Thursday, December 10, 2020

French Exploration of the New World Timelinks G5 pages 83-85

 Samuel de Champlain was very important to the French

Read pages 83-85 

For the text, go to this link: Timelinks Grade 5

 Overview of French in Early Canada:  https://kids.kiddle.co/Quebec#New_France

Biography of Samuel Champlain


Now watch a video of his life 


https://www.historymuseum.ca/virtual-museum-of-new-france/the-explorers/etienne-brule-1615-1621/

Jean Nicolet was another explorer who had a sad end: read here: https://academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Jean_Nicolet


Now watch a cute video 


Questions 

What was similar about these three explorers? 

What was different? 

What did Champlain want to do? 

What did Brule want to do? 

What did Nicolet want to do? 

How many times did Champlain cross the Atlantic?  Nicolet? 

What new places did Brule see? 

How did he work with the Native Americans? 

Who killed Brule? 

What was the most important trade at this time? Why? 

Why did the French King bring young women to New France? 

What religion did settlers have to be? 


Homework: 

You are an advisor to King Louis XIII. Explain to him why you thing that settlement in New France is important and tell him how to get more people to move there. 


Rachael Alice Orbach

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