Teacher Resources

New France 1745 mapping activity on Indigenous Peoples affected

How did evolving territorial occupation of French settlers affect Indigenous Peoples? 

This learning process focusses on evolving Territorial Occupation and Population growth.  It starts with a video to watch to review the situation in 1645.  It includes a map reading for familiar places and to notice changes from 1645, followed by a few suggested readings.  

The learning process includes includes a Cartograf  mapping scenario that asks students to demonstrate “How the evolution of territorial occupation by French traders and settlers affected others, ” by focussing on one Indigenous nation, settlement or language group, and also a specific French settlement of the period.

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