Un Grand Voyage... Medieval a Moderne

  France

• Paris: 
Paris

Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Typical Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Dates: 6/29 - 7/25 & 7/1-7/14

Description: With two SSA offerings, students visit three different regions that focus on service, language and adventure. Incorporating a homestay, experience, castle and archeological restoration and reforestation projects, hiking on glaciers in the Alps, rock climbing, biking and museums and exploring Paris are all par for this cultural program. Other service projects include reforestation, interpretive trail blazing which are cooperatively worked on with the local community.

Highlights:
Service Projects

* Earn 40-60 community service hours
* Help archaeologists excavate Latours, an 11th Century village
* Work on environmental service projects alongside French teens

Language Immersion

* Experience a 12-day homestay in the historic town of Narbonne or Carcassonne
* Engage in leader facilitated language lessons during the homestay
* Work with French teenagers
* Pre and post oral testing to measure progress in language learning

Adventure and Cultural Activities

* Swim in the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean
* Hike or raft in the Pyrenees and French Alps
* Visit Paris and its wealth of sights
* Experience the fireworks and festivals of Bastille Day in France!
* Explore the Provence region

Qualifications: Participants should be entering 9th grade or completing senior year of high school. Students are open minded and eager to learn and experience new cultures, languages, community service and adventure.

Cost in US$: Please contact us for more information.

Credit Available: yes

Experience Required: yes

Participants must be entering 9th grade through completing 12th. (high school level)

Typical Volunteer: A typical volunteer is open minded and eager for adventure, experiencing culture and participating in community service work.

Age Range: 13 - 18

This Program is open to American, Asian, Australian, Canadian, European, Kiwi, South African and Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to France in Groups

Typically Participants Work in Groups

Scholarships are Available. please inquire to the Global Works Home Office.

Application Process Involves:

• Online Application plus Application Assessment
• Physical Exam/Health Records

Post-Program Services Include:

• Alumni Network

Global Works - Travel with Purpose's Mission Statement: Since 1990 we've been providing high school students with rewarding service, language learning, and adventure travel programs, which foster personal growth and promote social and cultural awareness for the participant and the communities involved. Much more than a vacation, a Global Works participant will enhance his or her view of the world while having a great time and making a new group of life-long friends. We often hear how participants gain a new appreciation for what they have at home and return with a better understanding of what they want to do in their life.

Year Founded: 1990