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Franck the animated froggie The 19th century was a period of great change in France. Revolutions, revolts and war changed society. Politics, art, music, literature and science flourished. Paris became the true "city of light" and became the centre of gaiety and entertainment during the Belle Epoque. These slide shows cover a range of ideas connected with this exciting century.
Les tendances du 19e siècle
The main ideas and political movements of the 19th Century. Worksheet.
Le 19e siècle en France. The 19th century. An overview of the main trends in France during the 19th century.
Les Révolutions pendant le 19e siècle The causes, events and consequences of some of the major revolts and revolutions in France during the 19th century.
Les café concerts The origins of the Moulin Rouge and the Folies Bergères and the people who worked there.
La guerre franco-prusse - 1870 The causes of the war, and its results and outcomees for the French and in particular those who lived through the Siege of Paris
L'exposition de 1889 The creation of the Eiffel Tower and the changes that the exposition brought to the infrastructure and lifestyle of Paris and its inhabitants.
L'affaire Dreyfus The Dreyfus Affair The arrest and subsequent trial of the Jewish army officer, Captain Dreyfus, for espionnage, rocked establishment France and consolidated the power of the media.
Le Baron Haussmann Haussmann, the architect and creator of the "City of Light" let nothing stand in his way as he gave 19th century Paris "un lifting".
Questions worksheet Set of worksheets in French related to each of the above themes.
Old street in Paris
Bar girl
Burning of Paris
le chat noir
Before le Baron Haussmann gave Paris "un lifting", the streets looked like this. There were no footpaths, no sewers and rubbish accumulated in the streets. The Folies Bergères is still one of the best known cabarets, or café concerts, in Paris. Renoir painted one of the bar girls. The Commune was the revolution that followed the Franco-Prussian war and the Siege of Paris. During the uprising, the city was burned. This was the café concert that started the trend. Its owner, Rodolphe Salis, named the club after a stray cat he found on the footpath outside.

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