Resources
Books
Image and Text
McQuade, Donald and Christine McQuade. Seeing and Writing 4. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's Press, 2010.
McCloud, Scott. Understanding Comics. New York: Harper Collins, 1994.
Mitchell, W. J. T. Picture Theory: Essays on Verbal and Visual Representation. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994.
Paris: Background Knowledge, Students and Teacher
Bailey, Rosemary and Katherine Spenley. Paris (Eyewitness Travel Guides). New York: DK Publishing, 1993, 2011. I am a big fan of DK books. They are interesting and informative without being overwhelming, and they are aesthetically inviting as well.
Cole, Robert. A Traveller's History of Paris (Traveller's History Series). Northampton: Interlink Pub Group, 2008. This book is filled with useful historical information, especially for teachers.
Corba, Anna. Doodling in French: How to Draw with Joie de Vivre (Bilingual Edition). San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2012. This is a great, fun resource for students who want to learn how to draw whimsical details in their imagetexts.
Edwards, Natasha and Roman Klonek. City Walks with Kids: Paris Adventures on Foot. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2008. This is a collection of cards that tells about locations in Paris and can provide another format for exploration.
Henry de Tessan, Christina. Forever Paris: 25 Walks in the Footsteps of Chanel, Hemingway, Picasso, and More. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2012. Great resource for exploring based on particular interests and for tying in past learning on famous French speakers.
Jones, Colin. Paris: The Biography of a City. New York: Penguin Press, 2004. This gives a comprehensive account of the history of Paris, especially useful for teachers.
Levesque, Kim Horton. The Little Bookroom's Guide to Paris with Child. New York: The Little Bookroom, 2013. Not only does this resource have a lot of clear and practical information, but it also has plenty of photographs as opposed to illustrations.
McCulloch, Janelle. Paris: An Inspiring Tour of the City's Creative Heart. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2012. This visually rich and informative book is a great source of background information for teachers as well as students.
Neskow, Vesna. The Little Black Book of Paris, 2013 Edition. New York: Peter Pauper Press, 2012. Thorough guidebook organized by neighborhoods. Strong resource!
Robb, Graham. Parisians: An Adventure History of Paris. New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 2011. A look at the history of Paris and its places as told through the stories of people. Great resource for teachers especially.
Robinson. Paris Line by Line. New York: Universe Press, 2013. Amazing book of illustrations reprinted from the 60s.
Sasek, Miroslav. This is Paris. New York: Universe Press, 2004. Children's book with beautiful illustrations; this can be used as a model for formatting imagetexts or as introductory foundation-setting material for struggling students.
Websites
General Class Use
360 Cities. https://www.360cities.net. This is a collection of panoramic photos from around the world that are geo-referenced; in other words, they are located within space, correlated to points on a map, and can thus be navigated in an interactive fashion and viewed within their neighborhoods. Navigation is a bit cumbersome at first but is well worth it for the virtual experience of "being there." There is an introduction to Paris (in English) here: http://www.360cities.net/area/paris-france. From there you can select sites within Paris.
A View on Cities. www.aviewoncities.com/paris. This site has lots of information on landmarks (in English) with good pictures.
Le Monde en Video (YouTube). "Paris Avec Edith Piaf." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSIw6ktrbgY&list=PL9uNqONsJ8Q8DXBEf-RaJ9vPNuZvMzOho. Video used and explained in "Activity I – Unit Opener/Closer" of the Classroom Activities section of the unit.
Le Nouveau Paris - Île de France. http://www.nouveau-paris-ile-de-france.fr. This site is in French with an option for English.
Paris Info. http://www.parisinfo.com/visiter-a-paris. This is from the Office of Tourism in Paris (in French, with an option for English). The whole site is useful for teachers, but for student research I recommend this link. It includes ways to search for sites in Paris and tells about them in clear and simple French. It also offers lots of photographic images.
Paris-Tourisme. http://www.paris-tourisme.com/indexf.html. This site (in French, with an English option) lists landmarks by category.
Trip Advisor. http://www.tripadvisor.fr/Tourism-g187147-Paris_Ile_de_France-Vacations.html. Travel planning website (in French, with an English option).
Images
In addition to the websites above, here are a few more*:
ARTstor. http://www.artstor.org/index.shtml. This is a nonprofit licensed digital image library holding more than 1.5 million images. I have access to it through the Yale library system, and perhaps you can get access through your school or a local museum, university, or library. By searching "Paris" and then clicking on "Architecture and City Planning" you can access 1,000 images. The images are able to be zoomed in on, for focus on details.
Google – France. www.google.fr. Doing an image search in the French Google site can pull up images as they appear in authentic French usage.
Paper City Paris – Made by Joel. http://madebyjoel.com/2011/08/paper-city-paris.html. This site is devoted to "handmade educational projects" for children and their caregivers. Here he provides printable templates to make paper dolls but for French landmarks!
Wikimedia Commons. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Paris-map-arr.svg. This is a link to an outline map of Paris, with arrondissements labeled.
*Check bookstore remainder/bargain sections for coffee table books of Paris (often featuring museums, art, and architecture) for more great images!
Location Icons Credits – See Appendix C – Location Icons
I made: Arrondissements; Place/Promenade
From Open Clip Art, in the public domain. Individual uploaders credited.
- Bridge: JPortugall, "Old Bridge," 04.17.2007
- CafÉ: TikiGiki, "Coffee Cup," 08.01.2013
- Cemetery: naoshika, "Graveyard Silhouette," 09.18.2010
- Church: Lorenzo Luengo, "Praying Hands," 02.05.2008
- Entertainment: Matthieu Fecteau, "Funny Music Note," 02.05.2008
- wasat, "Theatre Masks," 10.25.2009
- Fountain: cyberscooty, "Fountain," 07.30.2012
- Garden: pauthonic, "Flowers," 05.19.2011
- Government building: JicJac, "Independence Hall," 10.18.2006
- Monument: BenBois, "Eiffel Tower," 10.30.2007
- Museum: shokunin, "Paint Application Icon," 03.08.2010
- Park: AhNinniah, "Trees," 05.25.2013
- Restaurant: geant, "Pictogram Restaurant," 08.12.2008
- Shop(s): mathafix, "Sac Euro," 05.02.2012
- Train Station: Anonymous, "Aiga Rail Transportation BG," 04.27.2009
- Waterway: photothailand, "Water," 10.29.2012
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