Teachers interested in exploring ways the Connections and Communities Standards reflect the interdisciplinary and multicultural dimensions of literature will benefit from this article. The author argues that the Connections standard intersects with a globally-oriented, multicultural view of literary texts. Furthermore, through literature readers share in the discourse communities of a text thereby addressing the goals of the Communities standard. The author concludes with a description of a French Global Studies course based on this approach.#All #Research #Substantialmention #BookSection #Standards #3.Connections #5.Communities #All5Cs #ClassroomExamples #Undergraduate #Curriculum #French