Farmers New France
Farmers Use pages H15 through H18 to complete the following three tasks: 1. In your notes define: seigneur (seigneurie), habitants, fille du roi, and dowry. 2. Read about, and on the organizer provided, record key information about: seigneurs, seigneuries, habitants and filles du roi. /12 3. On the organizer provided, record the chores of a habitant in each of the four seasons. /12
Chapter 1 Quiz Three lessons from now you will be writing a quiz on chapter 1 from your text. This quiz will cove the first 13 lessons of history. There is no review for this quiz, so you will need to use your notes to study the materials. Be sure you know your definitions, and review the assignments/questions that have been assigned to date. I would recommend you make yourself a study sheet, and share/compare these with your peers.
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Farmers Please take out your answers to "Farms of New France" and "What a Habitant Did Each Season.
Life on the Seigneury Turn to Life on the Seigneury: in your Orange Duo-tangs With a partner, complete pages 14-15
Life as a Habitant – Letter Assignment Today you will start an assignment that will be handed in and graded for both History and Writing. Write a letter or journal entry, as a habitant, to a friend back in France Letter/journal entry will describe your life as a habitant Needs to include at least 10 facts about life as a habitant Use proper formatting/style When you submit your letter, please include, on a separate piece of paper, a dotjot list of the ten facts you have included
Making a Quill Pen The settlers in New France wrote their letters and journals with pens made from goose quills. We are going to make our own quill pens and write a good copy of our letter. Slit What you need: A large wing feather from a goose, turkey or other large bird Pen knife or hobby knife Ink Paper What do to: Use the knife to trim the end of the quill to the shape shown in Fig. 1. Make a small slit in the end of the quill (this helps the ink flow). Dip the end of your pen in the ink and, holding the pen as shown in Fig. 2, being writing. Practice different letters and strokes until you get the feel of using the pen. Fig. 1 Fig. 2