The following are webpages and sites which can be used for enrichment for those students enrolled in both History & Thought of Western Man and advanced French classes.
La grotte Chauvet (The Chauvet prehistoric cave)
This site deals with a cave similar to the Lascaux cave. In English.
Egypte (Egypt)
Really good site with some English pages. Features several language exercises with hieroglyphics. Tons of other sources (in French and English) from this site.
Les talatat d'Akhenaton (The talatat of Akhenaton)
This site, in French, describes using computers to reconstruct a temple of Akhenaton.
Sponsored by the Universite de Caen, this site offers a model of Rome at the height of its civilization. This site is in French only and offers several views of the city and its different forums. Blue prints of the model are also available.
Le Moyen Age (The Middle Ages)
English-only site that features influential women in world history. Nice piece on Eleanor of Aquitaine with visual.
Features several castles from the Middle Ages
Judith P. Shoaf translates 8 lais by Marie de France.
Offer visuals, French translations, and secondary sources. Also features a study guide.
The site includes Plainchant, Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque music. In English.
Resources in the Medieval period
Various Medieval history topics
Topics at this site include Arthurean legends, Medieval carpentry, Medieval and Renaissance wedding information, Labyrinth: Medieval materials.
Les tres riches heures du Duc de Berry (The Book of Hours of the Duc de Berry)
Takes a long time to load, but the results are worth it. In English.
Medieval and Renaissance games
This site includes all kinds of games from the Medieval period to the Renaissance, including card games.
Virtual visit to a French Cathedral. Great source for architecture, especially French.
This site offers illuminated manuscripts of the crusades with a commentary in French. Students can easily follow along with the commentary as the text is accessible by a click.
The French Middle Ages on the Web
This site gives a long list of history & material culture and literature & individual written documents.
Margaret Michael makes costumes for Renaissance faires and shows a portfolio of her work.
Students at Twin Groves School, Buffalo Grove, IL, have created a complete site showing a variety of aspects of the Renaissance. In English.
This site shows the Chateau of Saumur. The text is in English.
This site contains volume one of Diderot & d'Alembert's Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire raisonne des sciences, des metiers et des arts, including facsilimile pages and images from the original.
This site gives some background about the encyclopedie in English.This webpage was created by Mary Brackman. Last update 21 June 1997. Return to home.