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2014-2015 SS Methot& colleagues OPPS

Grade 5 SS Unit 1
French Explorers and Natives

Grade Level:
5
Subject:
Social Studies
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Students will :
(1) Application
: analyse some key short- and long-term consequences of interactions among and between First Nations and European explorers and settlers in New France prior to 1713 (FOCUS ON: Cause and Consequence; Continuity and Change)
Main Summative Assessment Product (Indiv) Web showing consequent changes and effects of interactions on Wendat cultural practices (e.g. "Matrilineal/Matriarchal Practice ----> Effects of French Religious and Social Conventions ----> Wendat abandon Clan mother system...."

(2) Inquiry
: use the social studies inquiry process to investigate aspects of the interactions among and between First Nations and Europeans in Canada prior to 1713 from the perspectives of the various groups involved (FOCUS ON: Perspective; Interrelationships)
Main Summative Assessment Product (Indiv): Culture Wheel and Timline Explaining motives of assigned explorer/missionary and interactions with natives:

Cabot (introduction); Cartier; (class modeled) Champlain (group work from source)
Individual projects:
Brebeuf and Lalment (canadian Martyrs)
Brule
Charlevoix (original accounts)
De La Salle
Frobisher
Gilbert
Groselliers and Radisson
Hennipin
Hudson
De L'Incarnation (?)
Isaac Joques,
Joliet and Marquette
Kelsey
Nicolet
Sagard


(3) Understanding Context:
describe significant features of and interactions between some of the main communities in Canada prior to 1713, with a particular focus on First Nations and New France (FOCUS ON: Significance; Interrelationships).
Use first hand accounts and sourced material to analyse and draw conclusions about the motivations, culture, and needs of explorers and natives; conflicts/compromises/constructive use between these, placed in historic context.
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How do we organize to meet our needs? What interactions can occur when different cultures meet? What causes are there for these different kinds of interactions? What ways did the French and Natives interact before 1715? What changes do cultures go through over time and why?
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