Transcript La France… et La Francophonie

La France…
et La Francophonie
By
Ben Hawkins
East Carter High School
Devoir-cloche (bellwork):
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Is French only spoken in France? If not,
where else in the world do people speak
French?
Why are we doing this?
I can begin to make comparisons
and contrasts between French
culture and my own.
First thing you have to know
about France is….
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The French Motto:
“Liberté, Egalité, et Fraternité”
•Means:
“Liberty (or Freedom), Equality, and
Brotherhood”
And the next thing is…
“La Marseillaise”: The French National Anthem
 Composed on April 25, 1792 by Claude Joseph
Rouget de Lisle
 Adopted by the French Republic in 1795 as the
French National Anthem
 Received its name from the volunteer fighters
from Marseille in the French Revolution who
sang the song in the streets as they arrived in
Paris*
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“La Marseillaise”
In this recording*, the
singers perform four
verses of “La Marseillaise”
in the following order: 1st,
7th,3rd, and 6th.
*”La Marseillaise” performed by Jacques Gautier et al. from the album
“La Révolution Française: Chants du Patrimoine”
“La Marseillaise”
Allons enfants de la Patrie
Le jour de gloire est arrivé !
Contre nous de la tyrannie,
L'étendard sanglant est levé. (bis)
Entendez-vous dans les campagnes
Mugir ces féroces soldats?
Ils viennent jusque dans vos bras.
Égorger vos fils, vos compagnes!
Arise children of the fatherland
The day of glory has arrived!
Against us tyranny's
Bloody standard is raised (repeat)
Do you hear in the countryside
Roaring these ferocious soldiers?
They are coming into our midst
To cut the throats of our sons and our
companions! (husbands, wives)
Aux armes, citoyens!
Formez vos bataillons!
Marchons, marchons!
Qu'un sang impur
Abreuve nos sillons!
To arms citizens!
Form your battalions!
Let’s march, let’s march!
May an impure blood
Soak our furrows!*
*Translation taken from the following two websites and improvised by author:
•http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Marseillaise
•http://www.marseillaise.org/english/english.html
Fête de la Fédération
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On July 14th, 1789, a group of
around 600 Parisian citizens
“stormed” the Bastille prison,
which was “a symbol of royal
tyranny”
“La Fête de la Fédération”
(known as “Bastille Day” in
English) is France’s national
independence day commemorating the overthrow of the French
Monarchy during the French
Revolution kicked off by the
storming of the Bastille on July
14th.
Storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789
http://www.titeparisienne.com/article-sur-lestraces-de-la-forteresse-108154341.html
14 juillet - Bastille Day in
France
http://www.wat.tv/video/14-juillet-resume-ceremonies55hsd_2i6xp_.html
Le gouvernement français…
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France’s governmental structure is classified as a “unitary
semi-presidential republic”; meaning “a state whose
three organs of state are governed constitutionally as one
single unit, with one constitutionally created legislature
…in which a prime minister and a president are both active
participants in the day-to-day administration of
the state…that is not led by a hereditary monarch.”
France has a constitution and is governed by an elected
president and prime minister who exercise their powers
over the “Assemblée Nationale” or the French Parliamental
Legislature.
The presidential elections for France occur once every five
years, though it was formerly set up as a seven-year term.
Le Président de la République…
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François Hollande
 born August 12th, 1954
 never been married but has
four children, currently dating
a French journalist named
Valérie Trierweiler
 elected by the French people
on May 6th, 2012
 took office on May 15th, 2012
 favors more liberal/socialist
views of government
Les Symboles de la République
Française
Flag
National Emblem
L’oiseau nationale
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France has a national
bird
 Just like the United
States has the eagle for
its national bird…
 The national bird of
France is…
“le Coq gaulois”
Symboles de la République
Française
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Americans have “Lady
Liberty”
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France has “Marianne”
http://www.web-libre.org/dossiers/marianne,3570.html
Le tricolore
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Nickname of the French flag because of its
three colors: red, white, and blue.
 Does the United States’ flag have a
nickname?
Yes, it does. What is it, do you think?
