Lesson 9: Explorers Head In: The Mississippi, LaSalle, Kelsey

A. The Mississippi: Louis Jolliet and Father Marquette
1) Primary Texts:
MFHC: ch 8.2

2) Map(s): of their journey down the Mississippi
this map shows the short cut for the journey back.

From enchanted Learning: Outline map of North American Rivers: label the Mississippi (use an atlas to figure it out) or use the answer key


3) Activities:
colouring page, Dover, p. 34
Cool interactive puzzle of the Mississippi River here
Instructions for making a 3-D map (would work for any region)

4) Time-line Figure or image: here from The Virtual Museum of New France website.
placement: 1673
other: illustrations from rare books. Includes some of La Salle.

5) Supplemental readings:
Father Marquette's Journal by Jacques Marquette
Further account of their journey from Pathfinders and Passageways.
brief description of journey here. Suitable for outlining.

CBYR: Loius Jolliet

B. The Journeys of LaSalle
1) Primary Texts:
MFHC: 8.4

Video: Episode 3: Claiming the Wilderness: To the Upper Country (LaSalle).

2) Map(s): On this map, locate Fort Frontenac (Kingston) and Niagara Falls. Then trace La Salle's route to the Mackinac, then to the Wisconsin River.
See this map for reference.

3) Activities:

4) Time-line Figure or image: Fort "Brokenheart" (or, properly, Crevecourt)
More to our purposes, Fort Frontenac. According to Wikipedia, LaSalle replaced a wooden fort already there with one made of stone.
placement: 1675

5) Supplemental readings:
From The Virtual Museum of New France, see Emissary and Protégé of Frontenac, Builder of Forts, and Louisiana for the sections which correspond to Dickie's account.

brief account here from enchanted learning.

a much more detailed (and likely more accurate) history from The Pathfinders and Passageways website.

The Adventures of LaSalle and The Adventures of LaSalle, (continued) from Our Empire Story by H. E. Marshall.

The Friends of the Indians from The Men Who Found America by Frederick Winthrop Hutchinson

CBYR: Rene-Robert Cavelier de La Salle

C. Henry Kelsey
1) Primary Texts:
MFHC: 8.5

2) Map(s): take this one and edit it to "end" just beyond Lake Manitoba.

3) Activities: make pemmican. In a more or less tradional way
or use a recipe that's less traditional but more palatable. Here's one with pictures and helpful details about the fat and cut of meat, etc. Also includes a meatless version.

4) Time-line Figure or image: Kelsey on the prairies
placement: 1690

5) Supplemental readings:
a brief biography.
a very nice account from the History of the Hudson's Bay Company site.
An account of Kelsey on the plains.



*do a historical person report.

Lesson 8: The Fur Trade, Talon, and The Fishing Admirals

A. Radisson and Groseilliers
1) Primary Texts:
MFHC: 7.1, 7.2, 7.4
CS,
KBCE: pp. 34-35
C&C: p. 26

2) Map(s):
(a) Trace the route Radisson and Groseilliers took to Hudson's bay by land. Colour in the other areas they went to. (Dickie, p. 53)
(b) Locate Fort Charles
(c) Colour all the rivers that "empty into the Hudson's bay" in red. Label it "Rupert's Land." use this map

3) Activities: colouring page of the popular rodent here or try this one. Make a paper model.

Make felt. instructions here. and here making felt from old sweaters, and a good explanation of how it works here

How to make a hat from store bought felt. (Rather advanced).
Making a doll-sized hat from felt.

4) Time-line Figure or image:
placement: 1670, Hudson's Bay Company founded.

5) Supplemental readings:
Why did the Europeans want the beaver?
(see p. 28, Heritage of Canada.)
The Beaver's importance in the fur trade discussed in this article from the on-line Encyclopedia of Canada, youth edition. Includes a nice picture of beaver hats.
Nice little history here with details of R&G's trip to London during the plague.
A rather more extensive account of their travels including their interactions and affect upon Aboriginal Peoples here. A terrific resource for maps and pictures, too.

