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3rd Grade Classwork
Studies Weekly #17 Questions and Homework
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The top half was done as classwork and the bottom half was sent home as homework.
Find Week #17 at studiesweekly.com using your StudentID and password.
Fur Trade: Michigan Mitten Magazine Articles
Click here to go to the Michigan Mitten Magazine
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Read the articles: The Fur Trade, The Voyageurs, and The Beaver.
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Complete the crossword puzzle.
Online Text book Chapter 4 pp. 28-31 click here
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Answer the following questions:
1. What is an explorer?
2. Explorers from Europe were looking for a way to sail between Europe and Asia. What was in their way?
3. The French sailed down the St. Lawrence River looking for the Pacific Ocean. What did they find instead?
4. The French began to trade with the Indigenous People (that would be the Native Americans!). What was the main thing the French wanted from them?
5. What were the French Voyageurs?
Powerpoint Presentation
The French Fur Trade
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