Objective: To build social awareness in order act as a responsible informed citizen – AKA – be nice to everyone, love your neighbor as yourself and do unto others as you would want them to do unto you!
Evaluation – School report cards simply list “Geography, History and Citizenship”. There is no breakdown of competencies.
Competencies
- To understand the organization of a society in its territory
- To interpret change in a society and its territory
- To be open to the diversity of societies and their territories
What’s taught in school
- Iroquoians, Algonquians and Inca society around 1500
- New France society and Iroquoians from 1645 until British Rule 1745
- 13 Colonies around 1745
Activites – list 3-4 activites
- Visit musuems, collect the free brochures, take a photo and make a scrapbook
- Play dress-up and act out some of the scenes from the resouces
- Write an imaginary diary or letter-back-home from a citizen of New France
- Compare New France way of life with Iroquois or Algonquin way of life. Write about it or make a scrap book of drawing or pictures
- Draw a cartoon story-board of life in an Iroquois/Algoguin/New France home
- Forest school – learn about using natural resouces for shelter, food, medicine, clothing
- Interview a museum curator. Make a recording of questions and answers (Ask permission, of course)
- Print out some of the images on cardstock ane use popsicle sticks to make a puppet show
- Visit the chalet on Mount Royal and take photos of the painting. Create a timeline
- Find a map of New France in 1645 and 1745 and compare it to North America today
- Take a virtual walking tour of Machu Pichu with Google Cardboard 3D glasses. and Screenshot some of the images. Create a scrap book
- Use Google Maps to figure out how long it talks to walk from Quebec to Montreal
- Take a family drive along The Kings Highway
Resources – list 2-3
- Maison Saint Gabriel (watch for free musuem days)
- Lachine Museum (no charge)
- The Fur Trade at Lachine National Historic Site (watch for free museum days)
- Iroquois Museum
- Recitus – Iroquois, Algonquin, Inca, New France, 13 colonies – French website, but use Google Chrome – right click – translate to English
- Chronos Game
- https://kids.kiddle.co/Quebec#Indigenous_peoples_and_European_exploration
- The Kings Highway
- New France Virtual Museum
- 13 colonies virtual tour
- 13th colony games website
- Waypoints 3 – table of contents and sample chapter
- Waypoints 4 – table of contents and sample chapter
- Quebec Online Time Travel Book Club (fees involved)
Book List – check my Amazon Booklist for other recommendations. Updated regularly. Ask your library or school board to order these.
