Generalization and Rationale Objectives Teacher Information & Introductory Activity Main Lesson Supplementary Lesson #1 Supplementary Lesson #2 Print Lesson

Lesson 1B - Main Lesson

Have students adopt the role of a newspaper reporter researching a story on the history of the fur trade. Ensure that they include perspectives from both the fur traders and from an Aboriginal group. Students should narrow their research to a specific area involved in the fur trade and limit it to one of the trading forts mentioned above. Students will fill out the following Newspaper Article - worksheet, as an introduction to help them get started on their newspaper article

1. What is your topic?
2. Who or what are your sources for information and facts (use three or more different resources)?
3. How long is your article going to be?
4. What is your headline?
5. What is your hook? The first sentence of your article should grab readers attention.
6. What is your first paragraph about? Who is involved in your article? Make sure to include background information.
7. Your article will tell me, the reader, about what?
8. Are you going to include pictures, drawings, maps, traditional stories or songs, or actual interviews?
9. Wrap it up. How will you finish your article?
10. Your newspaper article should follow this sequence
    • Headline
    • Author
    • Topic
    • 1st paragraph
    • 2nd and 3rd paragraphs
    • Concluding paragraph

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