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.