Fur+Traders

From the stories, novels, informational text you've read, fill in as much content as you can for the following questions:

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How do stories and legends of the **coureurs des bois** and **voyageurs** inform us about Francophone history, culture and presence throughout Canada? What do stories about the **habitants** tell us about Francophone history, culture and presence in Canada?

__Who__ : What do you know about WHO these people were?

__What__ : What have you learned that makes these people unique from other groups.

__Wha__t part of this culture has been adopted by Canada?

__When__ : When did they come to Canada? What time period in Canadian history did this group begin settlement?

__Where__ : Where did they settle in Canada?

__Why__ : Why did they choose to immigrate to Canada?

__How__: how did people treat them when they came to Canada?

__How__ did their life change when they came to Canada?

__ This is the most important thing I learned about this settlement group. __

Resources:

Our Land and People (Social textbook) page 132 to 151
[|Alberta's Francophone History]

[|Voyageur's World] (Languages of the Voyageur, Personal Life, Work Life, Know-how, Food, Leisure, Legacy)

The Fur Trade and the Hudson Bay Company/

[|Life in the Wilderness: Work, Food and Insects]

[|The Fur Trade](The Canadian Encyclopedia)

[|Coureurs de Bois] (Wikipedia)

[|Photographs and Illustrations]

[|Homes in New France] (Habitant)

[|Daily Life in New France] (Habitant) General Resources:


 * [|Top 7 Reasons for Immigration] |||||| [|The Canadian Encyclopedia] |||| [|A Scattering of Seeds (T.V. Show)] ||
 * [|Canadian Immigration Overview] |||||| [|Multiculturalism in Canada] |||| [|Understanding Canadian Diversity] ||
 * [|Canada's Immigration Policy] ||||||  ||