More Reading:
(some may be out of print)

Runner of the Woods: The Story of Young Radisson by Cicero Theodore Ritchie Gr. 5+

Captured By the Mohawks and other adventures of Radisson by Sterling North Gr. 4+

Bay of the North - The Story of Pierre Radisson
by Ronald Syme
Gr. 3+

CBYR: Pierre-Esprit Radisson


B. Talon
1) Primary Texts:
MFHC: 7.3
CS,
C&C: pp. 28-29

Video: Episode 2: Adventures and Mystics: Great Expectations, Daughters of the King, Birth of the Canadiens.

2) Map(s): see the seigneurial system illustration in The Canadian Encyc. Youth Ed. (link below).

3) Activities: draw your own picture of how the farms would be laid out along the river. Include this on your notebook page.

4) Time-line Figure or image: Jean Talon
placement: 1665 (Talon arrives).

5) Supplemental readings:
Dear Canada Alone in an Untamed Land by Maxine Trottier
Great Canadian Lives, pp.76-77
Canadian Encyclopedia, youth edition: The Seigneurial system
If you wanted to spend a lot of time on this, take a look at this grade seven class project on the seigneurial system

CBYR: Jean Talon

C. The Fishing Admirals and the Newfoundlanders
1) Primary Texts:
MFHC: 7.5
CS,

2) Map(s): If I can, I'd love to find a map of the settlements established by this time in Newfoundland.

3) Activities: make cod fish cakes.

4) Time-line Figure or image: late 17thC fishing vessel flying the Admiral's standard.
placement: The authority of The Fishing Admirals was first established by King Charles I in 1634.

5) Supplemental readings:
What was a fishing admiral? Read this article from the Encyclopedia of Canada, youth edition.

this article makes it clear that the English government discouraged settlement because 1) they did not want the expense of maintaining a government in the colony year-round and 2) they were not confident they could maintain control of any such colony given what was happening in their colonies to the south. As well, the migratory fishery was in the control of powerful West Country Merchant's who held sway with the English parliament. Thus, the empowerment of the Fishing Admirals and the antagonism between them and the settlers.

photograph of salt cod drying on a wharf. photograph of flakes in Narrow's Bay.

list of books from library

Lesson 7: Three Colonies

The Battle of Long Sault.

A. Pirates in Newfoundland.
1) Primary Texts:
MFHC: 6.1
Canadian History for Dummies: pp. 52-53, "The Two G's."
"Lend me Your Ears," and
"Pirate Fodder."
The Story of Canada, p. 47, "The Pirate Admiral"

2) Map(s):none.

3) Activities:
This is an excellent resource for a unit study culminating in a pirate lap book and other activities.

Shiver me timbers, build a a toddler sized pirate ship! (or something smaller, if you must.)

Crafts and worksheets from enchanted learning
pirate ship colouring page
label a sailboat

4) Time-line Figure or image: a scull and crossbones here (click to enlarge). (The page will help you plan a whole pirate themed party!)

excellent black and white image as well as a thoughtful history of piracy.

placement: in 1615 John Guy left the colony, never to return. The colony at Cupids itself was abandoned in 1631.

5) Supplemental readings:

biography of Peter Easton
Real Canadian Pirates from Lone Pine Publishing.

CBYR: Peter Easton

list of books from library: none.

B. The Acadian Civil War.
1) Primary Texts:
MFHC: Ch. 6.2*
CS,
*Dickie refers to D'Aulnay as Charnisay. As this site makes clear, they were indeed the same person.

2) Map(s):
Find and mark both Port Royal (from previous map) and Saint John (from atlas) on this map.
3) Activities:

4) Time-line Figure or image: Image of d'Aulnay
Nice image of Lady LaTour

placement: 1645

5) Supplemental readings:
More on Mdme LaTour's defence of the fort
More history of Port Royalhere. scroll down.

list of books from library. (on Acadia, generally).

*do a Historical report on Mdme. LaTour.

C. Two Women Come to Quebec.
1) Primary Texts:
MFHC: 6.3
CS,

2) Map(s): (see following Section E)

3) Activities:

4) Time-line Figure or image: terrific french language site with lots of original images including the arrival of the Ursuline nuns.
placement: 1639

5) Supplemental readings:
on Mdme de la Peltrie from The Catholic Encyclopedia
on "Mother Marie"
on both

list of books from library: none.

D. The Founding of Ville Marie (Montreal)
1) Primary Texts:
MFHC: 6.4
CS,
C&C: p.24

Video: Episode 2: Adventures and Mystics: A Holy City in the Wilderness, Death of a Nation

2) Map(s): See Map section after E.

3) Activities:

4) Time-line Figure or image
placement: see a wonderful picture of the settlement at Ville Marie at the site in (4) above.

placement: 1642

5) Supplemental readings:
from Ford, Karen: Canadian Lives: Paul de Maisonneuve, p. 52-52 and Jeanne Mance, p.54

book from library:
Caring for a colony : the story of Jeanne Mance by Joanna Emery

CBYR: Paul de Chomedy de Maisonneuve,
Jeanne Mance, and
Marguerite Bourgeoys

E. The Iroquois Attack: The Missions Destroyed and the Battle of Long Sault.

1) Primary Texts:
MFHC: 6.5, 6.6

2) Map(s): (a) Place the four missions on the map of the Great Lakes Region.

(b) Using an atlas, locate Quebec City (blue),
the Long Sault* (green),
Trois Riviers (Three Rivers)(yellow)
and Ville Marie (Montreal) (red) and put on this map

*Locating Long Sault: On the Ottawa River, below the present city of Ottawa.

3) Activities:

4) Time-line Figure or image:
Dollard on a postage stamp (1960)
placement: Retreat from Huronia: 1649
Battle of long Sault: 1660

5) Supplemental readings: On the Battle of Long Sault.
more on Dollard
another account of the battle from Canada Post(same site as above)

list of books from library: (none).

Lesson 6: The Fur Trade Goes Inland, The French and English clash in Acadia, Missions

(Etienne Brule at the Mouth of the Humber from Collections Canada)

A. The Fur Trade Goes Inland
1) Primary Texts:
MFHC: Ch. 5.1
CHD: P. 60-64, Intro, "Life and Times of Samuel Champlain," Iroquois vs. Canadien, Coureurs de bois and voyageurs, The First Habitant, Company of 100.
KBCE, p. 35, profile of Etienne Brule.
C&C: p. 20

Video: Episode 2: Adventures and Mystics: A Frenchman in Huronia, A Precarious Colony

2) Map: locate Georgian Bay and Lake Huron. Trace Champlain's route. Locate Three Rivers (Trois Riviers). (see Dickie, p. 33 for map of route.) Could use this map of Ontario or use this one.
I made one here. The *key* or reference map is at the Museum of Civilizations site: here. Scroll to the bottom and click on the map to make it bigger.

3) Activities: colour this picture if possible.
Make a canoe

4) Time-line Figure or image: This is a wonderful sketch (though small) of Brule making the last portage on his way to Lake Ontario.
placement: 1615

5) Supplemental readings: This is meant to be a very quick introduction to the Fur Trade.
However, there is an account of some of Champlain's adventures written up in Champlain Discovers Lake Ontario from A Book of Discovery by M. B. Synge

CBYR: Etienne Brule

B. The French and English Clash in Acadia.
1) Primary Texts:
MFHC: ch 5.2
Canadian History for Dummies: pp. 69-71, "Meanwhile, Back in Acadia."
"Membertou: The Unsung Father of Acadia?"
"Argall Attacks!"

*Dickie does not make this clear, but Poutrincourt was an associate of De Monts (who had abandoned the colony in 1607). He returned to Port Royal in 1610 to start anew. When he got there, he found the garden had been tended and manitained by the Mi'kmaq. (Will Ferguson, Canadian History for Dummies, p. 69)

2) Map(s): Of the Eastern Coast of North America: To be uploaded
or look at previous map of Port Royal, Nova Scotia: black-line map

3) Activities: There is this colouring page from a school project.

*Indicate the Argall attack on your conflict worksheet. (To be uploaded)

For a Logic stage child: Begin a report on Acadia.
1. Read: "Writing a report." (to be uploaded to a reliable web hosting site).

4) Time-line Figure or image: sack of Port Royal from collections Canada
placement: 1613

5) Supplemental readings:
books from library: none.(Samuel Argall is an interesting historical figure, but peripheral to Canadian history).

