Day 9

Grade:
3rd grade
Subject:
Social Studies
Lesson Topic: Bastille Day and Tour de France
Standards:
CC.7.3.3.A - Identify the human characteristics or places and regions using the following criteria:
population, culture, settlement, economic activities, and political activities.
8.4.3.C - Compare and contrast selected world cultures.
NCSS Themes: Culture, Global Connections
Learning Outcomes:
Students will research the history of Bastille Day and how it is celebrated in France.
Students will create a tourist brochure using Word to persuade people to go to Tour de
France using facts about culture, history, and current events.[JV1]
Students will analyze holidays and compare Fourth of July to Bastille Day and recognize
similarities and differences from France culture to American culture.
Materials:
Index cards with pictures: A, B, C, D
Strips of paper
Markers
Laptop lab access with internet/Word
Tri-fold guidance sheet
Research worksheet
Anticipatory Set:
Students will be given index cards which will be their plane ticket. The card will have one
letter: A, B, C, D. This letter will represent where on the plane the students will be.
For the students, they will get in groups based on the letter on their plane ticket.
The teacher will explain that we are taking a field trip and traveling to France for the day
where we will be learning about holidays and different festivals based on their culture.
Students will turn and talk to a partner and discuss what information they already know
about France. 3 students will share to the class what they already know about France.
Procedure:
In groups, the teacher will provide students with strips of paper for them to brainstorm
together 2-3 things that they know about Fourth of July.
Teacher will allow time for students to share what information they know about the
Fourth of July to trigger background knowledge.
The teacher will instruct students to come up and tape their strips to the Fourth of July
side of the t-chart on the whiteboard to generate a class list.
The teacher will then instruct students that we will be learning about Bastille Day and we
explain that we may see many similarities to Fourth of July.

Students will use the laptop lab to research the history of Bastille Day and complete their
worksheet.
Once students have completed their research about Bastille Day, the students are going
to research the famous current events that happens in France during this time. (Tour de
France).
The teacher will show the class a map of France and highlight where the bicyclists ride
throughout the country.
Students will work individually with the information from their worksheet and information
they research online and will create a persuasive brochure to sell the event.
The teacher will show students how to create a tri-fold brochure on a Word document
and provide them with a handout to guide their format.
Using the laptop lab in the classroom, students will research briefly and choose either
the Tour de France event happening in modern day France.

Differentiation:
Students will be grouped in randomized groups just to give opportunity for students to
work with other students that they may have not of worked with before.
This meets visual learners when students research online information and then integrate
what they learned into a brochure to visualize the information they learned about Bastille
Day.
Closure:
Teacher will instruct students to come back together as a whole group and ask three
different people to share one thing they learned today about Bastille Day.
Teacher will generate the list on the other side of the t-chart on the whiteboard.
The teacher will ask students to compare and contrast Bastille Day to Fourth of July
using what knowledge they learned and what they already knew.
Students will copy class list on their own t-chart worksheet.
Assessment:
Completed brochure graded with a rubric for neatness and correct information.
Students on task and participating during Bastille Day worksheet, and generating class tchart.
Technology:

Students will have access to the internet through the laptop lab to create their brochures.

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Bastille Day Worksheet

Use the website,

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/holidays/bastilleday.htm to find the
answers to the following questions:

1. What day is Bastille Day in France?

July 14th
2. What is another name for Bastille Day?
French Independence Day
3. What was Bastille?
A famous prison

4. What happened to it and explain why?

France took the Bastille prison in order to move towards replacing their twoperson government and have a representative government.
5. Who ruled France during this time?
King Louis XVI and his queen Marie Antoinette
6. Who were the types of people that were in the prison? Why?
Middle class people who sided with the poor
They would speak out about their unhappiness towards the king and queen.

Brochure Assignment

Follow the following steps to create a brochure using word.

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Open Microsoft Word located on the desktop of the laptop and select New.
Search in the search bar template.
Choose one of the follow tri-fold templates of your choice.
Begin creating your brochure.

Research the event Tour de France and other happenings in France using the
following websites:
http://www.letour.fr/us/
http://www.cyclingnews.com/tour-de-france/
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/oct/20/tour-de-france-2016-montventoux-bastille-day
http://www.thegoodlifefrance.com/tour-de-france-bastille-day-news-fromfrance/
http://www.cyclingrevealed.com/TdF/2BASTILLE%20DAY_web.htm
Create an appealing brochure as if you were to give it to tourists visiting France. Be
creative, include text boxes, pictures, resources, quotes from real bicyclists, or
anything else you can think of.
Be sure to include the following items:
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the history of Bastille Day

why Bastille Day is important to the day the Tour de France is held on.
Current event information about Tour de France
Persuasion of why people should go
Anything else around the area to attract tourists

The brochure should look appealing, and include pictures. It should be written
grammatically correct with correct spelling. Please follow the rubric to make sure
everything is completed correctly.
Content

Grammar/Spelling

3
Accurate
information with
current events and
includes all criteria
listed on direction
sheet.
All words and
sentences make
sense and are
spelled correctly.

2
Missing some
information/inaccur
ate information.

1
Information makes
no sense.

Some words
misspelled and a
few grammar errors

Difficult to read.

Neatness

Brochure is neat,
easy to read and
appealing to the
eye.

Brochure is
somewhat neat, a
little disorganized
and could be more
appealing to the
eye.

Brochure looks
messy and difficult
to read to follow
along.