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This brief biography describes the life of Napoleon Bonaparte.
The best-selling french biography books of all time, such as Napoleon, De Gaulle, Victor Hugo, Frantz Fanon, Appetite for Life and A Train in Winter.
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Engage your students in a meaningful and structured French biography research project! Designed for French language learners in grades 4-8, this resource guides students through researching, organizing information, writing descriptions, and creating a timeline—all in French.

✅ Time-saving & easy to implement – Includes clear instructions and ready-to-use templates
✅ Flexible for different learners – Works for independent, partner, or whole-class projects
✅ Assessment made simple – Includes a checklist and rubric for clear expectations

✨ Develops research skills – Teaches students how to gather and organize information
✨ Enhances French writing – Guides students in writing structured descriptions
✨ Encourages creativity – Allows students to choose a person of interest
✨ Supports comprehension – Helps students understand timelines and sequencing

✅ Teacher instructions with photos of a completed example
✅ 3-page student report template for structured writing
✅ 2 research graphic organizers to support note-taking
✅ Assessment checklist to guide

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Napoleon Bonaparte

1769-1821

Latest News: Napoleon Movie in Theaters Now

Legendary French General Napoleon Bonaparte has been the subject of many movies, and the latest is director Ridley Scott’s new biopic simply titled Napoleon. The movie, now in theaters, stars Joaquin Phoenix as Napoleon and Vanessa Kirby as his wife Josephine. In addition to depicting the famed military leader’s rise to French emperor, the movie focuses heavily on Napoleon and Josephine’s tumultuous relationship.

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Napoleon has received some flack for its historical inaccuracies, such as showing the titular character shooting at pyramids. “If you want to really understand Napoleon, then you should probably do your own studying and reading,” Phoenix previously told Empire magazine. “Because if you see this film, it’s this experience told through Ridley’s eyes... What we were after was something that would capture the feeling of this man.”

Who Was Napoleon Bonaparte?

French General Napoleon Bonaparte was one of the world’s greatest military leaders who became the first emperor of

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Victor Hugo

French writer and politician (1802–1885)

For other uses, see Victor Hugo (disambiguation).

Victor-Marie Hugo, vicomte Hugo^[1] (French:[viktɔʁmaʁiyɡo]^ⓘ; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romantic author, poet, essayist, playwright, and politician. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote in a variety of genres and forms.

His most famous works are the novels The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831) and Les Misérables (1862). In France, Hugo is renowned for his poetry collections, such as Les Contemplations and La Légende des siècles (The Legend of the Ages). Hugo was at the forefront of the Romantic literary movement with his play Cromwell and drama Hernani. His works have inspired music, both during his lifetime and after his death, including the opera Rigoletto and the musicals Les Misérables and Notre-Dame de Paris. He produced more than 4,000 drawings in his lifetime, and campaigned for social causes such as the abolition of capital punishment and slavery.

Although he was a committed