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FIRST NATIONS-AMERICA
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Pacific Coast Natives
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EUROPEAN EXPLORATION INTO NORTH AMERICA
Vikings
European Explorers

English
Norwegian Explorer-20thC
Dutch
Navigational Improvements

FRENCH EMPIRE IN NORTH AMERICA
Explorers
Cartier
Champlain
La Salle
Maps of French Forts
Fur Trade Routes of New France
Cour de bois

Habitation
Seigneurial System

MILITARY CONFLICTS IN NORTH AMERICA
French/English Rivalry
1500-1600
1600-1700
1700-1763
Battle of the Plains of Abraham (1759)

Quebec Act 1774

American War of Independence 1776-1783

EUROPEAN STUDIES
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GREAT BRITAIN

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AMERICA
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UNIFICATION MOVEMENTS IN EUROPE
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INDUSTRIALIZATION
GREAT BRITAIN
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
INVENTORS
British
American

1. Prince of Wales Secondary Library Resources
2.D.Thompson Van School Board Site
3.Social Studies Resources for Teachers!
4.SS Lesson Plans!
5.History Links for Teachers!
6.Social Studies Links!
7.Social Studies-History Class in Colorado!
8.History Channel!-Great LInks!
9.B.C. Heritage Sites-Good for Grade 10!

10.Excellent Teacher Resouce-American S.S.
11.Excellent Teacher Resources-History!
12.Social Studies Assessment Ideas!
13.TEachers Guide to Napoleon & Congress of Vienna-1815
14.American Federation of Teachers!
15.Canadian History Quiz and tests!
16. Great history links-America
17.Super links to European Modern History
18.Time-Line: Where is Carmen Sandiego?
19.Symbols of Canada
20. Great Middle School History Links!
21.Puzzlemaker for history topics

5.Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
6.Muhammed Ali-The Greatest!
7.Good links to Present Issues!
8.General Library Resources!
9.Women Writers of Color!
10.Paintings, Drawings of African Art!>
11.Black ArtS
12.Black Calendar!
13.Great Links on Civil Rights Movement in the United States!

PLAINS INDIANS

Buffalo Extinction of the Plains!
2.Grade 3 but great pictures!
3.Blackfeet Nation!
4.Native Plains Web Links!
5,Public Broadcasting-Buffalo

Eastern Woodlands

Northwest-Territories

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EUROPEAN EXPLORERS 1400-1700

. John Cabot
1.Early documents
2.Major Essay



Dutch Explorers
1.Barents-in the Arctic!
2.Henry Hudson travels north!


Spanish Explorers
1. General Information
2. Christopher Columbus
3.Many links for CC
4.Pictures and Navigation
5.Good or Bad Guy!
6.Documents!
7. Spanish Fran Corona
8.Juan Ponce de Leon
9.Conquest of Mexico
10. Magellan-First Circumnavigation of the World!
11, Pizarro-biography
12. Spanish explorers in Florida!
13.Power Point on Explorers
14.America is named after this explorer!
15.European conquest of the Americas!
16.Balboa-First European to see the Pacific!
17.Columbus lost ships!

English Explorers
1. Henry Hudson



2. Sir Francis Drake
3. Documents of Drake and the Spanish Armada (1588)
4.James Cook
5. Inuit and Martin Frobisher!
6. John Cabot
7. More on Henry Hudson
8. Great links to all explorers!
9.James Cook

  Navigational Improvements
1.Columbus and dead reckoning
2.Portuguese and latitude!-Great Links
3 Superlinks.
4.Greenwich Museum & links to the South Pole Race!
5.Magellan and Mapping

French Explorers

Jacques Cartier

Norwegian Explorer
1. Roald!-first to sail the North West Passage + South Pole

Describe the behaviour of the Anarctic Penguins. Did our Science teacher see this??
2.Short History from the South Polar Times!
3.Scott and Amundsen from the Heroic Age of Exploration!
4.Amundsen's contributions to Polar Exploration!
5. Information from Norway!
6. Information from R. Huntford-Contrast of Scott and Amundsen
7.Information from U.S. Today-Where are the bodies of the Englishmen?
8.Information from Maple Ridge-Lower Mainland!
9.Was Amundsen the first at Both Poles??
10American Experience-Polar Explorers!

Weather and Climate!

1.Information from the British!
2.Antarctic Treaty General Information
3. What is Canada doing in this cold barren place??
4.Green Peace comes to Antartica!
5 .Short Information from the C.I.A

!Changing extent of Sea Ice during the year!
Note most sea ice is in August --September--Why??

6.Climate of the coldest continent!
7.Cool Pictures on weather!
8.Super links for questions on Antartica!
9.Super links to Global Warming!
10.Ice Shelf breaks off!!

Portuguese Explorers
1. Prince Henry the Navigator
2. Check out the animated Map of B.Diaz
3. Student Projects!
4. Great information from Calgary



French Explorers
1.Document on S. Champlain


1. Biography
2.La Salle
3.Jack Cartier
4. Explorers from the Virtual Museum!
5.Links to explorers from school net!!
6.Outline of New France
7.Explorers and links to the fur trade!
8.Father of New France-Article from MIcrosoft
9.Women explorers!!
10.Cartier-Champlain and fur trade!

