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BBC

Bbc: France Decides 2007

For Students 9th - 10th
The BBC highlights all the latest news on France's new President-elect, Nicolas Sarkozy. Features in-depth analysis of the election which was held 5/6/07 and provides both video and audio coverage.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Exploration and Knowledge: France in America

For Students 9th - 10th
A bilingual article which discusses the French contribution to exploration in North America. Included are the reasons the French explored in the New World.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Samuel De Champlain's 1607 Map

For Students 9th - 10th
This page provides the history and significance of Samuel de Champlain's map of New France and the St. Lawrence River in 1607.
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Other

Lesson Plans: New France

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Offers a lesson plan that helps young scholars understand the lives and hardships of Coureurs de bois.
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National Women's Hall of Fame

National Women's Hall of Fame: Frances Perkins

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Women's Hall of Fame presents a brief overview of the life of Frances Perkins, who was, among many other accomplishments, the first woman Cabinet officer in American history.
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New Advent

Catholic Encyclopedia: Catholicity in Canada

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from the Catholic Encyclopedia traces the history of the Roman Catholic Church in Canada from New France to discussions of state-funded schooling. Please note that the Catholic Encyclopedia is a historic reference document...
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New Deal Network

New Deal Network: Survey Graphics: City Diets and Democracy by Frances Perkins

For Students 9th - 10th
Ever the social worker, this 1941 article written by Frances Perkins discussed the role of nutrition in developing the healthy worker, which in turn supported democracy. From the magazine Survey Graphic, Magazine of Social Interpretation.
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Social Security Administration

Social Security Online: Frances Perkins

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of Frances Perkins and her role in passing the Social Security Act. Includes personal quotes and links to other sites with more information on her service to Franklin Roosevelt.
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US Department of Labor

U.s. Department of Labor: Hall of Secretaries: Frances Perkins

For Students 9th - 10th
The U.S. Department of Labor provides this brief biography of Cabinet member, Frances Perkins, who led reform efforts in the realm of labor law during the Great Depression. Short, biographical sketch with good, factual information being...
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Other

Us Department of Labor: Jshq: Remembering Frances Perkins

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor under Franklin Roosevelt, from the Job Safety and Health Quarterly. A good description of her tireless work in improving working conditions in the United States. (Published Fall 2002)
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Frances Perkins

For Students 9th - 10th
Encyclopedia Britannica provides a biography of Frances Perkins. Appointed secretary of labor by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, she was the first female cabinet member.
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New York Times

New York Times: On This Day: Judy Garland

For Students 9th - 10th
Access an article in the "New York Times" from June 23, 1969, announcing the death of film icon, Judy Garland.
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New York Times

New York Times: Europe

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] The New York Times covers the latest news, issues, and events in Europe, the UK and Ireland today.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Exploring Borderlands: Samuel De Champlain

For Students 9th - 10th
This passage highlights passionate French explorer, Samuel de Champlain, in his conquest for new lands in present day Canada and his establishment of France's North American capital of Quebec. Click the "Samuel de Champlain Activities"...
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Other

Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online: Pommier

For Students 9th - 10th
Online article describing the life of Hugues Pommier who was a priest, missionary, painter, and portraitist. He spent much of his life in New France serving parishes and painting religious art.
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Walled Lake Consolidated Schools

Loon Lake Elementary School: Samuel De Champlain

For Students 3rd - 5th
A biography of Samuel de Champlain (1570-1635), a French explorer who founded the Canadian city of Quebec. He helped colonize French North America, once known as New France, and is often called the Father of New France. This site has a...
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Other

Athabasca University: Centre for Language and Literature: The Jesuit Relations

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about The Jesuit Relations, early documents (seventeenth century) that chronicle the Jesuit missions to New France.
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Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: French Posts and Forts in Louisiana and New France, 1754

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of North America showing the French posts and forts at the beginning of the French and Indian War (1754) between the French and the British. The map is color-coded to show the territorial claims of the British, French, and Spanish...
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Indian Wars, American Beginnings: 1492 1690

For Students 9th - 10th
Five documents representing the full range of Indian-European antagonisms, struggles for power, and outright warfare among the Spanish, Pueblo, Wampanoag, English, and French in New Spain, New France, New Mexico, and New England.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Missions, American Beginnings: 1492 1690

For Students 9th - 10th
A Spanish Franciscan and a French Jesuit report on the reciprocal relationship between natives and Catholic missionaries as Europeans settled New France and New Spain.
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Smith College: New Resources on 20th Century Women's Activism

For Students 9th - 10th
Short biographies with links to historically significant documents of eight 20th century female activists.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: French Colonial Empire

For Students 9th - 10th
A history of the French colonial empire from their efforts in Africa to those in southeast Asia. The article discusses the First French Empire in the New World, and the attempts to establish colonies during the Imperialism period of the...
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Library of Congress

Loc: American Memory Timeline: Colonial Settlement,1600s 1763

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Read about the colonization in the New World by many European countries. Hyperlinks to you to more specific topics.
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New Advent

Catholic Encyclopedia: Marie De France

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The New Advent contains biographical information about Marie de France. Please note that ?The Catholic Encyclopedia? is a historic reference source and should be viewed in the context of resource material dated around 1910.

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