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Social Studies
Kindergarten to Grade 12
 

Websites to Support the New Curriculum

Grade 5: Cluster 2
Early European Colonization (1600 -1763)

Learning Experience 5.2.1
Early European Exploration and Colonization

5.2.1 ACTIVATING STRATEGIES

 

5.2.1 ACQUIRING STRATEGIES

Websites regarding Norse (Viking) exploration:

Parks Canada, L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site
http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/nl/meadows/index_e.asp

Elementary Themes: Explorers: Vikings
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/vikings.htm

Elementary Themes: L’Anse aux Meadows:
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/v_lanse.htm

Canadian Museum of Civilization: Canada Hall – The Norse: 
http://www.civilization.ca/hist/canp1/ca01eng.html

The Viking Network, Viking Ships:
http://www.viking.no/e/travels/evikingships.htm

Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga
http://www.civilisations.ca/media/docs/fsvik07e.html

Canadian Museum of Civilization: North Atlantic Crossings:
http://www.civilization.ca/hist/canp1/ca02eng.html
(links to information re: navigation, commerce, explorers)

The Open Door Web Site: Colonies and Empires:
http://www.saburchill.com/history/chapters/empires/0001.html

CBC: Canada, A People’s History:
http://history.cbc.ca/histicons/
(Summaries of each episode; historical timeline and information; teacher activities)

Websites for research on explorers

European Explorers (General):

Gander Academy, European Explorers: http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/explorer.htm

National Library of Canada, Kids’ Site, Explorers’ Index:
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/explorers/kids/h3-220-e.html

National Maritime Museum; Explorers and Leaders:
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/explore/sea-and-ships/facts/explorers-and-leaders/
(Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan, Sir John Franklin, John Cabot)

The Mariner’s Museum; Biographies of Explorers and Associated People: http://www.mariner.org/age/biohist.html#jcabot
(Encyclopedia of short biographies)

The Canadian Encyclopedia:
http://www.canadianencyclopedia.ca/index.cfm?PgNm=Homepage&TCE_Version=A
(Search by explorer name or click on Interactive Resources - Quest for the Northwest Passage for an interactive map of voyages):

National Library of Canada, Kids’ Site, Explorers – Maps:
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/explorers/kids/h3-270-e.html

Jacques Cartier:

Canadian Museum of Civilization; The Explorers of Nouvelle France - Jacques Cartier: 
http://www.civilisations.ca/vmnf/explor/explcd_e.html

Discoverers Web; Jacques Cartier:
http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/cartier.html

Canada’s Digital Collections; Jacques Cartier, Explorer of the Saint Lawrence: http ://collections.ic.gc.ca/stlauren/hist/hi_cartier.htm

 Martin Frobisher:

Canadian Museum of Civilization; Martin Frobisher:
http://www.civilization.ca/hist/frobisher/frint01e.html

Sir John Franklin:

Netscapades, The Franklin Trail:http://www.netscapades.com/franklintrail/franklin.htm

Gander Academy, Sir John Franklin:
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/exfranklin.htm

Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot):

Gander Academy Elementary Themes - John Cabot:
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/excabot.htm

Henry Hudson:

Gander Academy, European Explorers – Henry Hudson:
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/exhudson.htm

Geocities: Who Was Henry Hudson and What Happened to Him?
http://www.geocities.com/sharut/hudson.html

David Thompson:

The Canadian Encyclopedia, David Thompson:
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&ArticleId=A0007969

Canadian Museum of Civilization, Inuit History:
http://www.civilization.ca/educat/oracle/modules/dmorrison/page01_e.html( Including contact with explorers (Frobisher, Vikings, whalers)

Canadian Encyclopedia, Interactive Maps, Canada’s Native Peoples:http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm
?PgNm=ExploreCanada&TCE_Version=A&mState=3

 

5.2.1 APPLYING STRATEGIES

No websites recommended

 

Learning Experience 5.2.2
Nouvelle France

5.2.2 ACTIVATING STRATEGIES

Map of New France, 1597, Canadian Heritage Gallery:
http://www.canadianheritage.org/reproductions/10081.htm

Canadian Geographic, Mapping Canada: A Historic Perspective: 
http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/mapping/mappingcanada/main.htm

Atlas of Canada, Map of Nouvelle France circa 1740:
http://atlas.gc.ca/site/english/maps/historical/preconfederation/newfrance1740

