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Fur Trader Game
For use with the article The Business That Created a Country found on p. 6 of the special issue "How Furs Built Canada" in Kayak: Canada's History Magazine for Kids. Suitable for Grades1 to 5.
Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada: Teacher's Kit for Giant Floor Map
Topics include climate change, demographics, Indigenous governance, housing, human rights, Indigenous languages, migration, famous people, original place names, residential schools, seasonal cycles, symbols, timeline, trade routes, and treaties, land disputes, agreements and rights.
Although activities were created for the giant floor map, they can be adapted to the printable tile version.
Lesson Plan: Fur Trade Timeline
Designed for Grades 3-8. Information from the article Fur Trade Times in the special issue of Kayak magazine How Furs Built Canada. Students play a class game of "I Have ... Who Has?"
Paquin / Pocha: The Origins of a Family in the Canadian Fur Trade, 1634-1896
Stories of Indian Days: O-ge-mas-es Relates Many Incidents Of Early Life in the West.
Compilation, edited and annotated, mainly consisting of newspaper articles published between 1920 and 1921. Text in bold, footnotes and words in square brackets are the editor's.