This French housing cultural activity will teach your students about housing in France.

It includes:

3 reading articles, 1 page each, in both French AND English:

one article on renting an apartment in Paris

one article on buying “en viager”

one article on the differences between French and American houses

comprehension questions for each article (in English)

Activities:

1 internet activity with links for students to find a Paris apartment

1 internet activity with links for students to find a house

a reading activity on how to read real estate ads

an activity with rubric for students to make their own ad

1 internet activity for furnishing an apartment

Vocabulary:

a 14 slide notebook with some of the most important vocabulary for talking about houses/apartments in French.

Resources:

A page with clickable links to some useful resources when learning about French real estate.

A page of links to use with the internet activities.