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Website
Canadian Museum of History

Vmnf: Samuel De Champlain

For Students 9th - 10th
Offers several links to websites that provide information on the different places that Champlain explored in Canada.
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Article
University of Houston

University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 1240: Northwest Passage

For Students 9th - 10th
An article on the history of the search for the Northwest Passage. The discussion focuses on the reality that there is no Passage - only a history of brave people suffering incredible hardships to learn that the region was impassable...
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Handout
Other

A Year in the Life of a Trinity Bay Beothuk Band

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief overview of a year in the life of the Beothuk people. Explores the different seasons and what the Beothuk would have been doing during these seasons.
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Handout
PBS

Empire of the Bay: Jacques Cartier

For Students 9th - 10th
Who was Jacques Cartier? What voyages has history recorded? This one-page biography from PBS provides learners with these details and more.
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Graphic
University of Toronto (Canada)

Port Royal, Nova Scotia

For Students 9th - 10th
Original drawing of Champlain's Habitation at Port Royal is shown along with photos of the fort after it was reconstructed. Steep roofs, narrow entrance ways and a closed in courtyard tell much about the conditions settlers had to live...
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Graphic
Curated OER

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For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the different explorers who searched, during the age of Discovery, for the Northwest Passage. Presents each explorer and their contribution