It’s Remembrance Day. Here are videos and articles your French students might enjoy today.
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We’re featuring 4 videos and one article about “Le Jour du Souvenir” and about the armed forces on Planet French, in levelled French, plus 2 recent science videos levelled for immersion.
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Here is a powerful video in levelled French on Remembrance Day. Click on the video to play.
In this 3 minute video in levelled French we show your students what La Journée du Souvenir is all about.
We also visit the Quebec Citadel, an air force base, and talk to an armed forces human resources specialist.
All that in 3 minutes, in levelled French.
Here’s a husband and wife team of Canadian military spies.
They met during the War and you can read their story on Planet French at www.planetfrench.com.
They succeeded because they spoke French and could pass as French citizens to the German occupation forces in France.
Le commandant de la base militaire de Borden
Parfois les ambulanciers peuvent sauver des gens avec des techniques médicales.
Dans l’armée par exemple, il y a des ambulanciers qu’on appelle des techniciens médicaux.
Ils sont formés pour sauver des vies en temps de guerre et aussi ici à la maison.
Nous allons voir un groupe de nouveaux techniciens médicaux à leur graduation à la base militaire de Borden en Ontario.
Planet French rencontre le commandant de l’hôpital de la base militaire de Borden, près de Barrie.
Le Jour “J”
Voici le jour “J” de la deuxième Guerre mondiale.C’est le jour où 200,000 soldats canadiens, britanniques, américains et autres forces alliées débarquent en Normandie, en France, pour libérer la France et l’Europe des forces Nazis.C’est le plus grand déploiement de navires de toute l’histoire de l’humanité.
Science courses -new lessons
Planet French is releasing several new courses on sciences levelled for French immersion.
These include fascinating videos, such as this one, where an astronomer explains the considerable contributions of Canadians to space exploration.
For more science videos, including the brand new rock cycle video “LE CYCLE DES ROCHES”, visit www.planetfrench.comunder the “Les cours de sciences” menu tab.
