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Webquest: Fact Hunt

Task: Use the internet to find out the answers for these 17 questions with 1 (ONE) partner. Type up your findings to print as a word document.

1. What was the name of the Celtic tribe that originally lived in the Paris area and gave it its name? When did they settle in the area? What was the original name of this town? http://www.discoverfrance.net/France/Paris/Paris_history.shtml

2. What is an arrondissement? How many are there? In which one would you find the Sorbonne? And the ? http://www.parisnet.com/parismap.html

3. What are the usual opening hours for Paris shops? http://paris.conciergerie.com/travel_paris/shopping_paris.php

4. One of the most famous department stores is the Galleries Lafayette. What are two others? http://www.discoverfrance.net/France/Paris/Paris_shopping.shtml

5. Name two supermarket chains. (Use the link from #4)

6. If I, as an adult, wanted to buy a Paris Visit card for zones 1-3 for 3 days what tariff would I pay. Plus d'infos voyageurs on the http://www.ratp.fr/ page. (You can change the page to English by clicking on the British flag or anywhere that says « anglais » at the top of the page)

7. Apart from free travel, give 3 specific examples of other benefits this card has.

8. How much for a single T+ trip and how much for a carnet of 10 trips http://www.discoverfrance.net/France/Paris/Paris_metro.shtml

9. When is the Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie in the La Villette area open? http://www.cite-sciences.fr/ (préparer ma visite > horaires) http://www.cite-sciences.fr/english/index.php

10. What metro line would you take to get there and what station should you get off at? (Infos pratiques) (Use link from #8)

11. Usually there are special exhibitions on as well as the usual science discovery exhibitions. What are two that are on now? (Use link from #8)

12. How much does it cost for a student in a groupe scolaire to get to the top of the ? http://www.tour-eiffel.fr/index.html (informations pratiques, > tarifs)

13. What can I visit? Which would you most like to visit? In which arrondissment is it situated? http://www.discoverfrance.net/France/Paris/Paris_monuments.shtml

14. I don’t just want to visit monuments and things. What could I see in the first week of December at the a) , http://accueil.stadefrance.com/en/individuals/events/ b) Zenith http://www.le- zenith.com/pages/programmation/programmation-par-date.html c) Mogador http://www.stage-entertainment.fr/theatre-mogador (Spectacles) d) Bercy http://www.bercy.fr/programme/concert/ e) Olympia http://www.olympiahall.com/web/spectacles.asp

15. What is the Forum des Halles and what did it used to be? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Halles

16. How about art Galleries? How much does it cost for a student under 18 to go to the Musée D’Orsay? http://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/home.html

17. What did it used to be before it became an art museum? (Use link from #15)