New France - Lesson 6: Life on the Seigneury

LESSON SIX

Life on the Seigneury

Time: Two periods (80 minutes)

Expectations:
Students will:

extract and record information from a primary source.
work as a team.
present their research results to their classmates.

Preparation:

Photocopy handout: "Journal of Gilles Coutourier".
Have enough acetates/transparancies or chart paper and markers for student groups.

Lesson Plan:

Divide the students into five equal sized groups. Distribute photocopies of the Journal of Gilles Coutourier to each student and an acetate and overhead markers (or chart paper and markers) to each group.
Have the students read the journal as a group. Assign one of the following topics to each group to examine:
- Living Conditions on the Seigneury
- Native-French Relations
- Working Conditions on the Seigneury
- Conditions while Traveling and Exploring
- "Business" Relations (pertaining to interactions with the Seigneur and to trading)
  Have the students take turns and record, in point form, the salient information from the journals onto the acetates or chart paper.
Have each group present their findings to the class. This information, as well as any additions you, as the teacher, wish to make will serve as class notes on the way of life on the Seigneury.

Evaluation Opportunities:

peer evaluation of group participation
teacher observation of group interaction
teacher evaluation of quality of information reported

NOTE:
For a full set of activities similar to this one on the topic of New France, please see the The CRB Heritage Foundation's "We Are Canadians — The Frontier Empire" teaching kit.

Journal of Gilles Coutourier

Peer Evaluation
Name_________________________

Evaluate your teammates on their performance. The scale is from 1 to 5. The teacher is the only one who will see your evaluation so please be fair and honest with your responses.

1 = not acceptable      2 = poor but okay      3 = satisfactory      4 = very good      5 = excellent

GROUP MEMBER

played his/her role in the team 1    2   3    4    5 1    2   3    4    5 1    2   3    4    5

contributed appropriately to the group's answers 1   2    3    4    5 1   2    3    4    5 1   2    3    4    5

worked well with other group members 1    2   3    4    5 1    2   3    4    5 1    2   3    4    5

participated in the group presentation 1    2   3    4    5 1    2   3    4    5 1    2   3    4    5

TOTAL

Peer Evaluator name:_____________________
Comments:

Teacher Evaluation of Presentations

STUDENT:
quality of examples	1 2 3 4 5	1 2 3 4 5	1 2 3 4 5	1 2 3 4 5
quality of reasoning	1 2 3 4 5	1 2 3 4 5	1 2 3 4 5	1 2 3 4 5
communication of answers	1 2 3 4 5	1 2 3 4 5	1 2 3 4 5	1 2 3 4 5
team skills in presentation	1 2 3 4 5	1 2 3 4 5	1 2 3 4 5	1 2 3 4 5
TOTAL

Comments: