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1. French Resources (Paris.org)
   Provides lesson on French. 6-02

2. French Newspaper (Le Monde) 6-02

3. Awesome Library in French
   Surf the Internet in French. Also provides a language translator for text and a search engine that works in French.

4. Games in French (Boowa and Kwala)
   Provides interactive games. 11-99

5. French Languages (Wharton Group and Mills)
   Provides a history of French languages. 12-99

6. French

7. French Lessons and Culture (About.com - Lawless)
   Provides French lessons, grammar, punctuation, and more on the language. Also presents the French culture. 4-00

8. French Search Engine (MSN)
   Provides Web searches in French. 6-00

9. French Revolution - Timeline (Koeller)
   Describes events in France from 1789 to 1795, the French Revolution. 6-00

10. French Lesson (Information Institute of Syracuse)
    Provides a lesson. 1-04

11. Pronunciation of French (fonetiks.org)
    Provides the pronunciation of words, as well as a dictionary. Click on the dialect, sound, or language of interest and a box will open. On some browsers, you will hear the sound by just moving your mouse over the word. For other browsers, each sound will need to load before the program will begin and each sound must be approved (by clicking) before it will download. Watch for the "done" message at the bottom of the small box that opens to download the sounds. 4-01.

12. French Resources (iLoveLanguages - Chambers)
    Provides lessons, dictionaries, translation guides, news, and literature. 1-02

13. French Learning Activities - Beginner Through Advanced (Murphy)
    Provides activities, such as crossword puzzles, to help learn French. 7-02

14. Spelling Checker for English, Spanish, Italian, French, and Portuguese (SpellOnline.com)
    Checks for proper spelling and suggests correct spelling. 7-02

15. French Grammar (University of Tennessee - Peckham)
    Provides over 500 sources of information and lessons on grammar, by part of speech. 8-02

16. News in French (BBC News)
    Provides news in French. 8-02

17. -See and Hear Web Pages in English, French, or Other Languages (Awesome Library)
    Awesome Talkster allows you to hear Web pages. You can, for example, set the voice to French and start with www.awesomelibrary.org/francais.html to see and hear the Web in French. By adding a voice to Web pages, children and teens can learn to pronounce words as they read them. Awesome Talkster includes an animated character, providing synchronized highlighting so that children can follow along even more easily. This multi-sensory approach is a powerful method for improving reading skills. Online books for children and teens to practice their reading skills are available in the Awesome Library. 1-03

18. French Courses in France (Europa-Pages.com)
    Provides courses available by region of France. 7-03

19. Editorial - What Is Needed Next in Iraq - A French Perspective (Washington Post - Moisi)
    "Paris would probably be happy with a triumvirate to run the reconstruction, with an American general in charge of security under a U.N. mandate, an Iraqi interim government given many more political responsibilities and a U.N.-designated representative having overall responsibility for the process and for organizing elections on a shortened schedule of a few months. Ideally, though not necessarily realistically, power should be returned to the Iraqis before the beginning of next year." 9-03

20. French Flash Cards (StudyStack.com)
    Provides flash cards to help the language. 10-04

21. French Encyclopedia (Wikipedia.org)
    Provides a small encyclopedia. 10-04

22. -05-30-05 French Reject EU Constitution (CBS News)
    "French voters rejected the European Union's proposed constitution Sunday, dealing a staggering blow to efforts to further unify the 25-nation bloc by giving it a common charter and more power on the global stage." 5-05

23. -05-30-05 Britain and Others Assess French Rejection of EU Constitution (Guardian Unlimited)
    "Britain and other members of "new Europe" are planning to challenge Jacques Chirac to declare whether the EU constitution is dead or alive after the emphatic French no in Sunday's referendum." 5-05

24. -06-05-05 Teen Nadal Wins French Open (USA Today)
    "Rafael Nadal's first Grand Slam final will be remembered for the magnificent tiebreaker he lost, the set points he saved and the title he won."
    
    "No. 4-seeded Nadal overcame three set points in the final set and became the youngest men's Grand Slam champion since Michael Chang won the French Open in 1989 at age 17. Nadal's the first man to win the French Open on his initial try since Mats Wilander, who claimed the first of his seven Grand Slam titles at Roland Garros in 1982." 6-05

25. -11-09-05 Top Footballer Criticizes French Government (Guardian Unlimited)
    "One of France's top football players has criticised the government's handling of the riots in major cities and urged authorities to address the problems fuelling the disaffection of youths in the suburbs."
    
    "Defender Lilian Thuram, the most capped player in the French national squad, said the violence was the fruit of the economic and social deprivation in the banlieues - suburbs where the majority of the population are descended from Arab and African immigrants and unemployment rates often run as high as 40%." 11-05

26. -11-30-05 French Doctors Transplant a Face (CBS News)
    "French doctors on Wednesday claimed a world-first partial face transplant, saying a nose, lips and chin were grafted onto a 38-year-old woman disfigured by a dog bite. " 11-05

27. -03-18-06 French Students' Protests Turn Fiery (USA Today)
    "Students clashed with police and activists rampaged through a McDonald's restaurant and torched the entrance to a Gap store in the capital Saturday as demonstrations against a government plan to loosen job protections spread in a widening arc across France." 3-06

28. -News in French (Google News)
    Provides news in French. 05-06

29. -Speed Sensors May Have Been Involved in French Air Crash (ABC News)
    "Arslanian of the BEA cautioned that it is too early to draw conclusions about the role of Pitot tubes in the crash, saying that 'it does not mean that without replacing the Pitots that the A330 was dangerous.' " 06-09

30. -06-07-09 Federer Earns Historic French Open Title (NBC News)
    On his fourth try in a Paris final, Federer became the sixth man to win all four Grand Slam championships."
    
