Page 13 - Fur Trade program Curriculum

Teaching and Lesson Ideas

Here are some teaching ideas and lessons that may help your students’ study of the fur
trade and early explorers to this area.

Follow an Explorer

Theme Project: Choose a route of an explorer. Think about what you would see today
if you traveled that route.

1. Choose an Explorer Search through the unit or do additional research to find an explorer who
interests you. Select one of his journeys to focus on. Write the explorer's name and the
beginning and ending locations of the route he took on his journey.

The explorer I chose for the Theme Project is: ______________________.

Born: ___________.

Died: ___________.

The route I will study:

Starts in _______________________________

Ends in _________________________________

Passes through what is now _________________________________

2. What to Wear? Research what people like your explorer wore. Also, think about where the
explorer is going on the journey. Write a description of some of the clothing you would pack for
your journey with this explorer.
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