Reader Response 11

 

Respond to the film, Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis, screened in class.  How does this film inform your understanding of French culture? Does it change your opinion of French culture? Do you see any similarities between French culture as depicted in the film and your own?

Reader Response 10

 

Assignment: In Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong, read the chapters assigned below. Write a response, following the Reader Response Guidelines (above). React to and comment upon at least two of your classmates responses.

Chapter 11: “Since local powers are seen as a threat to France’s unity, the French government systematically strips local communities of their political liberties” (146).  Why? How does this statement fit in with what you have learned in previous chapters? Compare and contrast this model with your knowledge of the US.

Reader Response 9

Assignment: In Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong, read the chapters assigned below. Write a response, following the Reader Response Guidelines (above). React to and comment upon at least two of your classmates responses.

Chapter 10:  What did you learn about jobs in France?

Reader Response 8

Assignment: In Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong, read Chapter 9 (omit Ch. 8) . Write a response, following the Reader Response Guidelines (above). React to and comment upon at least 2 of your classmates responses.

 

 Chapter 9:  How is the French state absolutist?

Reader Response 7

Assignment: In Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong, read the chapters assigned below. Write a response, following the Reader Response Guidelines (above). React to and comment upon your at least 2 of your classmates responses.

 

Chapter 7:  How is the policy of assimilation related to France’s experience in World War II?

Reader Response 6

Assignment: In Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong, read the chapters assigned below. Write a response, following the Reader Response Guidelines (above). React to and comment upon at least 2 of your classmates responses.

Chapter 6:  What is jusqu’au-boutisme? 

Reader Response 5

Assignment: In Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong, read the chapters assigned below. Write a response, following the Reader Response Guidelines (above). React to and comment upon at least 2 of your classmates responses.

Chapter 5: Compare and contrast France’s emphasis on rhetorical skill with your own education and culture.