I am a great admirer of Les Petits Enfants du Siècle by Christiane Rochefort a book which traces part of the life of Josyane during the early days of the new suburbs in the north of Paris. The book is very humorous yet contains many truths about life for young people in France and elsewhere. Having also been won over by Kiffe Kiffe Demain by Faiza Guene I have decided to do an AQA topic in some detail on "L'évolution de la banlieue et de ses habitants de 1960 à 2010"-actually that could be 50 ans de banlieue or something like that couldn't it?
I've already done a transcription on the history of immigration from the French Musée de l'immigration site so I am shortly going to be adding this and summaries and exercises for the books to the my A level French resources site. The two books will provide a very good cross generational perspective on the era which can include links to how the early hopes for much of the banlieue have been dashed and why. Anyone interested in gaining access to this material to test should contact me.
This material should be ready by June so that it is ready for next year's teaching.
I've already done a transcription on the history of immigration from the French Musée de l'immigration site so I am shortly going to be adding this and summaries and exercises for the books to the my A level French resources site. The two books will provide a very good cross generational perspective on the era which can include links to how the early hopes for much of the banlieue have been dashed and why. Anyone interested in gaining access to this material to test should contact me.
This material should be ready by June so that it is ready for next year's teaching.
