Paris Webquest Factfinding Worksheet

Paris Webquest: Task sheet two - Fact Hunt Task:

 Use the internet to find out the answers for these questions

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.parisbalades.com/Autre/histoire_paris.htm

  2. What is an arrondissement? How many are there? In which one would you find the Sorbonne? And the Eiffel tower? 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.shtm


5. Name two supermarket chains. http://www.discoverfrance.net/France/Paris/Paris_shopping.shtml

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/

   7. How much for a single trip and how much for a carnet of 10 trips Plus d'infos voyageurs on the http://www.ratp.fr/
      http://www.discoverfrance.net/France/Paris/Paris_metro.shtml
 

8. 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

  9. What metro line would you take to get there and what station should you get off at ? ( infos pratiques) http://www.cite-sciences.fr/

10. Usually there are special exhibitions on as well as the usual science discovery exhibitions. What are two that are on now? http://www.cite-sciences.fr/

11. How much does it cost for a student in a groupe scolaire to get to the top of the Eiffel Tower? http://www.tour-eiffel.fr/index.html
 

12. I don’t just want to visit monuments and things. What could I see in the first week of June at the Stade de France,
    http://www.stadefrance.com/calendrier Zenith

    http://www.zenith-paris.com/index2.php Mogador

    http://www.mogador.net/ Bercy

    http://www.bercy.fr/programme/concert/

    http://www.bercy.fr/programme/sport Olympia

    http://www.olympiahall.com/web/spectacles.asp

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

14. 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

  15. What did it used to be before it became an art museum?

This webquest has been taken from www.realfrench.net