Samuel de Champlain Sails onto the Web
VANCOUVER November 3, 2003
The Historica Foundation of Canada, le Centre d'études acadiennes de l'Université de Moncton, and 7th Floor Media are proud to announce the launch of a new bilingual web site. Champlain in Acadia celebrates the 400th anniversary of the arrival of Samuel de Champlain in Acadia in 1604.
Taking an investigative approach, Champlain in Acadia looks at the character of Champlain, his voyages to the New World, and presents the history of Champlain's settlements at Ste-Croix and Port Royale. The site examines the interactions between 17th Century French colonizers and the Mi'kmaq culture they encountered, and it connects issues related to that meeting with the global themes of colonization and globalization. Video interviews with experts, primary documents, artifacts, maps, and a wealth of archival graphics make the site an exciting multimedia experience.
"The development of the Champlain in Acadia web site was truly a collaborative effort," said Noni Maté, Co-Director of 7th Floor Media. "The First Nations and Acadian historians created engaging content, archival researchers found the most appropriate graphics, and 7th Floor Media designed a site that is easy to navigate and rich in depth and scope."
Champlain in Acadia is targeted to a student audience. The content links directly to the YouthLinks/InterJeunes web site, an on-line learning program for high school students in Canada. The YouthLinks/InterJeunes site offers students engaging classroom activities, games and quizzes, and topics for discussion and debate in the student forum. A special teachers section offers a wealth of instructional materials including detailed lesson plans, curriculum correlation charts, and evaluation tools for using the Champlain content in their classrooms.
Champlain in Acadia is available at http://www.histori.ca/champlain/index.do