c/c_Social Studies_Grade 4_Les premiers contacts, le commerce, la collaboration et les conflits entre les peuples autochtones et européens

Subject
Social Studies
Grade
Grade 4
Concept/Content
early contact, trade, cooperation, and conflict between First Peoples and European peoples
Elaboration
  • Sample topics:
    • early explorers: Cabot, Frobisher, Hudson, Cartier, Champlain
    • voyages of Cook and Vancouver
    • provision of muskets to First Peoples by Europeans
    • spread of horses to the Prairies
    • marriages between First Peoples and Europeans
    • colonial wars and alliances between Europeans and First Peoples (e.g., between Maquinna (Nuu-chah-nulth) and the Cook expedition or between French colonists and the First Peoples living around the Great Lakes)
  • Key questions:
    • What motivated explorers and settlers to come to Canada?
    • How did the geography of Canada affect European exploration?
keywords
early contact, trade, cooperation, and conflict between First Peoples and European peoples