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Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable: Haitian Frontier Fur Trapper and Explorer
Eighth graders investigate the life and contributions of Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable. They read and discuss an informational handout, define five words from the passage, conduct Internet research, and write a journal entry from the...
Black Past
Black Past: Du Sable, Jean Baptiste Point
This encyclopedia article gives a brief account of the life of Jean-Baptiste DuSable, the founder of what became Chicago.