C. Missions.
1) Primary Texts:
MFHC: ch. 5.3
KBCE: pp. 30-31
C&C: pp. 22-23
F of C: pp. 12-13
Canadian History for Dummies: pp. 66-67, "Black Robes"
"The Impact of the Jesuits," "Ste. Marie Among the Hurons."

2) Map(s): black outline map of Ontario. St. Marie among the Hurons was established in what is now Midland Ont.

3) Activities:
Oh, to live in Ontario, anywhere within driving distance of Georgian Bay. Looks like a great place.
play The Huron Carol
Take an interactive tour of the historic Ste. Marie Among the Hurons.

4) Time-line Figure or image: great image of the reconstructed long house here.
pencil drawing of Brebeuf by Helen Hull Hitchcock.
placement: 1639

5) Supplemental readings:
Great bit of history from Ministry of Tourism, Ontario.
list of books from library: one, Missionaries by Heather C. Hudak

CBYR: Jean de Brebeuf

The Jesuit Missions: A Chronicle of the Cross in the Wilderness by Guthrie Marquis, Thomas
Librivox here (with links to gutenburg and other on-line sources of the book). Please preview. It may be a bit dry for some.

Lesson 5: Champlain, Settlements and Hudson

A. Samuel de Champlain

1) Primary Texts:
MFHC: Ch. 4.1 (Journey to Tadoussac)
4.2 Founding of Port Royal
4.3 Founding of Quebec
KBCE, p. 26-27
C&C: p. 18
F of C: p. 10 (Port Royal)
Canadian History for Dummies: pp. 44-46, "Champlain to the Rescue" (The misadventure at St. Croix, the founding of Port Royal, (Acadia) and Quebec City.
The Story of Canada, p. 36-37, "Fur Traders"

Canadian History for Dummies: pp. 59-65
"Iroquois Versus Champlain: The Lines are Drawn"
"Coureurs de Bois and Voyageurs" (Etienne Brule)
"The First Habitant" (1617, Louis Hebert)
"Company of One Hundred" (The Recollects, the first missionaries)
"The Kirke Brothers Take Quebec"
"The Death of Champlain"

The Story of Canada: pp. 46-53
"Introduction," "The Corngrowers," "Champlain's Colony."

Video: Episode 2: Adventures and Mystics: Champlain's Gamble, The Price of Friendship.

2) Maps:
Of his journeys here.
Of the founding of Port Royal: here. It's in the same location as Annapolis Royal. (Note St. Croix across the river.)
or use the map "Champlain's Exploration" in Chapter 4 of the Student Activity Guide for Story of The World Vol. 3.

The Canadian Historical Atlas has five of his journeys mapped on The Atlantic Coast and Saint Lawrence River 1603 to 1607 Sadly, his trips to Huronia and to Lake Champlain are not among them.

3) Activities:

Port Royal:
Take a virtual tour of Port Royal National Park. (A bit wordy for young kids, though).

Appoint one child the Grand Master of the Order of Good Cheer for the day. Have the child plan dinner and the evening's entertainment for the family.

Champlain and the Alqonquin and the Montagnais
Colouring page, p. 27, Dover (Champlain trains his Native Allies to use the matchlock musket)

Founding Quebec:
A line drawing of the Habitation at Quebec by C.W. Jeffrey's (can be used as a colouring page)

Defending Quebec:
For Logic Stage kids: Write a letter home or keep a journal for one week describing living in the habitation during the winter of 1628/9.

For Logic Stage kids (or older): What was the treaty called which restored Quebec and Acadia back to France? (hint: it was most likely signed in 1632).

For Logic Stage Kids: Begin the chart "Back and Forth (between the British and French)" to keep track of the possessions handed back and forth during the conflicts in North America. (See template, to be uploaded to a reliable file hosting site)

For Logic stage kids: Compare the voyages of Cabot, Cartier and Champlain using this chart. (To be uploaded to a reliable file hosting site). Construct a venn diagram, if wanted, then write a few sentences comparing the explorers using the data.

