In this lesson, students will answer the following essential questions: What is the fur trade? Who was involved in the fur trade? Where did the fur trade take place? What was the organization of a fur trade company like? What was the relationship between fur traders (immigrants) and American Indians?
Recommended level: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
1. The Fur Trade: What It Was and Where It Happened
2. Who Was Involved in the Fur Trade?
3. Relationships and Place in the Fur Trade