Grade 7 History - New France
Activity 1: Money is the Root
Life of Champlain
Historical
Biographies: Samuel Champlain
Living in the Time
of Champlain
(version
française)
Life of a Coureur de Bois
The Fur Trade in New
France: Les Coureurs des Bois (version
française)
The Fur Trade in New
France: Voyageurs and Hired Men (version
française)
Hudson Bay and NorthWest Companies
Exploration,
the Fur Trade and Hudson's Bay Company (English and French) - This
site is about the fur trade in Canada and how it led to the exploration of the
country and the formation of the oldest and largest company in Canadian history:
Hudson's Bay Company
The
Hudson Bay Company - Chapter 2 of the Canadian Heirloom
Series Vol. 1 - written by Peter C. Newman
HBC Heritage Generously illustrated with maps, diagrams,
paintings and modern colour photographs, Adventurers vividly recreates
the saga of the company whose history is the history of Canada.
The Hudson's Bay
Company in the NorthWest Coast
Empire of the Bay -
from PBS - "The story of the shrewd merchants and bold explorers
of the Hudson's Bay Company, who tamed a wilderness and opened up the heart of
North America." Includes; transcripts of the show, maps, profiles,
and a quiz.
Rocky
Mountain House - Fur Trade in Canada (version
française)
Activity 2: Can You Climb the Social Ladder?
Colonial Government in New France
The Seigneurial
System (version
française)
Population of New France
Teachers! Link to lesson plans and activities on this topic.
Life on a Seigneury
The Habitant in New
France (version
française)
Roles in New France
"King's
Daughters" (version
française)
An Adventure in New
France Pierre Boucher, Interpreter and Explorer
(version
française)
Activity 3: Spirit is Moving
Leader Biography
Brief Sketches of the Jesuit
Martyr-Saints
A Short
Biography of
Marguerite d'Youville
Bishop François de
Laval
Ste. Marie Among the Hurons
Sainte-Marie
Among the Hurons - Historical information from the site's
official web page - topics include The Sainte-Marie Story, The Men Who Lived at
Sainte-Marie, The Life of the Wendat
(version
française)
Activity 4: A Tale of Two Countries
French and British Rivalry
Treaty
of Utrecht - background and explanation from the Canada in
the Making web site
Encarta OnLine
search for
brief explanations of Peace of Ryswick (1697), Treaty of Utrecht (1713), Treaty of Aix-la
Chapelle (1748), and Treaty of Paris (1763)
The Seven Years' War (1756 - 1763)
The Battle of Restigouche
The last
naval engagement of the Seven Years War between France and Great Britain for possession of
North America.
Fortress of Louisbourg
from
Schoolnet's Digital Collections English and French
Fortress
of Louisbourg (Parks Canada) (version
française)
Royal Proclamation Act - from the "Canada in the Making" web site - background, explanation and original text
The Quebec Act - from the "Canada in the Making" web site - background, explanation and original text
Activity 5: Acadia: Take a Stand
Acadian Settlement Before 1755
Life Prior to
1755 (version
française)
Daily Life in Acadia
Acadian Gallery
- pictures that depict typical Acadian life, past and present.
(version
française)
Evangeline - a poem written by H.W. Longfellow
The
complete text of the poem
The Story Behind Evangeline
The Effect of
"Evangeline" on the Interpretation of History in Nova Scotia