Wednesday, November 27, 2019

The Search for the Northwest Passage - Lesson Plan

The Story of the World Chapter 4 pages 39- 41

Last class we studied about Jame's Town, or Jamestown and how it was not a success, and so today we are going to learn about the French in the New World.  First read pages 39-41 then answer the questions, and if you have time go to the extra resources. 



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Questions. 

What did Europeans want to find in the New World?  Why? 
Where did they really want to go? 
Who was  Samuel Champlain?  Why was he chosen to find the Northwest Passage?
Where did he land in the New World?
What was the name of the river that he found?
What did the native people have to trade? What did they want in return?  Why?
What did  Samuel Champlain say to the King of France? 
Where did he go for the second trip?  Why?  
What was the main problem of this land? 
What disease did they get? How did they get better? 
Where did they move the colony? Why? 
Why did the colonists go back to France? 
What does the word: Kebeq mean? 
What was the name of the nearby Native American tribe?  What did they want from the new colonists? 
What happened every winter? 
Why is  Samuel Champlain called the "Father of New France?"

Homework: 
Draw a time line of the French settlements in Quebec.  
| ____|_____|_____|_____|  



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