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Le mtro de Paris
ROUGE

Paris: Le mtro

Description
Subway map of Paris with all main lines and certain stations labelled: Main lines (end stations): 1. Grande Arche de la Dfense 2. Porte Dauphine 3. Pont de LevalloisBcon 4. Porte de Clignancourt 5. BobignyPablo Picasso 6. Charles de Gaulle toile 7. La Courneuve 8 mai 1945 (Louis Blanc, Pr St. Gervais) 8. Balard 9. Pont de Svres 10. BoulogneSt Cloud 11. Chtelet 12. Mairie dIssy 13. ChtillonMontrouge Additional subway stations: Porte de la Villette Place de Clichy Gare de lEst Saint-Lazare Rpublique Madeleine Concorde Muse du Louvre Htel de Ville Trocadro Solfrino DenfertRochereau Passy Clunyla Sorbonne Gare de Lyon lysesClmenceau Gare du Nord LamarckCaulaincourt MontparnasseBienvenue Monceau Opra Franklin D. Roosevelt La Motte-Picquet Palais-Royal ChteletLes Halles Bastille Invalides Muse dOrsay St-Michel Champ de MarsTour Eiffel Cit Champs Chteau de Vincennes Nation Gallieni (Gambetta, Porte des Lilas) Porte dOrlans Place dItalie Nation VillejuifLouis Aragon CrteilPrfecture Mairie de Montreuil Gare dAusterlitz Mairie des Lilas Porte de la Chapelle St DenisBasilique, Gabriel Pri
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Note: There is a complete subway map in Student Text, Appendix D, p. R35. Discovering French, Nouveau! Rouge
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Le mtro de Paris (cont.)

Meeting National Standards Goal 3:

CONNECTIONS

Standard 3.2 Acquiring Information: Using French to find information on the Internet

Copy Transparency 7 and distribute it to the class. Have students in pairs use the Internet to access a complete subway map and find out the names of all the subway stations on one of the 13 lines.

Sur Internet, avec un(e) camarade, consultez un plan dtaill du mtro et faites la liste des noms de tous les arrts sur une des treize lignes.

Meeting National Standards Goal 3:

CONNECTIONS

Standard 3.2 Acquiring Information: Using resources available only in French

Have students to look up the names of the metro stations in the culture section at the back of the Petit Larousse illustr in order to learn more about their origin. For instance, who were Lamarck? Caulaincourt? Bienvenue? Pri? Etc.

Dans la section culturelle du Petit Larousse illustr, cherchez les noms des stations de mtro pour comprendre leur origine. Par exemple, qui tait Lamarck? Caulaincourt? Bienvenue? Pri? Etc.

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Suggested Expansion Activities

Discovering French, Nouveau! Rouge

Meeting National Standards Goal 4:

COMPARISONS

Standard 4.2 Cultural Comparisons: Comparing French and American cultures

Have students observe that some Paris subway stations are named after their location (e.g. Opra, Tour Eiffel), some are named after famous people (e.g. de Gaulle, Roosevelt, Clmenceau), some are named after historical events such as battles (e.g. Austerlitz, Trocadro, Solfrino). What kinds of names are given to subway stops and/or bus stops in cities you are familiar with? How does the local system of naming stops compare with the French system?

Avez-vous remarqu que certains arrts de mtro Paris sont nomms daprs leur emplacement (location) (Opra, Tour Eiffel par exemple), dautres daprs des gens clbres (De Gaulle, Roosevelt, Clmenceau par exemple) et dautres daprs des vnements historiques ou des batailles (Austerlitz, Trocadro, Solfrino par exemple)? Quel genre de nom ont les arrts de mtro et / ou dautobus dans les villes que vous connaissez? Comparez le systme dappellation local avec le systme franais.

Discovering French, Nouveau! Rouge

Suggested Expansion Activities

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