Unit 1

Early Canada

Activity

1. As in Chapter 3, you are provided with a student notes document for Chapter 4.


2. The notes follow the chapter and have fill-in-the-blank sentences with page numbers for you to find words to put in the blanks. This practice will help you learn this material better.


3. Download the document, Chapter 4: Competition for Trade Notes and fill in the blanks as you read the textbook pages given in the lessons for Chapter 4.
   
   Please save your work to a file on your desktop so you will have a copy to refer back to.
   


4. Click on one of the links provided to download the document. 
• You will then be able to view the Chapter 4: Competition for Trade Notes worksheet.




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5. Read pages 74 and 75 of the textbook to learn about the first meetings between the Europeans and First Nations peoples.


6. Read pages 77 to 79 to learn about the barter system and the three groups who participated in the fur trade.
• Review the video, "Barter and Trade", that you watched at the beginning of the unit to see how it relates to the parties who were in the fur trade.


7. Read page 80 of the textbook, which considers the perspectives of the First Nations women and their role in the fur trade.