“The Star-Spangled Banner”
…or “Old Glory”
Les statistiques…
Began as an official country in A.D. 843
Capital City: Paris
Total Population: 66,616,416
GDP:
2.337 trillion (US dollars)
(9th largest in the world)
France is also part of the European
Union and their currency is the Euro
European Union Flag
the Euro
“L’Héxagone”
•Total Area: 674,843 km² (260,558 sq mi) (40th)
•Divided into 26 administrative regions, 100 departments, and 6
oversea collectivities
Les Regions de la France
Alsace • Aquitaine • Auvergne •
Bourgogne • Bretagne • Centre •
Champagne-Ardenne • Corse •
Franche-Comté • Île-de-France •
Languedoc-Roussillon • Limousin •
Lorraine • Midi-Pyrénées • NordPas de Calais • Basse-Normandie •
Haute-Normandie • Pays de la
Loire • Picardie • Poitou-Charentes
• Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur •
Rhône-Alpes
Overseas regions: French Guiana •
Guadeloupe • Martinique • Réunion
http://www.france-pub.com/list_regions.html
Religion Statistics (OLD)
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France religiosity
Christianity – 53%
Not religious – 31%
Islam – 4%
Buddhism – 1.2%
Judaism – 1%
Other religions or no
opinion – 10%
60
Christianity
50
Not rellgious
40
Islam
30
Buddhism
20
Judaism
10
0
percent of population
Other religions
or no opinion
Religion Statistics (NEW!)
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French religiosity:
1. Christianity – 45%
2. Not religious – 35%
3. Other religions or no opinion – 6%
4. Islam – 3%
5. Buddhism – 1%
Famous Exports
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France, as you probably already know,
is famous for three main exports:
Did you know that there are over 450
types of cheese produced in France?
Dijon, France is famous for its vast
array of mustards produced there each
year.
And yes, France is also famous for being producers of
some of the world’s finest wines.
“La Grande Boucle”
“Le 101ième édition
du Tour de France”
 Finishes in Paris at the
end of July
 “Le Tour de France” is
an international
bicycle race completed
in 20 stages
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La Francophonie
The French-speaking world
“La Francophonie”
Means “the Frenchspeaking world”
 Is actually an
international
organization made up of
all French-speaking
nations of the world
 Check it out:
www.francophonie.org
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Even has it’s own flag!
La Francophonie
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French is spoken all over the world by 72 to 130
million people in approximately 54 countries+
 Among the European countries that speak French
include Switzerland, Belgium, Italy, and
Luxembourg+
 On the North American continent, French is one
of two official languages in Canada.+
 In the United States, French is the third most
widely spoken language. In the state of Louisiana,
two dialects of French, Cajun French and Creole
French, are spoken.+
La Francophonie
Haiti:
 “French is an official language of Haiti, although it is mostly
spoken by the upper class, while Haitian Creole (a French-based
Creole language) is more widely spoken as a mother tongue.”+
French overseas territories:
 “French is also the official language in France's overseas
territories of French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint
Barthélemy, St. Martin and Saint-Pierre and Miquelon.”+
Asia:
 French is a widely-spoken language in Lebanon along with
Arabic; it is also an administrative language in the Asian countries
of Laos and Cambodia, formerly held territories by the French.
South Pacific:
 “French is also a second official language of the Pacific
Island nation of Vanuatu, along with France's territories of French
Polynesia, Wallis & Futuna and New Caledonia.”+
La Francophonie en Afrique+
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French is an official language of many
African countries, most of them former
French or Belgian colonies:
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Benin
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo (Brazzaville)
Côte d'Ivoire
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
Equatorial Guinea (former colony of Spain)
Gabon
Guinea
Madagascar
Mali
Niger
Rwanda
Senegal
Seychelles
Togo
In addition, French is an administrative
language and commonly used though not on
an official basis in Mauritius and in
the Maghreb states:
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Mauritania
Algeria
Morocco
Tunisia.+
Fin
Sources:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France
 *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Marseillaise
 +http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/French_language
**For more information, view this insightful link:
http://www.fll.vt.edu/french/whyfrench.html