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Twenty facts about France

From tourism to the TGV, from the Tour De France to Bastille Day.

Find out more about France in this recording which focuses on historical, traditional, cultural and sporting facts from France.

It can be used as a context for the suggested learning opportunity – using factual information to create a tourist brochure with the intention of persuading visitors to come to Scotland.

PDF: Twenty facts about France transcript (174 KB)

Download the overview and challenge

PDF: Tourist brochure overview (169 KB)Word file: Tourist brochure overview (1.5 MB)PDF: Tourist brochure challenge (172 KB)

Brochure-making tools

Create a theme-related brochure in Word

Advice on the Microsoft education site to help yopu create a theme-related brochure in Microsoft Office Word 2007.

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