Canadian Museum of Civilization, Museum of Nouvelle-France, An Overview of Cartography:
http://www.civilization.ca/vmnf/cartes/index-e.htm

Canada’s Digital Collections, Acadia Historic Atlas, Map of Acadia:
Identify Port-Royal, Grand-Pré and Louisbourg
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/neo-ecossaise/en/index.htm

Historica, Champlain in Acadia:
http://www.histori.ca/champlain/index.do

New France, New Horizons:
http://www.archivescanadafrance.org

A Scattering of Seeds: The Creation of Canada:
http://www.whitepinepictures.com/seeds/i/12/index.html

 

5.2.2 ACQUIRING STRATEGIES

Virtual Museum of Nouvelle France, Museum of Civilization, Champlain:
http://www.civilisations.ca/vmnf/expos/champlain/bio_eng.html

Historica, Champlain in Acadia:
http://www.histori.ca/champlain/index.do

New France, New Horizons:
http://www.archivescanadafrance.org

Virtual Museum of Nouvelle-France, Explorers: http://www.civilization.ca/vmnf/explor/explcd_e.html

Virtual Museum of Nouvelle-France, The Habitant in New-France:
http://www.civilization.ca/vmnf/popul/habitant/index-e.htm

Canadian Museum of Civilization, Jean Talon
http://www.civilization.ca/educat/oracle/modules/cgourdeau/page01_e.html

Canada in the Making, New France 1608 – 1759
http://www.canadiana.org/citm/themes/constitution/constitution3_e.html#royalprov

How to Read 18th Century British-American Writing
http://www.dohistory.org/on_your_own/toolkit/writing.html

National Archives and Library, Tracing the History of Nouvelle-France
http://www.archives.ca/05/0517/051702_e.html

National Library of Canada, Early Images of Canada, Illustrations from Rare Books:
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/earlyimages/index-e.html

Canadian Museum of Civilization, Virtual Museum of Nouvelle-France, Collections:
http://www.civilisations.ca/vmnf/collect/collec_e.htm

Canadian Museum of Civilization, Virtual Museum of Nouvelle-France, A New France ABC:
http://www.civilisations.ca/vmnf/avent/abc09-12/accu_cde.htm

Canadian Museum of Civilizations, Virtual Museum of Nouvelle-France (main page):
http://www.civilisations.ca/vmnf/vmnfe.asp

Virtual Museum of Nouvelle-France, The Education of Children in New-France:
http://www.civilisations.ca/vmnf/education/index_e.html

Canada in the Making, Great Peace of 1701:
http://www.canadiana.org/citm/themes/constitution/constitution2_e.html#greatpeace

 

5.2.2 APPLYING STRATEGIES

Virtual Museum of Nouvelle-France, Chronology, Headlines: http://www.civilisations.ca/vmnf/une/p-une-en.htm

Canadian Encyclopedia, Timeline of New France: http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm
?PgNm=TCETimelineBrowse&PeriodId=11&TCE_Version=A&mState=3

Historica, Champlain in Acadia:
http://www.histori.ca/champlain/index.do

New France, New Horizons:
http://www.archivescanadafrance.org

Museum of Civilization, An Adventure in Nouvelle-FrancePierre Boucherhttp://www.civilization.ca/vmnf/boucher/index.html

Historica, Champlain in Acadia:
http://www.histori.ca/champlain/index.do

New France, New Horizons:
http://www.archivescanadafrance.org

 

Learning Experience 5.2.3
Cultural Interaction in Early Canada

5.2.3 ACTIVATING STRATEGIES

The Mariners’ Museum, Age of Exploration, Christopher Columbus
http://www.mariner.org//educationalad/ageofex/columbus.php

Huron Carol, various translations:  
http://www.canadianaconnection.com/cca/huron_carol.htm
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Aboriginal Place Names in Canada
http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/pr/info/info106_e.html

Natural Resources Canada, Origins of Canada’s Geographical Names
http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/education/index_e.php

Canadian Heritage Galleries, Explorers: http://www.canadianheritage.ca/galleries/groupsofpeople0300.htm#Explorers

Canadian Heritage Galleries, First Nations, People: http://www.canadianheritage.ca/galleries/firstnations0800.htm#People:%20Iroquois

 

5.2.3 ACQUIRING STRATEGIES

CBC, Canada, A People’s History, Episode summaries:
http://history.cbc.ca/history/webdriver?MIval=EpisodeSum2.html&lang=E

