Explorers of Canada Lesson Plans K-8

Much of the information on this site comes from the published works of the explorers themselves. Includes biographies of explorers, maps, a glossary and suggested books. From Library and Archives Canada.

This three-part unit of lesson plans on explorers of Canada goes with the Passageways site. Includes teaching strategies, student worksheets and extension activities.

In this lesson plan, students can slect and compare criteria for building a fur trading post and then build a representation of the post. From Exploration, the Fur Trade, Hudson's Bay Company.

This lesson plan introduces students to using the Atlas of Canada to complete historical research on an explorer of Canada.

Based on the Heritage Minute "John Cabot," this lesson plan uses role-playing and research to study the Atlantiic cod fishery and the role of explorers. From the Historica-Dominion Institute.

Using the Heritage Minute "Jacques Cartier," students examine the relationships and communications problems between European explorers and natives. From the Historica-Dominian Institute.

Use this biography of Jacques Cartier as background information for the Jacques Cartier lesson plan above.