This document provides tips and information for preparing for a trip to France. It recommends getting a map of France and deciding what places to visit. It also suggests learning some French by taking French classes or having a dictionary available. Travelers should obtain or renew a passport and purchase plane tickets in advance. The document notes it takes about 7-8 hours to fly from New York to France. Additional tips include being prepared for cultural differences, exchanging currency, using the subway system, and going on tours to famous sites like the Eiffel Tower, Louvre Museum, and Mont Saint Michel Castle.

1. How to Prepare for a Trip
6th grade History
France

2. This will be taught in the classroom
to the 6th grade students to teach
them history as well as some
geography of France.
When traveling to France get
yourself a map. Decide what places
you want to visit.

3. It is a good idea to learn the
language. Have a
dictionary on hand when
traveling. Taking French at
school is a great language
to study.

4. To travel out of the country
it is necessary to have a
passport.
Get a passport or renew
your old one. Purchase
your plane tickets months
in advance.

5. Have everything ready at
customs check in. Check in
your bags.

6. It take about 7 to 8 hours by plane to travel to France from
NY.
Be on time for boarding.
Be prepared for a culture shock.

7. Don’t forget to pick up
your bags at baggage claim
when you get off the plane.

8. It is a good idea to
exchange your currency.
Every US dollar is about
0.78 Euro

9. In France most people
move around from one
place to another by
subway.
Purchase tickets for
subway. Take a subway to
the hotel.
Subway tickets cost about
6.30 Euros.

11. You can take a tour bus to
visit famous places in
France.

12. Go to see the famous Eiffel
Tower
Eiffel Tower or Tour Eiffel
is the most visited monument in France. Built for
the World Exposition in 1889

13. Louvre glass pyramid,
The Louvre is one of the largest museums in the world, and the
most visited in Paris.
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14. Mont Saint Michel Castle
Saint Michael's Mount) is a rocky tidal island and a commune in Normandy, France

15. And of course the famous
painting of Mona Lisa.
It is a portrait of a woman by the
Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci, which
has been said to be "the best known,
the most visited, the most written
about, the most sung about work of
art in the world.

16. http://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=EDzzsOYPrd4
Try some delicious French
food and enjoy your trip.