4) Time-line Figure or image: from Britannica
see also C&C, Champlain's Habitation, p. 70 (it is based on the Jeffrey's above)
or Champlain's drawing at this site from The Canadian Encyclopedia.
placement: 1605 for Port Royal, 1608 for Quebec

5) Supplemental readings:
brief biography here
more details here.
History of Port Royal.
The Father of New France from The Men Who Found America by Frederick Winthrop Hutchinson
The Father of New France and The Founding of Quebec from Our Empire Story by H. E. Marshall
see also How a Bold Answer Saved Quebec and How the Union Jack was Hoisted Upon the Fort of St. Louis."


CBYR: Samuel de Champlain

B. The English Settle
1) Primary Texts:
MFHC: Ch. 4.4
Canadian History for Dummies: pp. 51-54, "Rule Britannia! An Empire Founded by Fog?"


2) Maps: Blackline map of Newfoundland found here. You can crop and re-size it or use this historic one from Histoire du Chevalier d'Iberville by Adam-Charles-Gustave Desmazures at Project Gutenberg or this one (to be uploaded to a reliable file hosting web site).

Whichever map you choose, you'll have to do a bit of research to locate Cupids. Using an atlas,
1) Find Newfoundland
2) Find the Avalon Peninsula, label it on your map
(what is a peninsula?)
3) Label St. John's
4) Find Trinity Bay and Conception Bay, label them on your map.
5) Find Cupids. It will be south of Harbour Grace and Bay Roberts. (see p. 31 of Heritage Canada or the maps at this B&B site for help if needed).

3) Activities: Map-work (see above).

4) Time-line Figure or image: sketch of John Guy
placement: 1610

5) Supplemental readings: contains a useful map
a whole site devoted to the area.
this site is an amusing account of Newfoundland history. Contains a really useful section explaining the differences between the English method of getting cod ready for transport and the others'. Worth printing out the section for the kids to read. (and then sequence)

Could try Newfoundland, history if wanted.

C. Henry Hudson
1) Primary Texts:
MFHC: Ch. 4.5
KBCE, p. 28-29
Canadian History for Dummies: pp. 49-51, "The Lonely Fate of Henry Hudson" and "The Mystery of Henry Hudson."
Story of Canada: pp. 38-41, "Northern Seas."

2) Maps: excellent map of the last two voyages here

Blackline map: modify Map of the American Colonies, from Story of the World Activity Guide, Volume 2, Student pages, Ch 40, p. 161. or
use the map in the Story of the World Activity Guide, Volume 3, Student pages, Ch. 4, p. 11

3) Activities:
Colouring page: p. 30, Dover or Story of the World Activity Guide, Volume 3, Student pages, Ch. 4, p. 13

4) Time-line Figure or image: Hudson
placement: 1610

5) Supplemental readings:

Non Fiction:
Beyond the Sea of Ice: The Voyages of Henry Hudson by Joan Elizabeth Goodman. Beautiful and engaging.
Henry Hudson: Famous Explorers by Claude Hurwicz.
Hudson: Henry Hudson Searches for the Northwest Passage by Robin Santos Doak.

detailed account of the third voyage from a website devoted entirely to him.
Hudson Finds His Bay from A Book of Discovery by M. B. Synge

CBYR: Henry Hudson

Fiction:
Ghosts of James Bay by John Wilson

Lesson 4.5 Martin Frobisher and The Search for the North-West Passage

1) Primary Texts:
KBCE: pp. 22-23, 14-15

Canadian History for Dummies: pp. 47-49, "The Quest for a North-West Passage," and "Fool's Gold: The Voyages of Martin Frobisher."

2) Map(s): possibly this one or, just look up Baffin Island and Frobisher Bay (and Iqaluit).

3) Activities: Look at a rock with some mica in it.

Colouring page: p. 20, Dover

Logic stage kids:

Define Longitude and latitude. What was the difficulty with measuring longitude?

Find out about three important navigational tools which sailors would have used about this time. Find pictures of them and complete the following notebooking page (to be uploaded to a reliable file hosting site). Be sure to answer the following questions:

1) What is the name of the instrument?

2) What does it do?

3) When was it invented/or where is it from?

Discuss: Do you think these tools made it easier to sail a long way away from shore? In other words, would sailors have sailed over to explore the New World without them?

Quadrant: The Humboldt State Univesity has a project detailing how to make one out of wood here.

Mariner's Astrolabe: How to construct one from http://astrolabes.org/mariner.htm

Traverse Board Instructions here.

