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Title: Cartier and Champlain


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Cartier and Champlain
  • Ethnocentrism and Multiple Perspectives

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Ethnocentrism
  • The belief in the inherent superiority of one's
    own ethnic group or culture.

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Multiple Perspectives
  • The idea that there is more than one point of
    view on any matter, and that a person should
    strive to consider all points of view to arrive
    at a balanced perspective.

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Jacques Cartier
  • In 1534, Cartier erected a cross on Gaspe
    Peninsula.
  • Read the account of the event on page 55.
  • What assumptions does Cartier make?
  • assumption - something taken for granted

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Samuel Champlain/Port Royal
  • In 1603 Champlain establishes the first French
    Colony in North America Port Royal
  • He also establishes a settlement further up the
    St. Lawrence at Quebec, where Stadacona once stood

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Quebec
  • Little is known about what happened to Stadacona.
  • It is believed smallpox may have devastated the
    people there.

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Champlain
  • Known as the Father of New France
  • Champlain called the aboriginal people savages.
    What does this mean?
  • Discussion question Should we apply the values
    of our own time to people in history?
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