Seigneurial System
1. Short description
2.Canadian Heritage Notes
3.Background for French-Canadian Nationalism?
4.Good details here

5.Historical Figures of New France
6.Great material and quiz!
7.Sample questions on New France
8.Comparison to the English Colonies-land tenure!
9.Good description and glossary!
10.Short and snappy description!


Bishop Laval

1. Short Information!
2. Information from Catholic sources
3. Find out why the Pope has blessed this man!
4.Short Profile-many links!
5. Jesuit Relations & documents!
6. Critical comments!
7. Paintings donated by Laval to Quebec!
8.Find out why he was blessed!
9.Good short biography!
10/Links but mostly in French!

Intendant Talon

1. Super Information, Paintings from the Musuem of Man in Ottawa!
2. Information from the Catholics!
3. Canada's first census-inform from Statistics Canada
4.Information on settlers and impact of Talon
5. Jobs and Houses in New France!

French/English Conflict in the 18th Century!

A. King William War (1688-97)
1. Indian raids during war in North America
2. Short description on nature of war
3.American perspective!

B.Queen Anne's War ((l702-13)
1. American perspective!
2.Article from Encyclopedia
3.Black Beard-pirate during this war!
4. Distinguished woman!
5.European perspective!
6.Causes of the war!

B-1 French Fortress at Louisbourg!(Best Reconstruction of Colonial Fort in North America!)
1. Student projects!
2. Movie on the Fort!
3. Good history of the Fort!
4.Trip & Good Photos!
5.Short History and Map of Nova Scotia!

C. King George's War (1744-48)
1. American perspective!

D. Seven Years War 1756-63)
1. Rogers Rangers
2. French Involvement!
3. Timeline of the 18thC.
4.American Newspaper Accounts!
5.Battles renacted!
6.Royal Proclamation Act -document!
7.Comments from Quebec on RPA
8.Generals of the War-Montcalm and Wolfe!
9.Scalping during this war!
10.More information on Monctcalm and Wolfe!
11.American Perspecitive on War

12.Last of the Mohicans!
13.Original Book!
14.Archeology at Fort William Henry!
15. Historic Forts in America!
16. Tourist Potential at Site!
17. Two Accounts of the Battle-Primary Documents!
18.Movie Script of the Last of the Mohicans!
19. Bibliography of Montcalm-French leader in War!
20.Short history of the Seven Years War!

American War of Independence 1776-1783

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1.Greek Democracy

ENLIGHTENMENT-AGE OF REASON!

1a.. General Outline!
2 Good background and links!
3.c Prince of Wales-Assignment and Sources for the Enlightenment!
4.d John Locke and the Glorious Revolution-1688-1689!-Primary Document!
5.a. Good Links from Modern History Sources!
. Montesquieu- Spirit of the Laws
J.J. Rousseau

1.Enlightenment-English/French
2.John Locke!>
3.Thomas Hobbes>
4.French Paintings during Age of Reason!
5.Voltaire & Ro.. biographical sketch!
6.European Enlightenment-excellent!
7.Print Resource!
8.Power Point on Scientific Rev.!
9.Locke&Hobbes!

SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA

1. Great Links!

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Industrial Unrest: Great Britain Luddites

1. Good basic information here!
2. Great site here!
3.Super information here!
4. What is Luddism?
5. Good for classroom use!
6. Audio needed here!
7. Information on Ned Lud!
8. Luddites today??
9. Information from a high school site-very good!
10.On-line learning from U. K.

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THOMAS EDISON!
1.T.Edison-research and papers!
2.On-Line test on Edison!
3.Invention Web
4.Public Broadcasting-Electric Light Bulb!
5.Inventions-Descriptions!
6.Invention of Motion Pictures!

7.Great Information!
8.MelnoPark: Birthplace of Recordings!
9.Inventions and Great Links!
10.Thomas Edison

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INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION-NOTABLE INVENTIONS 1750-1910

BRITISH INVENTORS	DATES	NAMES	IMPACT!	AMERICAN INVENTORS
TEXTILES	1733     1770. 1800	J. KAY FLYING SHUTTLE HARGREAVES RICHARD ARKWRIGHT	TRANSFORMATION OF SOCIETY! GENDER DIFFERENCES! FACTORY SYSTEM ESTABLISHED! /	ELI WHITNEY COTTON GIN
IRON AND STEEL	1770's	ABRAHAM DARBY	BRIDGES AND STRUCTURES STRONGER
ENERGY SOURCES   COAL PRODUCTION	1776	J WATT STEAM ENGINE	POWER SUPPLIES INDEPENDENT FROM WATER SOURCES NEW METHODS OF PRODUCTION
TRANSPORTATION & COMMUNICATIONS	1825	G.STEPHENSON RAILWAY CANALS AUTOMOBILES	-COMMUNICIATION LINKS ARE ESTABLISHED!	LESSON PLAN ON ASSEMBLY LINES! HENRY FORD-ASSEMBLY LINE MODEL T-POWER-POINT PRESENTATION! 1913

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