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Dreams of a Land

1987 8 min
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Animated drawings illustrate the life and explorations of Samuel de Champlain, founder of Québec City. The film follows Champlain from his first ambitions to map the New World and discover a passage to the sea, to his later dreams for New France.

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Animated drawings illustrate the life and explorations of Samuel de Champlain, founder of Québec City. The film follows Champlain from his first ambitions to map the New World and discover a passage to the sea, to his later dreams for New France.
History - Canada - Pre-1867 All subjects
  • director
    Robert Doucet
  • animation
    Robert Doucet
  • producer
    Eunice Macaulay
  • script
    Eunice Macaulay
  • executive producer
    Douglas MacDonald
  • camera
    Jacques Avoine
  • sound editing
    Bernard Bordeleau
  • re-recording
    Jean-Pierre Joutel
  • narrator
    Vlasta Vrana
  • music
    Alex Pauk

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Education

Ages 13 to 17
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School subjects
History - Early Canadian Exploration (1600s-1800s) Indigenous Studies - History/Politics

Have students create a timeline of Samuel de Champlain's excursions. Map possible routes traveled. Re-create journal entries based on the information and images in the film. Have students present skits focusing on a certain event. Compare the explorations of de Champlain and Jacques Cartier. What were the riches in the Orient these men hoped to find? Discuss de Champlain's attitude toward and treatment of the native people. How does it compare to later expeditions by other countries?

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