The French in the World Outside of France

Leavitt

 

 

General site – everyone exploring a country,  province, or people should use this one!

http://www.everyculture.com/multi/

Find the alphabetical section that has your culture.  Good long articles

 

Don’t forget to use Encyclopedia Britannica in Research Databases

 

 

French Canada

http://www.everyculture.com/wc/Brazil-to-Congo-Republic-of/French-Canadians.html

 

http://multiculturalcanada.ca/Encyclopedia/A-Z/

people of Canada – use individual listings:  Acadians, Quebecois, French Canadians, etc.

 

Acadians

http://www.everyculture.com/multi/A-Br/Acadians.html

http://www.umaine.edu/canam/k-12outreach/acadia/culturefocus.htm#where

http://multiculturalcanada.ca/Encyclopedia/A-Z/a14

 

Evangeline

http://www.hwlongfellow.org/works_evangeline.shtml

http://www.francoiseparadis.com/exhibition.html

 

 

 

French Louisiana

http://www.louisianafolklife.org/LT/Maidas_Essay/main_introduction_onepage.html

 

http://www.welcometobontemps.com/cajun-culture.asp

a Louisiana tourist site with lots of information, interviews

 

Cajun Culture

http://www.balfatoujours.com/cajuns.html

 

http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~jmeaux/cajun.html

University professor’s site -- images

 

http://www.thecajuns.com/acadians.htm

History, culture, music from a genealogy site

 

 

 

Haiti / Haitian Culture

http://www.earthyfamily.com/H-Culture.htm

 

 

Guadaloupe

http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/world/A0822001.html

 

 

Martinique

http://martinique-guide.info/past.and.present/culture/

tourism site – use the links at the bottom for lots more

 

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0107546.html

click on encyclopedia for history, people

 

 

French Polynesia (Tahiti)

http://www.polynesia.com/tahiti/index.html

 

 

 

Famous French Americans / Franco Americans

Use Biography Resource Center and Encyclopedia Britannica for these

http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Huguenot