and become an ambassador to them, or the whole class could work on one city. For ex: Marseille 2013
French and Francophone Culture
- slave trade Episode 69 of Africa Past and Present -- the podcast about African history, culture, and politics -- is now available at: http://afripod.aodl.org Episode 69: Economic and Cultural History of the Slave Trade in Western Africa<http://afripod.aodl.
org/2012/12/afripod-69/>
December 12th, 2012 - Belgium film on street harassment strikes a chord
French and Francophone Cinema
List of French films from wikipedia
Cinema teaching guides from MJ Galano at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School
Le film français-French internet magazine on all things audiovisual
Anatomy of a scene-interactive feature from The New York Times where directors explain in detail a scene from their films
Searchable resource to find films shot in specific locations in France
In the Cut, Part I: A detailed look at an action sequence from The Dark Knight
Films from Africa and the Caribbean at ArtMattan Productions
A detailed dossier from Radio France International (rfi) on dubbing vs subtitling films. Presents many different perspectives and includes many resources for teaching film to students.
Weekly radio program from rfi, "Cinéma d'aujourd'hui, Cinéma sans frontières," which explores recent films from around the world in a conversation with their directors
International Studies
- All Over The Map: Cartography And Conflict by Scott Neuman NPR - November 28, 2012Alexander Murphy recalls visiting a Guatemala museum some years ago and gazing up at a huge relief map of the country. Something about the borders struck the University of Oregon geography professor as out of place....http://www.npr.org/2012/11/28/
166079782/all-over-the-map- cartography-and-conflict?sc= 17&f=1001 - Africa For Norway: Viral Video Pokes Fun At Stereotypes In Aid Efforts by Suzanne Lennon NPR - November 28, 2012 A group of South African students and an aid agency in Norway are challenging the stereotypical image of Africa as a continent riddled with conflict, disease, corruption, poverty, and brutal dictatorships needing rescue from developed nations....http://www.npr.org/blogs/
thetwo-way/2012/11/28/ 166095383/africa-for-norway- viral-video-pokes-fun-at- stereotypes-in-aid-efforts?sc= 17&f=1001
