Presentation about France. Used in class for kids to learn about France

1. Populstion
FRANCE

2. Introduction
• Located in West Europe, often referred to as ‘The
Hexagon’ for its shape
• It is the largest country in the Western Europe, and the
3rd largest in Europe after Russia and Ukraine
• Capital: Paris
• Language: French
• It has 4 seasons: Winter, Fall, Spring, Summer
• Area: 675,843 km2 (a little smaller than Kalimantan)
• Population: 65,350,000
• Currency: Euro
• Religion: Roman Catholic 85%, Muslim 10%, Protestant
2%, and Jewish 1%

3. Where is France?

4. France is very famous for…
• France has the best technology for recycling garbage
• The center of arts. It host many world’s art exhibition.
The famous painting of Monalisa by Leonardo Da Vinci
is kept in Louvre Museum in Paris, France
• Having great architectural design. France has hundreds
of castles with amazing architecture
• The best culinary in the world. France has deliver many
famous chef in the world. And has the world’s best chef
school. French food has the best quality and best taste.
People come from around the world to taste French
food
• Being slim and healthy. French people are rarely obese.

5. Paris
• It is the largest city in the northern France
• Area: 17,174 km2
• Population: 12,161,542 (Around 20% of France
population)
• It is the world’s leading cultural center that host many
events
• It is known by its fashion, beautiful architectures and
arts that can be seen in every corner of the city
• Many newly wed come to Paris, because it is a very
beautiful city

6. Eiffel Tower. Built in 1889, it was the tallest iron structure the world known.
The height is 320 meters, or as tall as 81-storey building.

7. Seine river. The only river in Paris. It is an important commercial river way in Paris.
It also runs a tourist river-boat around Paris.

8. Paris is a city full of arts. You can see people play music and sing in the middle of the street

9. The only Disneyland in Europe is located in Paris

10. France commits to preserve the
nature!
• France has huge areas to provide habitat to
animals and plants
• More than 25% of France is covered by forests
• More than 50% is covered by farmlands or
countryside
• The government has made commitment to
preserve their nature and the wildlife their
contain
• France has 46 of Natural Park to this date!

11. National Park map in France

12. Ecrins National Park

13. Mercantour National Park

14. Cevennes National Park

15. Wildlife in France

16. France is expert in RECYCLING
GARBAGE
• Garbage has been big issues in many countries.
Untreated garbage will result in dirty water,
pollution, and poor health
• Recycling project has been done in many
developed countries to reduce, reuse and
recycle garbage for better environment
• France recycles house waste, plastic, paper, cans,
bottles, old TV, old handphones, and even
nuclear waste!

17. Recycling. How does it work?
• In France, they have 3 bins. White, for glass. Yellow for
paper, metal and plastic. And green for everything else
• In a huge place, then the workers will separate steel by
putting magnet, plastic and cans and kept together,
and papers and cartons will be shipped for pulping to
make new papers
• Organic waste is put in factories to be made into BIO
energy
• Other countries in Europe like UK ship their waste to be
treated in France
• The government buys high-tech recycling machines to
support the programs
• Youth are persuaded to join by having Recycling Party,
with music and artists

18. White bins for glass:
• Glass bottles
• Jars
• Broken mirrors
• Lamp bulb
• Broken glass and plates
Yellow bins for paper, metal, and plastic.
And green bins for everything else

19. Plastic and cans recycling factory

20. Metal scrapper factory. They use magnet to take out metal and put it away to recycle them

21. Paper pulping factory. Paper waste will be cooked and remade into new and clean papers

22. Now they have technology that recycles baby diapers into roof tiles!

24. France is the center of ARTS!
• France often host major festival for music,
dance, parade, film, and even light festival
• France host annual Cannes Film Festival. It is
showcasing independent movies from all over
the world.
• Indonesia is one of the country who compete
in Cannes Film Festival. Many Indonesian
movie has been appraised by International
viewers.

25. Indonesian movie THE RAID (Serbuan Maut) is one of the movie showed in Cannes
Film Festival on 2011. Starring Iko Uwais, directed by English director Gareth Evans

26. Lewat Djam Malam. An old Indonesia movies from director Usmar Ismail in
1954 showed in Cannes Film Festival and appraised internationally.

28. France Architecture
• Architecture is one of the highest
accomplishment of France among others
• Since 1671, France has built Academy of
Architecture. The first institution of
architecture in Europe
• Several type of French dominant architectures
are: Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque,
Neoclassicism, and Modern Contemporary

29. Beautiful buildings in France
Abbaye Du Mont Saint Michael. A castle on top of mountain.
This type is called Gothic type or Medieval

30. Arc de Triomphe. One of the famous monument in France to remember those who died
in the war. This style is called Neo Classicism. The style is influenced by Greece

31. The Loire Valley – A castle with very big garden and wine yard.
This style is called Renaissance. The style is influenced by Italy

32. Chateau de Maisons. A castle in France, built in 1651, in Seine, France.
This style is called Baroque.

33. Villa Savoye. One of tourist attraction. A villa located in Paris,
France. This style is called Modern-Contemporary

34. Louvre Museum. The most famous museum in the world.
It has collections of arts, world’s famous paintings, and almost everything

35. France is famous for their food!
• There are over 300 types of cheese made in France
• There are about 2 new cooking books are published
everyday in France
• Most famous chef comes from France. An International
chef must know French food to be recognized
• French food is famous to be very stylish, high quality
and taste very good
• The famous French food is Caviar, Escargot, Croissant
Sandwich, Crème Brulee, Macaroons, Eggs benedict
• French people like to eat and chat. They eat very slow
and not so much

36. French Fromage (Cheese)

37. Salmon and caviar. Caviar is the most expensive food in the world.
The best quality caviar can price as high as $ 8000 per kg

38. Escargot, is one of famous French food. It is a snails cooked in herbs, garlic and butter.
Served with Bread. It is full of protein and very healthy

39. Food is served in many courses. Salad or bread is mostly eaten as a starter.
Then the main food, the dessert, and coffee or tea to finish.
French eat little by little and they eat slow

40. Do you know?
• French cuisine is considered to be the best in the world
• Highest in Europe is Mount Blanc in France
• France is number 1 tourist destination with more than
67 million tourist arrivals every year (Even more than
its population!)
• The national animal symbol in France is a Cockerel. For
Indonesia it is Garuda
• French people kiss each other cheek to greet each
other, from 1 time to 5 times. Even for men to men!
• French people has the lowest incidents of Obesity.
Because they eat well and slow
• France is the world leader in luxury goods, such as
cosmetics, perfumes, and fashion