Choate Rosemary Hall en France Paris as classroom

Choate Rosemary Hall en France: Paris as classroom June 17 - July 20, 2016

Les Professeurs en France Matthieu Poupard (Art History) Deborah Palmer + Dahbia Yousfi or Lorraine Ajavon (Language) (Director in France, & Kojo Clarke History) (Literature) + other speakers as introduced by Mme Palmer or M Poupard)

Travel/Arrival • Make sure that you have sent travel plans (airline, flight # and depart/arrival times) to me • Euros! Bring at least 150 for the Loire weekend • Pack thoughtfully, obey airline baggage limits • Medication in carry on luggage • Small bag/knapsack for trips to castles, pool towel • Charles de Gaulle, Terminal 2(E)—meet Deborah Palmer after customs (have your own phone w/her number, charged—bring adaptor in case you need to charge it in the airport) • Have a notebook to use on excursion but don’t bring all your supplies (you can buy them in Paris) • Taxi to host family upon arrival in Paris

School phone/Technology Provided upon arrival Always charged Loaded with Euros Keep numbers available—teachers, host family, emergency numbers (but know them too!) • Computers, i. Pads…Wi. Fi in homes/cafés. See Paris without a screen! Selfies in close spaces? (i. Pads CAN be quite useful—good to have access to email, somehow) • Speak softly! • •

La Vallée/Le Val de (la) Loire

Val de Loire…suite, plus à l’est

Chartres

La Saulaie Nous voici!

Le petit déjeuner (La Saulaie)

La France (la Loire)

Loches

Chinon

Chenonceau 2013

Chambord

Host Family • All kinds of families • Breakfast/dinner—opportunity to talk with family. Space/Closed doors—respect their privacy, but don’t hide in your room! • Roommate • Laundry • Refrigerator (seem empty? ) • Conservation of resources • Curfew • Be patient but know you can talk to faculty if there is a perceived problem. • Family friends/acquaintances in Paris

Finding one’s way in Paris Le métro de Paris Sèvres-Babylone

Le Métro L’Indispensable, Carte navigo

Arrondissements

Horaire quotidien EN SEMAINE LE WEEKEND • 9 -12 Cours OU Visite • 12 -2 Déjeuner • 2 -4 Visite OU cours + devoir • Après-midi libre Samedi • 9 -12 Cours/Activité en groupe • 12 Déjeuner • Après-midi libre • Dîner (au choix) • Couvre-feu (en famille)—il faut téléphoner du fixe Dimanche—libre (à moins qu’il y ait une sortie) • Dîner en famille – Devoirs, visites qui vous intéressent, goûters, promenades • Dîner en famille – devoirs

COURSES IN FRANCE all conducted in French Parler et Ecrire un Français Utile The focus of the work of this course is communication, writing and speaking, listening and reading comprehension. Classes are devoted to study of grammatical points arising from journal entries and to the systematic acquisition of active vocabulary relevant to daily life in France. Students may be divided into 2 groups at the Paris director’s discretion. La Littérature The aim of this course is to expose the students to French writing styles and one whole work (at least). Students may be divided into 2 groups based on demonstrated aptitude. Texts provided. Class participation (and note-taking) is encouraged. (Texts provided) Histoire de l'Art à travers les Musées Français Histoire de France du Moyen Age au 20 e Siècle (Text provided. ) Projet Indépendent: La France, Laboratoire Culturel In Paris each student chooses an artistic or cultural topic which he or she researches independently in libraries, in galleries and museums, or in explorations of the city itself. Student are given some examples of past projects early in the term but are encouraged to develop their own ideas. Faculty members help students choose topics, pursue research, and organize final paper and presentation to the group. TAKE NOTES, ASK QUESTIONS, HELP YOUR CLASSMATES, STUDY IN A CAFE!

Art History at the Louvre: Histoire de l'art à travers les musées français This course is designed to introduce students to the major artistic movements in France from the Middle Ages to the present. Classes are complemented by visits to museums and monuments. The written work of the course takes the form of a cahier de visites in which students are asked to relate their impressions of each afternoon excursion, in words and in pictures. Featured museums in Paris are the Musée d'orsay and the Louvre as well as many smaller museums, parks, gardens, and monuments. (Over the course of the summer students devote approximately 45 -50 hours to this course. Choate students receive a visual arts credit. )

Taking notes, learning on your feet

Dessiner pour apprendre

Histoire de France du Moyen Age au 20 e Siècle (Cathedral of Notre Dame) A general French history course in lecture format covering the major political and social movements in France. This course is designed to accompany and complement the Art History course. Featured visites for this course include the Musée de Cluny (Museum of the Middle Ages) and Notre-Dame de Paris as well as the castles in the Loire Valley, neighborhood walks, Versailles and other sites and monuments. Textbook provided.

Names and terms you will hear Jeanne d’Arc François I Henri IV La Renaissance Caravage (Italian artists’ names in French) Louis XIV, Versailles Le Nôtre, Le Brun, Le Vau Poussin Louis XVI …beaucoup de Louis! Napoléon, Joséphine ( ) Jacques-Louis David Guéricault Delacroix Manet Monet Rodin Cézanne Degas Picasso

Neighborhood walks La Cour du Palais Royal

Projet indépendant Fashion show (à droite) PARIS PROJECTS, past summers French opera Paris gardens and parks Monuments and modernity, the Eiffel Tower and the Monument to Peace Dancing in Paris Bookstalls along the Seine Four Arcs de Triomphe Haussmann’s Paris Street musicians The Palais Royal An illustrated history of Notre Dame La Fontaine des Innocents Montmartre and artists Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign The Centre Pompidou and Roy Lichtenstein exhibition Edith Piaf Monuments of the 4ème arrondissement Paris markets

Déjeuner

Excursions beyond Paris Monet’s home, Giverny Versailles with your teachers

Atelier de peinture Au jardin du Luxembourg

Magasins

Special summer events in Paris Le Tour de France Départ Mont Saint-Michel le 2 juillet Arrivée à Paris le 24 juillet (après le départ du programme) image du site officiel Le 14 juillet (jeudi)

What might come up • Illness, injury (SOS Médecins) • NO bicycles, skateboards… • Pickpockets (even in museums, often at the bouche du métro, at ATMs--clipboard, wedding ring tricks, children) • Homesickness—le mal du pays

Journal & Post-program evaluation • • • Anticipating departure First impressions (the Loire Valley, Paris) Sounds and smells Diifferent ways of teaching/learning Favorite place in Paris Anticipating the return home

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