France Defeated and Occupied: Vichy and Collaboration — history review game (French curriculum, 3e)

3e — French national curriculum (ages 14–15)

History game “France Defeated and Occupied: Vichy and Collaboration”: A French village in winter under the Occupation: a line with ration tickets outside the bakery, a wood-gas car, and a guarded barrier that suggests the demarcation line.

History review game on the lesson “France Defeated and Occupied: Vichy and Collaboration” from the French curriculum for 3e (ages 14–15). Every answer is checked and explained.

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Teaching documentation of the game “History, French curriculum 3e — France Defeated and Occupied: Vichy and Collaboration”

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Review the lesson “France Defeated and Occupied: Vichy and Collaboration” from the French history curriculum for 3e (ages 14–15). Its questions are about France defeated and occupied during the Second World War: the lightning defeat by the German army and the armistice; the division of the country into an occupied zone and a so-called “free” zone, separated by the demarcation line; the regime set up in Vichy around Marshal Pétain, and what separates it from the Republic; propaganda, and how to read a poster of the regime; Vichy’s choices against the Jews of France, from the laws of exclusion to the Vel d’Hiv Roundup; and what historians call state collaboration with Nazi Germany.

Review the lesson “France Defeated and Occupied: Vichy and Collaboration”

This review game covers a single lesson of the French history curriculum for 3e: “France Defeated and Occupied: Vichy and Collaboration”, from the unit “Europe, a major theater of total wars (1914-1945).” Its questions are about France defeated and occupied during the Second World War: the lightning defeat by the German army and the armistice; the division of the country into an occupied zone and a so-called “free” zone, separated by the demarcation line; the regime set up in Vichy around Marshal Pétain, and what separates it from the Republic; propaganda, and how to read a poster of the regime; Vichy’s choices against the Jews of France, from the laws of exclusion to the Vel d’Hiv Roundup; and what historians call state collaboration with Nazi Germany.

Each round has 10 questions drawn at random from the lesson: multiple choice, matching, short answers and timelines. After each answer, an explanation recalls what to remember. Hints are free, and you can go back.

The game follows the French national curriculum: 3e is the fourth and last year of middle school in France, for students aged 14 to 15. Elsewhere, it works as general knowledge for curious learners of that age. Play it again and you get other questions: it is good practice right after the lesson or before a test.

Tip for a successful review

For each decision made in France during the Occupation, ask yourself who made it: the German occupier, or a French government? In front of a propaganda poster, ask yourself who had it made and what it wants people to believe. If you get it wrong, read the explanation carefully: it tells you what to remember.