Video of three navigational tools from The Mariner's Museum.

4) Time-line Figure or image: one here at this excellent site.
placement: 1576

5) Supplemental readings:
brief biography at Enchanted Learning. Contains a map.

A sample of the rock Frobisher brought back resides in the Lapworth collection at the University of Birmingham in the UK.

Frobisher Searches for the North West Passage from The Book of Discovery by M. B. Synge

CBYR: Martin Frobisher

Lesson 4b & c: Gilbert and Drake

1) Primary Sources:
MFHC: 3.3 (Gilbert) and 3.4 (Drake)
Canadian History for Dummies: covers Gilbert with John Guy.
For a more lively (and longer) account of Drake's voyage see Drake's Famous Voyage Around the World by M. B. Synge from A Book of Discovery
CBYR: Humphry Gilbert

2) Map: Draw route of Drake's voyage. Map here (Look up and label from Dickie's map on p. 20)

3) Activities: Colour in the flag of St. George for England. One here.
Colour in map of land claimed for New France (blue) and land claimed for England. (red) Map here.
1578.
Key:
Blue: France
Red: Britain

4) Timeline figures or images: Gilbert. This site looks like a great resource for older students as well, including links to primary source documents.
Drake
placement: Gilbert: 1583
Drake: 1579

5) Supplementary readings: brief history of Gilbert here with map of voyage.

Gilbert's contribution to the exploration of the North-West passage briefly discussed here.

Procedure:
Quick narrations
Map work.

Chapter review questions cover Lesson 4, parts a and b and c.

Lesson 4a: Cartier and Kanata

1) Primary Texts:
MFHC: Ch. 3.1 and 3.2
KBCE, Cartier, pp. 18-21 (see especially map of C's voyages)
C&C, Jacques Cartier
The Story of Canada pp. 34-37, "At Stadacona"
Canadian History for Dummies: pp. 41-44, "Cartier's First Voyage: Laying Claim,"
Cartier's Second Voyage: Down the St. Lawrence,"
"Cartier's Third Voyage: Fake as a Canadian diamond," and
"Canada: Just a Village."

Video: Episode 1: When the World began: The Land God Gave to Cain, Hochelaga, A Star was lost in the Sky.

2) Map: To be uploaded to a reliable file hosting site.here.

3) Activities:
Create Cartier's cross and shield from flags to colour on p. 9 of C&C. (Mount the flag on a popsicle stick)
Colouring page: p. 15, Dover.

4) Time-line Figure or image: here
placement: 1534

5) Supplemental readings:
a brief biography
an more in-depth look

Cartier Discovers Canada from A Book of Discovery by M. B. Synge

More Readings.

not previewed.
Grade levels are suggested reading levels only.

Cartier, Finder of the St. Lawrence Ronald Syme Gr. 3+
Cartier Sails the St. Lawrence Esther Averill Gr. 4+
Man From St. Malo Robert D. Ferguson Gr. 5+

Procedure:
see sidebar. Do Historical Person report.

Lesson 3: Columbus and Cabot

1) Primary Texts:
MFHC: Ch. 2
KBCE, Cabot
C&C, Cabot
S of C: pp. 26-31, 'The Explorers."
pp. 32-33, Days of the Whalers.
Canadian History for Dummies: pp. 38-41, "John Cabot and the Cod"

Video: Episode 1: When the World began: New Lands

2) Map: to be uploaded to a reliable file hosting site. Look at Supplemental sources for possible routes and draw and date the separate voyages. Ptomely's map of the world

Use the map on p. 40 of CHD for reference or this one. As you come across each of these settlements in the subsequent lessons, label its location (and date of founding) on the "Early European Settlement" map. (To be uploaded to a reliable file hosting site.)

1. L'Anse aux Meadows, Norse, 1002
2. St. John's, England, 1583
3. Tadoussac, Basque, around 1590
4. St. Croix Island, France 1604
5. Port Royal France 1605
6. Quebec, (Stadacona) France, 1608
7. Cupids, England, 1610
8. Montreal, (Hochelaga), France, 1642
9. Placentia, France from 1660
10. Detroit, France, 1701
11. Louisbourg, France, 1719
12. Halifax, Britian, 1749

3) Activities:
colouring page, Dover, p.3 or
make a quadrant

*You could have an older child prepare a report on fishing and the Grand Banks. See sidebar for link to the assignment. See this site for a great map of the Grand Banks.
What is cod?
Wikipedia See links at bottom.
article from fisheries and oceans Canada
article on cod with instructions for fishing and a recipe.


