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Below is the culminating activity for our unit on the fur trade, and the study sheets we made as a whole class for the Social Studies quiz on Thursday

The Fur Trade

Choose one of the assignments from the options below.  Due:  Thursday, January 22.

Option 1:  Trading Posts

Questions:  Why were trading posts created?  Who created them?  How did the whole trading process work?  How were the “voyageurs” connected to the trading posts?  Name the mose famous trading post in the fur trade.

Map:  Label all of the places you would put a trading post on the map of Canada.  Explain why you would put trading posts where you have done so.

Modern Day:  Why don’t we “barter” today?  What are the modern day trading posts?

Option 2:  Coureur de Bois

Letter:  Write a letter home to someone you are close to in France, explaining what it is like to be a coureur de bois in Canada.  Make sure to touch on your feelings of the license situation the King has forced upon the fur traders.

Option 3:  Land

Journal Entry:  Write a journal entry from the perspective of a First Nations person.  Explain your feelings on the fur trade, the European people, how life has changed since their arrival, and how you feel about all of the land claims.

Option 4:  des Grossiellers and Radisson

Wanted Poster:  Create a WANTED poster of des Grossiellers and Radisson.  Include the WHO WHAT WHERE WHEN WHY  and HOW.  

Option 5:  Fashion in France

Research the whole movement of fashion in France at the time of the fur trade.  Explain why the beaver hat was so popular.  Explain why the beaver hat was so unatainable in France.

Option 6:  Drama

Take on the role of someone that was involved in the fur trade. Express your feelings on the fur trade and how you were affected by it.  Focus on the benefits and consequences of the fur trade.  Be sure your presentation is at least 2 minutes, and dress in character.  BECOME your character.

Success Criteria:

• Written in detail to include the utmost information
• Neat (double spaced, size 12 font, colouring is done properly and not messy)
• Research beyond the obvious.  Delve deeper into your textbook to find more detail, or do outside research

The Fur Trade

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1.  Who was the first person to trade with the First Nations people?  What did they trade?________________________________________________________________________

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2.  Why was fur popular in Europe in the 1600s?  ______________________________________________________________________________

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3.  Who were MERCHANTS? ______________________________________________________________________________

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4.  Who were the two countries that were fighting for the King of the Fur Trade in Canada? ______________________________________________________________________________

5.  What did Europeans build along the waterways to make trade easier with the First Nations? _____________________________________________________________________________

6.  What goods were traded between these two groups?

First Nations (Types of fur) (Name 3)	Europeans (Types of goods) (Name 5)

7.  Who did the French Fur Traders often marry? _____________________________________

8.  What were the coureurs de bois?  ______________________________________________________________________________

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9.  Who were des Grosseilliers and Radisson? _________________________________________

10.  Where did they explore?  What did they find?

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11.  Why were they mad at the French? ______________________________________________________________________________

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12.  Which country did they approach to trade furs for?  What ended up happening? ______________________________________________________________________________

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13.  King Charles II was so happy with des Grosseilliers and Radisson’s success getting furs, he started what company? ___________________________________________

What land did he claim for England? ______________________________________________________________________________

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14.  Who became upset/angry with King Charles decision to claim all of that land for England? ______________________________________________________________________________

15.  What were VOYAGEURS? ______________________________________________________________________________

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16.  What happened as a result of the competition between France and England? (3)

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17.  How did the FIRST NATIONS people depend on European Goods?

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18.  How did the fur trade result in competition amoungst the first nations people?

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19.  The First Nations people started losing their traditional hunting grounds because ______________________________________________________________________________

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20.  Who did Champlain form alliances with? ______________________________________________________________________________

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21.  Who did the Haudenosaunee form an alliance with? ______________________________________________________________________________

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22.  What was the result of the conflict between First Nations people and the alliances they made with France and England?______________________________________________________________________

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23.  Which two diseases did the Europeans bring with them to Canada? ______________________________________________________________________________

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Benefits of the Fur Trade	Consequences of the Fur Trade