Dead Reckoning ~ Champlain in America is the story of a man who failed to find a northwest passage to China, but instead laid the foundation for a multicultural nation in North America.


Throughout Canada Samuel de Champlain is a national hero: the “Father of French America,” the founder of Quebec, a brave explorer, expert cartographer and a visionary who worked tirelessly to create a self-sustaining European settlement in North America.

 

Visit the Dead Reckoning ~ Champlain in America website (available in French and English).

Dead Reckoning: Champlain in America

The combination of an interpretive map, lessons plans and video clips will help encourage students to chart their own course of learning stimulated by viewing the documentary Dead Reckoning ~ Champlain in America.

This website contains 12 lesson plans created to assist teachers in using Dead Reckoning ~ Champlain in America in the classroom. The plans were developed for students in grades 6 through 12 and align with national learning standards. 

At the core of the educational outreach is an interactive map that traces Champlain’s voyages from 1603 to 1616.  The interactive map will allow students and teachers to explore these voyages on many levels, including:  accessing excerpts from the documentary; lesson plans; Champlain’s journal entries and Amerindian culture. 

Visit the Dead Reckoning ~ Champlain in America website (available in French and English).

 

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View behind the scenes and interview: In the Footsteps of Champlain is an in-depth look at the Mountain Lake PBS Documentary, Dead Reckoning ~ Champlain in America.  See behind the scenes at Artifex Animation Studios in Montreal, watch an interview with producer Frank Christopher, and see some sneak preview clips of the documentary. http://video.mountainlake.org/video/1199589499/


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Articles

Current - For People in Public Media
This explorer bio may be a cartoon, but not a simple-minded one 

West End Times
Samuel de Champlain Immortalized in a New Light in Upcoming PBS Special


Press Releases

Mountain Lake PBS Receives National Award for Educational Innovation 

Samuel de Champlain Documentary Caps Off Regional Quadricentennial Celebration


Awards

New York State Broadcasters Award for Excellence

My Source Award for Education Innovation
 


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