The Erdkinder France Culmination Projects
Last week, we Erdkinder students presented our finished projects to wrap up our journeys into France! Over the course of the last six weeks, our investigations have encompassed reading the classic text The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy, deepening our learning about the French Revolution, and we also watched Les Miserables and the Sofia Coppola movie about Marie Antoinette. The students completed a wide variety of individual projects on topics such as French lavender, Madame Tussaud, The Enlightenment and Treasures of the Louvre, to name but a few.
Working on designing our presentation boards.
Thinking about how best to arrange all of the work about French Lavender
Our titles are important - they help our boards make a statement!
Our EC visitors learned about the history of champagne! Champagne is a very important and iconic French product recognized and valued all over the world.
France is also known for its
haute couture; the French fashion industry really began during the reign of Louis XIV with Marie Antoinette becoming a major influence on fashion in the run up to the French Revolution of 1789. Millions of jobs are created around the world through the fashion industry.
The strange yet compelling story of Madame Tussaud! She was an artistic genius in her own right, even though the start of her career (collecting heads from beneath the guillotine) may seem somewhat gruesome. Her story is an incredible aspect of French history that resonates today with millions of people visiting her waxworks museums worldwide.
Here we are reading about the treasures of the Louvre Museum - the most visited museum in the world!
Parents and students visit and learn about the wide range of topics we researched.
This project is on the Enlightenment and how it propelled a generation to revolution both in Europe and the American Colonies, leading to the War of Independence in the "New World."
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