TODAY WE TRAVEL BACK IN TIME TO VISIT THAT NEW FRANCE:
Bonjour!
Parle francais? Non? D'accord. Je vais parle en anglais.
Welcome to New France! I can imagine you must be quite nervous arriving here after such a hard, long journey on the ocean from Europe. My name is Jean-Luc and I will be your guide to your new home here at Nouvelle-France...
As I am sure you can imagine, those first French settlers that came to Canada in the 1530's must have been extremely nervous. None of them had any idea what kind of world they were walking into. They knew nothing about the harsh winters we experience here, they did not know if their crops would grow, and most of all, they had no idea who the original inhabitants of this world were.
In the year 1534, King Francois I of France, sent explorer Jacques Cartier on an important mission. Three weeks after leaving port, he stumbled upon the coast of Newfoundland, and by July of that year he had planted a cross at the Gaspe Penninsula, claiming the new world for France.
By searching online, you must find the answer to the following questions. Answer these questions in your History duo tangs:
1) What was Cartier's mission when he left France in 1534?
2) Was Cartier the first explorer to find Newfoundland?
3) Would you risk your life to set out and explore a strange, new world, not knowing what dangers lie ahead? Explain why/why not?
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HERE ARE SOME LINKS TO HELP YOU GET STARTED:
http://canadaonline.about.com/od/exploration/p/jacquescartier.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_France
http://www.histori.ca/minutes/minute.do?id=10123
http://www.linksnorth.com/canada-history/cartier.html
http://www.mta.ca/about_canada/multimedia/explorers/cartier.html
http://history.howstuffworks.com/north-american-history/jacques-cartier.htm
copyright to Mr. Burke
Parle francais? Non? D'accord. Je vais parle en anglais.
Welcome to New France! I can imagine you must be quite nervous arriving here after such a hard, long journey on the ocean from Europe. My name is Jean-Luc and I will be your guide to your new home here at Nouvelle-France...
As I am sure you can imagine, those first French settlers that came to Canada in the 1530's must have been extremely nervous. None of them had any idea what kind of world they were walking into. They knew nothing about the harsh winters we experience here, they did not know if their crops would grow, and most of all, they had no idea who the original inhabitants of this world were.
In the year 1534, King Francois I of France, sent explorer Jacques Cartier on an important mission. Three weeks after leaving port, he stumbled upon the coast of Newfoundland, and by July of that year he had planted a cross at the Gaspe Penninsula, claiming the new world for France.
By searching online, you must find the answer to the following questions. Answer these questions in your History duo tangs:
1) What was Cartier's mission when he left France in 1534?
2) Was Cartier the first explorer to find Newfoundland?
3) Would you risk your life to set out and explore a strange, new world, not knowing what dangers lie ahead? Explain why/why not?
___________________________________________________
HERE ARE SOME LINKS TO HELP YOU GET STARTED:
http://canadaonline.about.com/od/exploration/p/jacquescartier.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_France
http://www.histori.ca/minutes/minute.do?id=10123
http://www.linksnorth.com/canada-history/cartier.html
http://www.mta.ca/about_canada/multimedia/explorers/cartier.html
http://history.howstuffworks.com/north-american-history/jacques-cartier.htm
copyright to Mr. Burke
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