Name:
This webquest will help you discover the history of the settlement in New
France! Please use the tablets and Google Chrome to help answer the following
questions.
1. Go to the Virtual Museum of New France, located at
2. When you arrive at the main page, you may select the language in which
you would like to proceed, by clicking “Enter the Virtual Museum”:
3. After entering the site, you will notice a navigation bar on the left hand
side of your screen. You will select
different sections to answer the
questions:
COLONIES AND EMPIRES:
Go the section “French Colonial Expansion and Franco-Amerindian
Alliances”
Click on the bottom link “Colonization” read Trade in the Colonies:
1. What was the main source of income for the Canadian economy
throughout the entire French regime?
2. What was the most hunted animal in Canada? What were the two types of
furs?
3. What types of goods did Native trappers accept in exchange for furs?
POPULATION:
Go to the section “Social Groups” click through the various links at the bottom
1. What were the main social groups in the New France settlement?
2. Pick one social group and describe what kind of people made up the
group.
ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES:
Go the section “Fur Trade” scroll to the bottom, click on “Social and cultural
aspects of the trade”
1. How were the natives (Aboriginals) in the area affected by the fur trade?
DAILY LIFE:
Go to the section “Entertainment”
1. How did the settlers of the French Colonies in North America spend their
time?
2. What were some of the games of skill and chance the settlers in New
France played?
Go to the section “Foodways”
3. What were staple foods of New France?
4. What was a daily menu of the majority of the settlers?