They have also been researching the system of ‘écluses’ (the locks where the barges need to go through), the importance ...
Pourquoi pas?: A travel agent helped to deepen my French students' learning
As I have been working with my Year 9s on researching the French region of l'Occitanie in the south west of France, my students have been investigating ‘les péniches’ (barge boats) and ‘le Canal du Midi’, a fantastic waterway created by 17th century architect Pierre-Paul Riquet.