Nunavut: History 

Web Links

Here are some Web sites to help you with your research.

Web Activity

Here is an activity to help you gather information from one of the Web sites:

Timeline

Web Links

Nunavut99
This Web site has articles about the early history of Nunavut and Nunavut today. The articles are often long but they contain excellent information about the territory.

National Library of Canada: Passageways
This Web site was written especially for you! This National Library Web site has information about the early peoples of the arctic and the explorers like Amundsen, Davis, Frobisher, and Franklin who ventured across the territory searching for furs, gold, new lands, and a passageway to the Pacific Ocean.

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Web Activity

Timeline

1. Visit the Pathfinders & Passageways Web site. 2. From the menu at the top of the page, click on “Explorers’ Index”. Scroll     down to find “John Franklin” and click on it. 3. Navigate through the pages about Franklin by clicking “next” at the bottom     of each page. 4. Create a timeline of Franklin’s life. Begin your timeline with the date of     Franklin’s birth, and end it with the date of his death. Include at least five     other dates on your timeline. 5. What was your favourite “Mackenzie quote?” Why? 6. What do you think was the most interesting thing about Franklin’s life?     Why? Share your answer with another student.

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