Knowledge Objectives:

• The student will demonstrate an understanding of how exploration and settlement caused groups to influence each other, resulting in changes and lifestyle.
• The student will demonstrate an understanding of how contact between people in Canada's early history frequently resulted in competition, cooperation, and conflict.
• The student will demonstrate an understanding of how our history contributed to shaping Canada into a bilingual nation.

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Skills Objectives:

Students will:

• Locate, organize, and interpret information
• Map data.
• Analyze/synthesize/evaluate information.
• Communicate by paraphrasing, role playing, writing journals, letters, biographies, reports.
• Take part in cooperative learning.

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Attitude Objectives:

The student will be encouraged to develop:

• Appreciation for the accomplishments of the natives, the explorers, the settlers, the missionaries, and the fur traders in shaping Canada.
• Objectivity by demonstrating an ability to examine problems from more than one perspective.
• Appreciation for the history of our country.
• Pride in one's country.
• Appreciation for the bilingual nature of Canada.

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Information Management Skills:

• Create and follow a research plan.
• Assess and identify sources.
• Organize information according to topic and subtopics.
• Use point form.
• Create a bibliography.