Mapping the Exchanges and Legacies

Mapping the Exchanges and Legacies of Cultural Contact (__/10)

You will be creating a map with layers of information that illustrates the exchanges and impacts of cultural contact. There are diverse perspectives. Narrow your focus by selecting a theme for your map. Gather information within the suggested reading selections of your textbook and by researching suggested topics related to first contact and exchanges between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.

1. Using the mapping or drawing tools of your choice, create a map. Your map should contain the following layers of information:
   
   
   • labelled world map of continents that experienced first contact between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples
     
     
   • arrows illustrating the direction of contact (for example, from Europe to the Americas or from the Americas to Europe)
     
     
   • a legend that identifies the types of exchange
     
     
   • information overlays displaying the impacts of cultural exchange
     
     
2. Choose one of the following selections from your textbook:
   
   
   • “How Did Cultural Contact Affect the Beothuk?” (pages 122 and 123)
   • “Records of the Past: The Drawings of Shawnadithit” (page 123)
   • “Shawnadithit: Voice from the Past” (page 124)
   • “How Did Cultural Contact Affect Potlatch Societies?” (pages 125 and 126)
   • “The Effects of Cultural Contact on North American Society” (pages 127 and 128)
   • “Changing Policies, Changing Practices” (pages 166 and 167)
   • “Confederation” (pages 168 and 169)
     
     
3. Select a map theme from the following list. Create your map based on the criteria in question 2. Submit a copy of your map.
   
   
   • the exchange of food
   • the exchange of plants and animals
   • the Columbian exchange
   • the triangle trade
   • the exchange of European and Aboriginal technologies

Scoring Criteria: Mapping the Exchanges and Legacies of Cultural Contact