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LESSON TWO
Role Playing Jean Talon
This activity has been taken directly from the Statistics Canada Website
with their permission. Please visit StatsCan
for further information (and many more great lesson ideas!) and for the
required handouts.
- Overview:
- Students review tables of census data collected in 1665 and 1666 by
Jean Talon. Students role play Jean Talon and prepare a presentation to
convince the King of France to increase his investment in New France.Technology
may be incorporated depending on the availability of resources and capabilities
of the students.
- Contributor:
- Linda McCormick, Education Communications, Statistics Canada
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Time:
- 5 - 6 periods (200 - 240 minutes)
- Expectations:
- Students will:
- read and correctly interpret historical data
- select appropriate graphs types to present selected data
- practise presentation skills
- appreciate the effort expended by a remarkable
man, Jean Talon, to foster the development of a North American colony
- demonstrate an understanding of the economic, political
and social life in New France
- Materials
- Student activity
sheet
- Lesson Plan:
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- Have students read the activity sheet, then assign them to groups.
Groups can be assigned to present the results from each table or to present
the results for individual communities using all four tables. Table 1:
Families, Population, Sexes, Conjugal Conditions is fairly large, so you
may wish to split the information between two groups.
- Review the tables as a class, discussing terminology, locating individual
settlements on a map and relating the information to materials already
covered.
- Working in groups, students prepare focus questions to guide their
research, select data and create graphs that illustrate the state of the
colony, and design a presentation that summarizes their research and outlines
their plans to stimulate the economy and increase self-sufficiency of the
colony.
- Each group makes their presentation to the class.
- Have one student evaluate another student's presentation. Each student
should therefore both present and evaluate.
- Evaluation Opportunities:
- Mark the presentations for accuracy and
effectiveness student peer evaluation (use suggested
rubric)
- Enrichment/extension:
- Prepare calling/business cards and letterhead for Jean Talon. Replicate
the exercise for other time periods between 1665 and 1871 using census
data available on E-STAT.
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