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Unit Plan
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Jamestown, Quebec, Santa Fe: Three North American Beginnings

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the origins of Canada and the United States as Jamestown, Quebec, and Santa Fe celebrate their 400th anniversary.
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Activity
Brown University

John Carter Brown Library: Champlain's America: New France and New England

For Students 9th - 10th
An exhibition marking the 400th anniversary of the founding of Quebec by Samuel de Champlain. It discusses Champlain's determination and drive to explore North America, and to plant French roots in the Canadian landscape. Images of...
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: New France

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of New France, from the time the French first began to explore the area until they ceded Canada to the British (Treaty of Paris, signed in 1763). Includes a discussion of the founding of Quebec City and early maps of the...
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Website
Other

Athabasca University: Centre for Language and Literature: The Jesuit Relations

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about The Jesuit Relations, early documents (seventeenth century) that chronicle the Jesuit missions to New France.