1. Erasmus+ Mens Fervida in Corpore Sano
Preparing student guides for the Cité du Chocolat Museum
Session 1: Thursday 30th March 2017

2. Presentation What the objectives are
Finding out about Valrhona and the Cité du Chocolat
Putting yourselves into students’ shoes: how and what can they learn
What resources do you have
How the visit will work out tomorrow
What you will need to do on Saturday morning
French workshop: 29th March – 2nd April 2017

3. 1. Objectives
In pairs: to make student guides for different age groups
Determine the aims of the questionnaires you create
What would students need to know before coming?
How could this guide be used as part of a subject course?
Fill in the objectives sheet before actually starting work on the guide
French workshop: 29th March – 2nd April 2017

4. 2. Valrhona and the Cité du Chocolat
Located in Tain L’Hermitage, in the Rhone Valley, south of Lyon
Valrhona is considered one of the world’s top chocolates
The Cité du Chocolat is a museum and shop devoted to promoting chocolate
It welcomes school students of all ages from all over the region, as well as from many countries, since there are lots of school exchanges
The Cité du Chocolat has recently renovated the museum to include many touch screen exhibits in English and French, but there are no French or foreign language paper trail guides for schools
French workshop: 29th March – 2nd April 2017

5. 3. How and what can students learn
In each national group, there should be a younger and older learning group
Seven themes dealt with in the Cité du Chocolat Museum:
Awakening your senses (Le Carré des Sens)
The visitor is plunged into the world of chocolate: he tastes, listen to, touches it, to find out what familiar and less familiar sensations it produces.
The Recipe Table (Le Comptoir des Recettes)
Find out how chocolate is made: the ingredient, proportions, classic recipes and original compositions. Doesn’t a secret recipe add something to chocolate?
French workshop: 29th March – 2nd April 2017

6. 3. How and what can students learn
The Cocoa Plantations (Les Plantations de Cacao)
The visitor goes around the world via an interactive planisphere to discover how important the local area, the culture and methods are in developing how a particular chocolate tastes. He will also be made aware of Valrhona’s sustainable development initiatives with local producers.
The Chocolate Factory (La Chocolaterie)
Learn about the magic of how beans are transformed into the finest “Grand Cru” chocolate. Find out how the master roasters, conchers and assemblers work with their incredible know-how and finely-tuned techniques, to turn raw cocoa into a chocolate that is full of perfectly balanced aromas.
French workshop: 29th March – 2nd April 2017

7. 3. How and what can students learn
The Chefs’ Lab (Le Labo des Chefs)
Imagine you were a master chocolatier that Valrhona supplies with chocolate: the visitor puts himself in their shoes and tries to copy their techniques.
The Artists’ Exhibition (L’Exposition des Artistes)
Taste… with your eyes: when chocolate takes on form, the master chocolatiers and pastry chefs become artists and shape or sculpt the chocolate to make unique works of art. Every year, a selection of artists’ works form part of a temporary exhibition.
French workshop: 29th March – 2nd April 2017

8. 3. How and what can students learn
The Chocolate Workshop (L’Atelier du Chocolat)
Visitors can take part in workshops to find out more about a particular theme with an expert from Valrhona. These workshops include how to taste chocolate, opening a cocoa pod and pastry chef tricks of the trade, and last around minutes.
French workshop: 29th March – 2nd April 2017

9. 4. Resources
The website is available in English and French:
Use Google images to add one or two pictures, but you can take pictures
You should create your own resources and answers when you visit tomorrow
But Mr Schooling has kindly provided some “tools” to help you find out about the museum’s exhibits according to the seven themes mentioned. Go to the Mens Fervida resources site for this:
French workshop: 29th March – 2nd April 2017

10. 5. Visiting tomorrow
We arrive at about 10 am; after queuing up and going in, all 52 students will be split into two groups
While one group does a chocolate tasting workshop, the other group will work on the guides and finding all the answers
The chefs will create notes for a guide on cooking with chocolate; the table dressers for a guide on art
At we need to leave the Cité du Chocolat to eat the packed lunches next to the bus; at we need to be on the road for Lyon or else everything will be too late in the afternoon. Be prepared!
French workshop: 29th March – 2nd April 2017

11. 5. Visiting tomorrow French workshop: 29th March – 2nd April 2017
Tasting
Chocolate Factory
Artists
Chefs
Giant chocolate
Senses
Plantations
To shop
Senses
Entrance
French workshop: 29th March – 2nd April 2017

12. 6. Saturday morning You will arrive to start work at 8.00
The chefs and table dressers will have an hour to produce their guides
The other groups have just three hours to produce a quality guide and a document with the answers, and you need to upload them to the resource platform: these guides will be sent to Valrhona and potentially used by them
A prize will be given to the best-produced guide!
French workshop: 29th March – 2nd April 2017

13. What to do now Fill in the objectives sheet
Your action plan: who is doing what?  share the responsibilities
Use the internet to find out all the background knowledge for your guide  this can be given as extra information for teachers
How to log on to the French school’s computers
We finish at 11 am.
Good luck!
French workshop: 29th March – 2nd April 2017