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Fur Trade

Class Description:

Students will meet three characters from the fur trade era of 1793, including Alexander Mackenzie, a voyageur, and a Ojibwe . In order to explain the important roles each character in the business of fashion , transport, and trade, students will be invited to join the Northwest Company as a clerk, voyageur, and an Ojibwe trader, and to participate in a paddle dance.

Outcomes

Upon completion of the Fur Trade evening program students will be able to:

  • Trace the flow of trade goods and beaver pelts across the North American continent.
  • Describe the role of Native Americans, businessmen and voyageurs during the fur trade.
  • Evaluate the symbiotic relationship of the early European explorers with the Native Americans.
  • Learn the paddle dance.

Minnesota Graduation Standards

Wolf Ridge has aligned the Center's entire curriculum to Minnesota Department of Education Academic Standards. As the primary student audience at Wolf Ridge is from 4th-12th grade, the matrices address these grade levels. Teachers may request that their students focus upon a specific benchmark while attending Wolf Ridge. The Wolf Ridge Curriculum Standards Matrix addresses benchmarks in

  • Science
  • Math
  • History and Social Science
  • Language Arts
  • Arts

Wolf Ridge Curriculum Concepts

  • The natural environment has many obvious and subtle impacts upon human history and culture.
  • Understanding and respecting others enables us to work together effectively as a community,
  • Harmony comes from recognizing that similarities are greater than differences.
  • See entire Wolf Ridge Curriculum Framework

 

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Time
50 minutes
indoors

Audience
4th grade - adult

Activity level
easy

Travel
none

Total uphill travel
none

150 px wide please