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About Jo-Ann
Expertise
I can answer most questions on French-Canadian culture, geography, history, language, style, Quebec-Canada relations, aboriginal issues.
Experience
Born and raised bi-lingual and bi-cultural in Quebec. Have also lived in Franco-Ontarian communities.
Several years experience in the tourism industry before becoming a teacher.
Education Credentials: B.A. in French language & literature (McGill University, Montreal,1992), Dip. Ed. (McGill, 1995), Currently working on M.A.degree in History
Awards and Honors:Jean Launay Translation Award (McGill University, 1992)
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Expert: Jo-Ann - 10/31/2009
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Visited Quebec (from Chicago) for first time last summer and loved it! I am a French teacher and the bookseller at the Librairie Pantoute helped me find this novel for my students. I am excited to teach it and am wondering if you know of any teaching resources that might be available to help teach the novel?
Answer
Bonjour, Laura,
While I know of the book, and am quite interested in the topic, I have not read it myself,nor do I know of any specific teaching resources for that particular novel.
Being a teacher myself, I would suggest that you adapt ideas from literature resources that exist for novels set in a similar colonial time frame.
As you teach it, you may want to take a broader view, studying the setting of time and place, the advantages and disadvantages of relocating to New France, and the hardships faced by the Filles du Roi when they settled in their new adopted country.
I don't know the age of your students, but you might also consider enriching the study of the novel with a hands-on traditional craft, such as weaving, butter making or boiling down maple water or syrup to make maple sugar. Those are just a few ideas off the top of my head.
The following websites might be helpful in comparing and contrasting historical fact and historical fiction
http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/explore/virtual-museum-of-new-france/people/les-f...
http://www.mcq.org/histoire/filles_du_roi/immgrant.html - this is a French-language site, but may be accessible to your students.
Bonne chance!
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