Biography of Chief Donnacona CBC, A People’s History, Episode 1: 
http://history.cbc.ca/history/?MIval=EpContent.html
&series_id=1&episode_id=1&chapter_id=5&page_id=11&lang=E

Jacques Cartier’s First Voyage; First Encounters:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/goweezer/canada/z00cartier1.htm

National Archives of Canada, An Overview of Aboriginal History in Canada:
http://www.archives.ca/02/0201200110_e.html
(Click on desired topic: First Meetings and Fisheries, Exploration and the Beginning of Trade, Trade and Social Changes, The Iroquois Wars and the Fur Trade Rivalries)

Museum of Civilization, The Indians of the Ottawa Valley
http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/archeo/oracles/outaouai/30.htm

National Library of Canada. Kids’ Site, First Nations and Inuit, Role in Exploration:
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/explorers/kids/h3-1113-e.html

Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons 1639-1649
http://www.wyandot.org/wn_stmar.htm

Jesuits :
http://www3.sympatico.ca/goweezer/canada/z16jesuit1.htm

CBC, Canada A People’s History, Episode 2, Converting the Natives in Huronia:
http://history.cbc.ca/history/?MIval=EpContent.html
&series_id=1&episode_id=2&chapter_id=5&page_id=2&lang=E

CBC, Canada A People’s History, Episode 2, The Society of Jesus, The Jesuits:
http://history.cbc.ca/history/
?MIval=EpContent.html&series_id=1&episode_id=2&chapter_id=5&page_id=3&lang=E

Canadian Heritage Galleries, Missionaries (Images):
http://www.canadianheritage.ca/galleries/groupsofpeople1000.htm#Missionaries

Manitoba Education, Integrating Aboriginal Perspectives into Curricula: http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/ks4/docs/policy/abpersp/ab_persp.pdf
(Culture and World View, pages 7 -1 0 explain traditional spiritual beliefs)

Aboriginal Elders Teachings, Virtual Circle Aboriginal Community:
http://www.vcircle.com/elders/index.shtml

Museum of Civilization, First Peoples: http://www.civilization.ca/vmnf/premieres_nations/en/index.html

Museum of Civilization, Virtual Museum of Nouvelle-France, Explorers:
http://www.civilisations.ca/vmnf/explor/explcd_e.html

Smallpox and the end of the Huron Nation: http://www3.sympatico.ca/goweezer/canada/z16huron1.htm

Beothuk
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/settlement/kids/021013-2021-e.html

Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage, The Beothuk: http://www.heritage.nf.ca/aboriginal/beothuk.html

National Heritage Gallery, Shanawdithit:
http://www.canadianheritage.ca/reproductions/10036.htm

 

5.2.3 APPLYING STRATEGIES

This Land is Your Land, Canadian Lyrics, The Travellers: 
http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/cur/socstud/foundation_gr5/blms/5-2-3g.pdf Adobe Icon

 

Learning Experience 5.2.4
French – British Colonial Rivalry

5.2.4 ACTIVATING STRATEGIES

No websites recommended

 

5.2.4 ACQUIRING STRATEGIES

Canada’s Digital Collections, Life Prior to 1755, Daily Life inn Acadia:
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/acadian/english/eb41755/eb41755.htm

The Fortress of Louisbourg, School Projects, Louisbourg the Community:
http://fortress.uccb.ns.ca/search/scol_e5.html

Canada’s Digital Collections, Fortress of Louisbourg:
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/louisbourg/enghome.html

Parks Canada, Halifax Citadel, Exhibits:
http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/ns/halifax/edu/edu2_e.asp

Parks Canada, Port-Royal National Historic Site:
http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/ns/portroyal/natcul/histor_e.asp

Canadian Heritage Gallery, Images of Halifax
http://www.canadianheritage.ca/galleries/places1400.htm#Halifax

Canadian Encyclopedia, Seven Years’ War:
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm ?PgNm=TCE&ArticleId=A0007300

Map showing reserved Indian lands by the Royal Proclamation:
http://www.kstrom.net/isk/maps/royalproc.html

Canadian Encyclopedia online: Royal Proclamation:
http://www.canadianencyclopedia.ca/index.cfm ?PgNm=TCE&ArticleId=J0006990&mState=1

Early Canadiana online, Image of Title Page, Royal Proclamation of 1763:
http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/PageView/48786/0006?id=2143fe3e2e828625

 

5.2.4 APPLYING STRATEGIES

No websites recommended