Two Accounts of the Fall of New France

By 
Tom Morton
Brief Description: 

Students are given two different stories about the fall of New France and asked to consider in what ways they are different and why.The goal of this lesson is for students to learn how to deal with competing accounts or narratives and to recognize that accounts are constructed based on decisions about significance and interpretation of evidence.

Time Period(s): 
1700-1800
Prepared For Grade(s): 
9
Concept(s): 
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE