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Truth and Torture – Angelique and the Burning of Montreal

Please use the link below to examine primary and secondary resources regarding Marie-Josèphe dite Angélique and the happens in Montreal during the Spring of 1734. The “Trial,” “Aftermath,” and “Archives” section is where you will find the resources. However, you may also want to take a look at the other sections to get more of an insight in what actually happened.

http://www.canadianmysteries.ca/sites/angelique/accueil/indexen.html

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Book Report Ideas

This link has 341 different ideas for book reports. Surely you can find something that interests you. http://teachnet.com/lessonplans/language-arts/more-ideas-than-ever-book-reports/

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Magnetic Poetry

Some of you might have played with magnetic poetry on fridges before, but like with most other things, there is also an electronic version and that is what you can play with here.

http://play.magpogames.com/poem/Nature/kit/

http://play.magpogames.com/poem/Kids/kit/

http://play.magpogames.com/poem/Geek/kit/

http://play.magpogames.com/poem/FirstWords/kit/

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Virtual Field Trip from Spain to Mexico: Planning a Trip Across the Ocean

Below are the links that were included on the handout:

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/columbus1.asp

http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/

http://www.ancruzeiros.pt/ancv-bdescobertas-e.html 

http://www.christopher-columbus.eu/ships-crew.htm

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The Greatest Canadian

Please find links below to help you research and find information about Great/Famous Canadians. I encourage you to start with these links and the print resources that are in the class before you go wild and crazy with your searching on the internet.

A website full of links about many famous and great Canadians that has been put together by another CBE school that did a similar project.

A good place to go to find out if someone famous is Canadian. This website has small amounts of information but it is a starting point.

A link to a wikipedia page about famous Canadians. Again, I would use this is a starting point. From here you can use some of the resources for each person to help you further your research.

Online Reference Centre – Links to large databases full of information. You will need to figure out which databases you should use that will help you with your research.

Student Research Centre – This will help you find articles, photos, maps, magazines, and other media about certain topics.

The Canadian Encyclopedia – It is exactly that, The Canadian Encyclopedia.

Canada online E-Library – Similar idea to the Student Research Centre

Grolier Online Passport – This will help you find sites with information about your person.

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