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Unit Plan
Other

American Journeys: Background on the Journey of Jean Nicolet, 1634

For Students 9th - 10th
A summary of Jean Nicolet's expedition to the western Great Lakes. The information is from an account written by a Jesuit priest who was a friend of Nicolet. Read the primary source by clicking on "Read this Document."
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Unit Plan
The Newberry Library

Newberry Library: Library Exhibit: Mapping the French Empire in North America

For Students 9th - 10th
A virtual exhibit containing documents illustrating the historic French presence in the Americas.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Company of One Hundred Associates

For Students 9th - 10th
Outlines what the Company of One Hundred was and what they aimed to accomplish in the New World with the fur trade and colonization.
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Website
Open Door Team

Open Door Web Site: The Seven Years' War

For Students 5th - 8th
This website gives a brief account of the Seven Years' War (French and Indian War) up to the Fall of Quebec.
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Website
Other

Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online: Pommier

For Students 9th - 10th
Online article describing the life of Hugues Pommier who was a priest, missionary, painter, and portraitist. He spent much of his life in New France serving parishes and painting religious art.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Lesson Plans: New France

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Offers a lesson plan that helps students understand the lives and hardships of Coureurs de bois.
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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.