    " 'Now the question is: Am I the greatest of all time?' Federer said. 'We don't know, but I definitely have many things going for me because I've finally won all four Grand Slams, and I'm particularly happy reaching Pete's 14 [major titles].' "
    
    "Sampras said Federer deserves to be at the top of the all-time list." 06-09

31. -Measurement - Converts Between Units of Weight (Convert.French-Property.co.uk)
    Provides instant conversions among ounces, pounds, grams, kilograms, stones, and tons. 06-09

32. France - in French (J'veux bien)

33. French Culture (Wharton Group and Mills)
    Provides information on French education, language, and culture. 12-99

34. French Guiana (CountryReports.org)
    Provides a profile by topic, including Economy, Defense, Geography, Government, People, National Anthem, Lyrics and Related Links. Provides a map and a flag. 6-02

35. French Guiana

36. French History and Culture (MSN.com)
    "D-Day will live famously for as long as historians record the determination of free people to liberate the oppressed." 6-04

37. French Diet for Weight Control (MSN Wine)
    "The emphasis, they argue, should be on eating a wide variety of fresh, seasonal foods that are well prepared and enjoyed in what to some Americans might seem like dismayingly moderate portions." 9-05

38. French News (FranceDaily.com)
    Provides news. 02-06

39. News from France (French-News.com)
    Provides news in English. 02-06

40. Pondicherry and the French Connection (Travel.NYTimes.com)
    "Today, Puducherry, as it is officially known but rarely called, is capitalizing on a glammed-up version of that history, and emerging as an artsy, design-savvy destination with a quasi-Gallic approach to eating, drinking, shopping and relaxing. It’s like India seen through a French lens, or maybe vice versa." 03-08

41. Midwives and Maternity Care in the Ancient Roman World (Indiana.edu - French)
    "Accustomed as we are to the procedures of late twentieth­century obstetrics with its emphasis on pre­natal care, asepsis, and medical technology, our reactions to some of the methods and medications used for normal, uncomplicated childbirth in the Greco­Roman world are likely to range from mild amusement to outright revulsion. While we can make only educated guesses about the mortality rates associated with childbirth in antiquity, we can reconstruct a fairly detailed description of Greco­Roman maternity care and recover a partial picture of the women who attended this epochal life event- the midwives." 1-04

42. Paris (Paris.org)
    Provides pictures and tourist information on Paris, France. 6-02

43. Huron Nation History (First Nations)
    "Ouendake (called Huronia by the French) was the original homeland of the Huron occupying a fairly compact area of central Ontario between the southern end of Georgian Bay and Lake Simcoe."

44. Winnebago (First Nations)
    "Their clothing was fringed buckskin, which the Winnebago frequently decorated with beautiful designs created from porcupine quills, feathers and beads..." 
    
    "Winnebago clans served both ceremonial and social functions, but in distinctive Siouan characteristic, were grouped into two major divisions, or moieties: an Upper (Sky) with four clans; and a Lower (Earth) having eight." 
    
    "Of course, they never surrendered their distinctive Siouan language, but it was not uncommon for a Winnebago to speak several languages besides his own (Algonquin, French, and English). Originally a farming people, the Winnebago lived in large semi-permanent villages." 12-03

45. -Language Translator for Web Pages (Systransoft)
    Translates your Web page into another language, including German, French, Italian and Spanish. Limit of 10K in size of file. 9-05. educacion

46. Washington, George - The Real Face (Early America)
    "George Washington's life mask was made in 1785 by French sculptor Jean Antoine Houdon when Washington was fifty-three. In commenting to a friend, Houdon said he had no idea of 'the majesty and grandeur of Washington's form and features' until he studied him as a subject."

47. -Email Pals for Classrooms (ePALS Classroom Exchange)
    "ePALS connects students and teachers from different countries on joint projects pertaining to curriculum and culture via the Internet. ePALS is available in English, French and Spanish." 9-05

48. Translations Search (Internet Oracle)
    Provides seven language translators, as well as additional translation dictionaries. The fourth listing provides the most complete word translations.

49. Western European Languages Literature Online (ALA and University of Virginia - Campbell)
    Provides literature by language. Includes Catalan, Danish, Dutch, Fnnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Irish, Italian, Latin, Norwegian, Old Norse and Modern Icelandic, Portuguese, Provençal, Spanish, and Swedish literature. Part of the Western European Specialists Section (WESS) of the Association of College and Research Libraries. 2-00

50. Bastille - Fall of Bastille (Koeller)
    Describes the famous event of July 14, 1789, in French history.