Founding of the Trait-Carré
1. Cycle and subject
Elementary Cycle Three; Geography, History and Citizenship Education.
2. Educational aim
Targeted subject-specific competency: Understands the organization of a society in its territory.
Specific objective: To make connections between the social and territorial organization of the Trait-Carré.
3. Nature of the task
Students do a crossword puzzle.
4. Duration
Approximately 20 minutes.
5. Printable handout
One crossword puzzle (see below).
6. Expected solution
Across
4. Approximate number of houses in the Trait-Carré at the time of the British Conquest (forty)
5. Decision by King Louis XIV that had the force of law. (decree)
8. Second type of mill built by the Jesuits. (watermill)
9. Only star-shaped village in Canada. (Trait-Carré)
11. Material the first church in Charlesbourg was built of. (stone)
12. They owned the Notre-Dame-des-Anges seigneury. (Jesuits)
14. Material covering the roof of the Trait-Carré's chapel. (straw)
15. What Amerindians traded with Europeans. (furs)
20. Name of seigneury owned by the Jesuits. (Notre-Dame-des-Anges)
22. Land granted to the nobility to be divided and granted to settlers. (seigneury)
23. A territory held and administered by a foreign power such as France or England. (colony)
25. Building where worshippers congregate. (church)
26. Most common land division system in New France. (rang)
27. Parcel of land granted to a settler by a seigneur. (concession)
Down
1. Place where furs were traded. (trading post)
2. Representatives of the Church who travelled from village to village to meet with the congregation. (priests)
3. Name of the former municipality of Trait-Carré. (Charlesbourg)
6. The populating of a territory with settlers. (colonization)
7. Geometric shape of the Trait-Carré. (star)
10. Current site of the first building on the seigneury. It's now a park. (Cartier-Brébeuf)
13. Small town. (village)
16. Type of mill built by the Jesuits. (windmill)
17. Saint-Charles-Borromée, founded in 1693, is one. (parish)
18. Remove trees and bushes from land in order to plant seeds. (clear)
19. Famous intendant of New France. (Jean Talon)
21. Name of French territory in America prior to 1763. (New France)
23. Small church. (chapel)
24. The King of France when the Trait-Carré was founded. (Louis XIV)
25. British military victory over New France (1759-1760). (Conquest)
26. The St. Lawrence, for example. (river)
Name:______________________________________________ Date:______________________
FOUNDING OF THE TRAIT-CARRÉ
Across
4. Approximate number of houses in the Trait-Carré at the time of the British Conquest.
5. Decision by King Louis XIV that had the force of law.
8. Second type of mill built by the Jesuits.
9. Only star-shaped village in Canada.
11. Material the first church in Charlesbourg was built of.
12. They owned the Notre-Dame-des-Anges seigneury.
14. Material covering the roof of the Trait-Carré's chapel.
15. What Amerindians traded to Europeans.
20. Name of seigneury owned by the Jesuits.
22. Land granted to the nobility to be divided and granted to settlers.
23. A territory held and administered by a foreign power such as France or England.
25. Building where worshippers congregate.
26. Most common land division system in New France.
27. Parcel of land granted to a settler by a seigneur.
Down
1. Place where furs were traded.
2. Representatives of the Church who travelled from village to village to meet with the congregation.
3. Name of the former municipality of Trait-Carré.
6. The populating of a territory with settlers.
7. Geometric shape of the Trait-Carré.
10. Current site of the first building on the seigneury. It's now a park.
13. Small town.
16. Type of mill built by the Jesuits.
17. Saint-Charles-Borromée, founded in 1693, is one.
18. Remove trees and bushes from land in order to plant seeds.
19. Famous intendant of New France.
21. Name of French territory in America prior to 1763.
23. Small church.
24. The King of France when the Trait-Carré was founded.
25. British military victory over New France (1759-1760).
26. The St. Lawrence, for example.
