La fête nationale - Bastille Day resources

My students will finish school for the summer at the end of this week so this week will be learning about Bastille Day, or as it should be called, La Fête Nationale.

I've done work with my students about La Fête Nationale many times over the years but realised that I'd never blogged about it.

So, here is a list of some resources and links you could use:

• There's a cornucopia of resources here on the TES website.

• Clare Seccombe's Lightbulblanguages has a Quatorze Juillet podcast   

• linternaute.com has an article: Pourquoi le quatorze juillet est-il fête nationale ?

• There's a nice video clip: ça veut dire quoi Liberté, égalité, fraternité ?

• ParisInfo has a webpage dedicated to celebrations happening in Paris.

• Tête à modeler has some practical projects

• momes.net has a page full of activities for younger children here, including some nice comptines and coloriages. There's also a quiz here

• TICS en FLE is a blog with a lot of useful resources

• Education Scotland has a page with some good links and information

• dltk-kids.com has a Bastille Day related page with information and printables (I hate that word!)

• mflresources.org.uk has a powerpoint about Bastille Day

• languagefun.co.uk has a powerpoint for primary children by Jo Rhys-Jones

• Surprisingly, there's a lot of facts in English at http://bastille-day.com

• euroclubschools has some activities and a quiz here

• thegrid.org.uk has a word document called "how to celebrate Bastille Day" with lots of ideas for activites

• papertoys.com has a 3D model Eiffel Tower and an Arc de Triomphe to cut out and make

• awesomestories has a clip from Horrible Histories about the storming of the Bastille

...and there are lots of clips on youtube...


...I  like this one....




and I love this one...



You could also go to cybercartes.com and send your friends a totally free e-card, like this one....

...or perhaps not....