Régions+de+la+France+-+Regions+of+France+Research

__Research websites!__ __Who's doing what region?__ __What will the presentation be like?__ __What will my report be like?__ __When will it be due?__ More info coming soon! __How will the report & presentation be graded?__ More info coming soon!

__Topics__ First of all you need to know the region's name in French and English! Also if the name means something, tell us!

1. **Culture** - what is special in food, celebrations, music, language **,** traditional clothing, art... culture! 2. **Cities** - what are important cities? Tell a little about them. 3. What is this region most known for? **Famous for**? What should a visitor NOT miss? What makes this place interesting? (here is a place to include any interesting thing you find that doesn't fit in another research category.) 4. What famous French **people** came from or come from there? (Or any famous people who lived there...) 5. Important events in **history** that took place there! 6. What's the **weather** like? 7. What do they make/produce there? (Agriculture, industries, services, etc.) Are they rich? Poor? What's the **economy** like? Please keep this general and easy to understand. 8. What does it look like? Land? Rivers? Mountains? Other interesting landforms?? Etc. Does it border other countries or bodies of water? (**Geography**) 9. **Sports** 10. One **recipe** in French & English from the region.

1) the books I gave you (they are in your classroom) 2) websites that I have given you links to You are writing the facts on the topic papers we set up in class. Bullet points or sentences are fine. You don't need to write notes in nice paragraph form. and
 * To sum it all up:**
 * __You are gathering facts__** about the topics above using
 * __You are gathering pictures__** and putting them into a PowerPoint along with the website name where you found the picture.

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