4) Time-line Figure or image: (see above) or here.
placement: 1497 (Cabot)

Memory aid: "One day in 1497, John Caboto gained his fame. Out from England he set sail and to the Maritimes laid claim."

5) Supplemental readings:
brief history with image here.
Cabot Sails to Newfoundland by M.B. Synge from A Book of Discovery
CBYR: Cabot


More Readings.
(Not previewed.)
Grade levels are suggested reading levels only.

And Tomorrow The Stars: The Story of John Cabot Kay Hill
John and Sebastian Cabot Henry Ira Kurtz
John Cabot and his Son Sebastian Ronald Syme Gr. 3+
John Cabot & Son David Goodnough

Original source material: Project Gutenberg's The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503, by Various. It includes the Saga of Eric the Red and the history of "Vinland" as well as original journal entries and letters concerning Columbus's journeys and a few letters attesting to Cabot's voyages.
The Letters Patent from King Henry VII to John Cabot and sons.

Lesson 2: The Vikings

L'Anse aux Meadows

1) Primary Texts:
MFHC, ch. 1.3
CS, ch. 1
C&C Lesson 2.
KBCE: Vikings in Canada
Story of Canada (S of C): p. 24-26, "Intro"
Canadian History for Dummies: p. 33 "First Contact," p. 36-37, "The Diffusionists are Coming." (optional)

Video: Episode 1: When the World Began: Into the Unknown, A Continent of Nations.

2) Map: from The Story of the World, Vol. 2: The Middle Ages, Activity Book. Ch. 14 p. 56 or use this one. Interesting perspective from the top of the world.

3) Activity--Colouring page from "Exploration of North America," Dover Publications.
Free Viking Bingo game from another homeschooling mom to print out. Based on Lief the Lucky by the d'Aulaires
or make a Viking ship from paper! (Fairly complex, but amazing.)

4) Time line image or figure: PG Tea Tips Cards
placement: 1,000 AD.

5) Supplemental Readings:

Non-Fiction
L'Anse aux Meadows National Historical Site web site
and
Is Vinland L'anse aux Meadows?

The Vikings by Robert Livesey & A.G. Smith Gr. 4+

Fiction:
Librivox: The Saga of Eric the Red by Anonymous.

The Vikings Sail the Northern Seas by M. B. Synge from The Book of Discovery

(some of these may be out of print):
A Door To the North by Elizabeth Coatsworth
The Dream Carvers by Joan Clark Gr. 9+
Lief Erikson The Lucky by Malcolm C. Jenson Gr. 3+
Lief Eriksson-First Voyager to America by Katherine B. Shippen Gr. 4+
Lief the Lucky by Ingri & Edgar D'Aulaire Gr. 3+
Leif the Lucky, Discoverer of America by Erick Berry Gr. 2-6
Snori and the Strangers by Nathaniel Benchley Gr. 1-3
The Story of Rolf and the Viking Bow Allen French Gr. 5+
Viking Adventure by Clyde Robert Bulla Gr. 2+
The Vikings by Elizabeth Janeway Gr. 3+
Viking Quest by Tom Henighan

Procedure:
See Side bar.

Lesson 1: The First Peoples Before Contact

1) Primary Texts:

Donalda Dickie, My First History of Canada, Chapter 1.1 and 1.2

Will Ferguson, Canadian History for Dummies. Chapter 1: First Nations, pp. 11-32
"Slow Collision"
"People of The Longhouse"
"People of the North Woods"
"People of the Plains"
"People of the Pacific Northwest"
"Caught in Between: People of the Plateau"
"People of the Far North"

Janet Lunn and Christopher Moore, Story of Canada, p. 10-14, Intro, "First Peoples," "Centuries of Change,"
p. 14-18, "Chiefs and Heroes"
p. 19-21, "A Northern Passage"

Diane Silvey, The Kids Book of Aboriginal Peoples

Donna Ward, Courage and Conquest (Lesson 1, pp. 10-11)

Video: Canada: A People's History Episode 1: When the World Began: War (preview)

2) Map: Use the map from KBAP or this map to colour in the areas where the different people lived.http://www.canadainfolink.ca/Lakes.jpg Draw in lines to divide the areas before giving the map to the kids.
or
take a look at the "vegetation" regions map here and see if it doesn't correspond very closely to the distribution of different Aboriginal people of Canada. Ask the kids: why do you think they would be so similiar? It's a .pdf file.

