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School Price: $38.95

Format:
Paperback
64 pp.
9" x 12"

ISBN-13:
9780195414882

Publication date:
August 2000

Imprint: OUP Canada

Discovering First Peoples and First Contacts

John Smith

Series : Discovery Series

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Designed to help students understand the development of Canada through the experiences of its founding peoples, Discovering First Peoples and First Contacts examines the origins of distinct Aboriginal groups in Canada and their interaction with early explorers. Topics include the fur trade, the arrival of various European explorers, and a discussion of current Aboriginal issues.

French version Je Decouvre les premieres nations et les explorateurs available. Please contact Chenelière Éducation (www.cheneliere.ca) for details.

Readership : G6 Social Studies students nationwide

In the Beginning.
Distribution of Aboriginal Peoples
Fishers of the Coast
Buffalo Hunters of the Plains
Iroquoian Planters of the St. Lawrence Lowlands
Micmac of Atlantic Canada
Sailors of the North Sea
Finding New Worlds
Voyages of Jacques Cartier
Samuel de Champlain and New France
Ships and Men
Contact and Cooperation
The Fur Trade
Missionaries in New France
Exploring the Interior
Into the Interior
Canoes and Pemmican
Life of the Voyagers
Life at the Trading Post
Women and the Fur Trade
Who are the Metis?
The Inuit: People of the Far North
Samuel Hearne Crosses the Barren Lands
Seeking the Northwest Passage
Exploring the Pacific Coast
First Across the Mountains
Explorers Today and Tomorrow
Aboriginal Canadians Today

Teacher's Guide
15 Pack (15 copies of one title)

John Smith is a principal at Green Glade Public School in Mississauga, Ontario.

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