Francophone Summer Camp

This class is an exploration of Francophone cultures outside of mainland France. Each day your child will focus on a different Francophone country: Haïti, Congo, Sénégal, Belgique et Martinique. The objective of this course is to create a new vision of what French is and where it is spoken, while also reformulating certain stereotypes of these countries as “developing” and “poor.”  Children’s literature and films written by artists from these countries will be used to represent the cultures they are learning about. They will also be introduced to societal issues, such as environmental health and migration through the pieces that we use.

Your child will create a “passport” and we will add a new flag to for each country they “visit.” The objective by the end of this camp is that students have an awareness of Francophone countries outside of France and can speak about these cultures.

For example, for Haiti, they will read the children’s book, “le dernier mapou,” and speak about the sacred importance of the mapou in Haitian culture. They will talk about the environment and learn vocabulary to talk about this. Each student will then create an art piece about what nature signifies for them. This day they will also talk about environmental issues, and learn vocabulary surrounding global warming and deforestation by watching a video of the situation in Haiti. We will not focus on the earthquake, or consider Haiti as a disaster or poor country, but rather reframe the narrative of this country and consider it for its culture and beautiful environment.

The number of students is limited. Register now!