3) Activities:
The kids' multicultural art book : art & craft experiences from around the world by Alexandra M. Terzian. Make a Dream Catcher, p. 44 or
Make a "sugar cube igloo." Instructions here.
Colouring page to download (pdf file): Iroquoian warrior

Advanced crafts available from Trottier, Maxine: Native Crafts. Includes a pattern for moccasins, instruments and dolls.

Instructions for various types of aboriginal homes.

4) Timeline images or figures:
Native American Homes (with images): here.
Homes all on one sheet here


5) Supplemental reading:
Information on the Huron (or the Huron-Wendat) or Wyandot
Same site with information on the Iroquois the Haudenosaunee
List of Library books available here.

"Creation," a Mohawk legend from Bones in the Basket, by C.J. Taylor.

A possible night-time RA or IR book:
Dog people : native dog stories by Bruchac, Joseph.

Free audiobook of American Indian Folktales.

More Books (not previewed)
Grade level indicated suggested reading level only.

NATIVE INDIANS
The Chippewa Indians Rice Gatherers of the Great Lakes by Sonia Bleeker Gr. 3+
Eagle Mask by James Houston Gr. 3+
A Horse for Running Buffalo by Madeline Freeman Gr. 5+
I am an Indian by Kent Gooderham
Indian Captive by Lois Lenski Gr. 4+
Many Beavers: The Story of a Cree Indian Boy by Henry Sinclair Drago Gr. 3+
Mouse Woman and the Mischief-Makers by Christie Harris Gr. 5+
The Native Peoples by Robert Livesey & A.G. Smith Gr. 4+
Nkwala by Edith Lambert Sharp Gr. 4+
O Children of the Wind and Pines by Laura Nelson Baker
Once More Upon a Totem by Christie Harris Gr. 5+
People of the Trail (How the Northern Forest Indians Lived) by Robin & Jillian Ridington
Raven's Cry Christie Harris Gr. 5+
Sacred Feathers by Smith Gr. 9+
The Sea Hunter Indians of the Northwest Coast by Sonia Bleeker Gr. 3+
Sweetgrass by Jan Hudson Gr. 5+
Tales the Totems Tell by Hugh Weatherby Gr. 4+
Thunder in the Mountains by Hilda Mary Hooke Gr. 3+
Totem Tipi and Tumpline: Stories of Canadian Indians by Olive Fisher & Clare Tyner Gr. 4+
The Whale People by R. Haig Brown Gr. 5+
White Mist by Barbara Smucker Gr. 4+
White Slaves of the Nootkas by John R. Jewitt Gr. 5+


INUIT
The Adventures of Oolakuk by Robert A. Ruttan
Akavak by James Houston Gr. 3+
The Eskimo: Arctic Hunters and Trappers by Sonia Bleeke Gr. 3+
The First Book of Eskimos by Benjamin Brewster
Houses of Snow, Skin and Bones by Bonnie Shemie Gr. 3+
Igloo Killinek by Kenneth C. Butler
Tikta'liktak by James Houston Gr. 3+
The White Archer by James Houston Gr. 3+
Wolf Run: A Caribou Eskimo Tale by James Houston Gr. 5+



Procedure:
1. Read:
a) MFHC 1.1 and 1.2
b) Introduction to KBAP.

2. Answer Review Questions

3. Do a notebook entry.

4. Determine location and colour in the different cultural groups on black line map.

5. Read specifically about the Iroquoian peoples from KBAP.

5(b) Answer Review Questions, do a Narration for Notebook.

6. Do an activity and Supplemental reading

7. Read material and colour in map from C&C. pp.10-11. Answer Questions.

8. Take the Chapter Test.

9. View video if appropriate.