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This website, currently under construction, is intended primarily for students in the first three levels of French at Hamden High School in Hamden, Connecticut, and is focused on the textbook series "Bon voyage!" When fully developed, the site will include homework and special project assignments, dates and details about tests and quizzes, chapter study sheets, ...plus a broad range of on-site resource materials and links to other useful pages on the Web relating to the French language and French culture. Initially (with some exceptions), specific day-to-day material will be available primarily for French 25/29 classes.
-- le 11 avril 2008 revu ou réactualisé: les 13/22/25/26/28/30 avril, les 2, 6 mai 2008
● LINKS TO OTHER USEFUL OR INTERESTING WEBSITES
• McGraw-Hill Glencoe, "French Online" (textbook site for the "Bon voyage!" series)
• AATF American Association of Teachers of French
• AP French Literature Materials American Association of Teachers of French, Conn. Chapter
• "Le Monde" daily newspaper • "Le Figaro" daily newspaper
• "La Tribune de Genève" daily newspaper • “La Tribune” de Québec daily newspaper
• "L'Express" weekly news magazine • "Le Point" weekly news magazine
• "Première-Pariscope" weekly guide to things to do in Paris
• "France-Amérique" bi-monthly magazine published by Le Figaro
• Altavista-France moteur de recherche • Google-France moteur de recherche
• Yahoo!-France moteur de recherche • Wikipédia encyclopédie Wikipedia, French version
• Ambassade de France French Embassy, Washington, D. C. • Consulat de France New York City
• "French Culture" Cultural Services website of the French Embassy, Washington, D. C.
• Alliance Française Washington, D. C.
• "Tourisme en France" French Tourist Office
• Ville de Paris official City of Paris site • Paris Métro plan interactif
• Musée du Louvre official Louvre Museum site • Musée d'Orsay official Orsay Museum site
• Centre Pompidou Beaubourg Museum • Musée Carnavalet Museum of the City of Paris website
• Disneyland Paris French Disneyland
• Ville de Genève official City of Geneva site • Ville de Montréal official City of Montreal site
• French Quarter.com "The Essential Guide to New Orleans' Oldest Neighborhood"
● HISTORICAL & CULTURAL FIGURES
Charles BAUDELAIRE
Paris, le 9 avril 1821 – le 31 août 1867, Paris
• "Charles Baudelaire" biography, bibliography, other links (Wikipédia)
• "Actualités baudelairiennes" online magazine devoted to Baudelaire
• "Les Fleurs du Mal" (1857), collection of poetry (online)
• "Chant d’automne" poem from Les Fleurs de Mal (online)
• "Les Chats" poem from Les Fleurs de Mal (online)
• "Le Coucher du soleil romantique" poem from Les Fleurs de Mal (online)
• "Le Crépuscule du soir" poem from Les Fleurs de Mal (online)
• "Les Phares" poem from Les Fleurs de Mal (online)
Charles de GAULLE
Lille, le 22 novembre 1890 – le 9 novembre 1970, Colombey-les-Deux-Églises (Champagne)
• "Charles de Gaulle" biography, bibliography, other links (Wikipédia)
• Fondation Charles de Gaulle foundation dedicated to preserving and promoting de Gaulle's legacy (Paris)
Jean de LA FONTAINE
Château-Thierry (Picardie), le 8 juillet 1621 – le 13 avril 1695, Paris
• "Jean de la Fontaine" biography, bibliography, other links (Wikipédia)
• Musée Jean de la Fontaine La Fontaine birthplace and museum, Château-Thierry
• "Le Chêne et le roseau" from La Fontaine's Fables ("The Oak Tree and the Reed")
• "La Cigale et la fourmi" from La Fontaine's Fables ("The Grasshopper and the Ant")
• "Le Corbeau et le renard" from La Fontaine's Fables ("Council Held By the Rats")
• "Conseil tenu par les rats" from La Fontaine's Fables ("Council Held by the Rats")
• "La Grenouille qui veut se faire aussi grosse que le Bœuf" from La Fontaine's Fables ("The Frog Who Would Be As Big as the Ox")
• "Le Rat de ville et le Rat des champs" from La Fontaine's Fables ("The City Rat and the Country Rat")
• "La Mort et le Bûcheron" from La Fontaine's Fables ("Death and the Woodsman")
MOLIÈRE (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin)
Paris, le 15 janvier 1622 – le 17 février 1673, Paris
• "Molière" biography, bibliography, other links (Wikipédia)
Antoine de SAINT-EXUPÉRY
Lyon, le 29 juin 1900 – le 31 juillet 1944, près de Marseille, dans la mer Méditerranée
• "Saint-Exupéry" biography, bibliography, other links (Wikipédia)
• "Le Petit prince" (1943) facsimile edition, with original art (online)
• "The Little Prince" feature film starring Richard Kiley, Bob Fosse, Gene Wilder (1974)
• Société Saint-Exupéry French society dedicated to Saint-Exupéry (Paris)
• Stacy Schiff, "Saint-Exupery Lands at Last," New York Times, Apr. 11, 2004
• John Tagliabue, "Clues to the Mystery of a Writer Pilot Who Disappeared," New York Times, Apr. 11, 2008
VOLTAIRE (François-Marie Arouet)
Paris, probablement le 21 novembre 1694 – le 30 mai 1778, Paris
• "Voltaire" biography, bibliography, other links (Wikipédia)
• "Candide" (1759) French text (online)
• "Candide" en anglais: English translation (online)
• "Le Mondain" (1736), poem about the advantages of culture (in English, "The Worldling")
• "Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne" (1756), inspired by the Lisbon earthquake, 1755
• Bibliographie voltairienne compilation of Voltaire's works
• "Voltaire and Jefferson: The Sage of Ferney and the Man from Monticello" VHS/DVD (2001)
• Institut et Musée Voltaire Voltaire museum & research library, Geneva (Switzerland)
• Allan Kozinn, "'Candide' the Opera (or Is It a Musical?) Returns," New York Times, Apr. 10, 2008
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Hamden High School
Garry Apgar
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