France and North America

Hey SS9 students... as you wrap up your work on the French Revolution and the Settlement of New France -- the two parts of our unit "story" on France and North America -- here are some links to explore.

French Revolution quiz/games
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/games/walk/walk_frenchrevolution.html
http://www.kongregate.com/games/MitchIngram/the-french-revolution

Videos on the French Revolution
http://www.neok12.com/French-Revolution.htm

Provocative cartoon about revolutionaries in France - the Sans Culottes ("people without pants," named because they wore common-person trousers instead of the silk pants of the rich)
http://www.internationalschooltoulouse.net/y9/student_work/hannah/English/Main%20Events/TheSansCulottes.htm

New France - awesome virtual museum!
http://www.civilization.ca/virtual-museum-of-new-france/introduction/

New France - detailed history
http://www.canadiana.ca/citm/themes/pioneers/pioneers3_e.html

Build up to the war between the French and British in New France (game)
http://1759.ccbn-nbc.gc.ca/index.html

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Different topic, but maybe of interest...

Read one or both of these blog posts and leave a comment under the posts with your thoughts... what do you think about the kind of school this educator is describing?

http://www.shift2future.com/2010/09/stephanies-first-day-of-school-in-2020.html

http://www.shift2future.com/2011/01/tylers-loving-school-in-2016.html