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Le sort de l'Amérique

1996 1 h 21 min
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Après la bataille des plaines d'Abraham, le 13 septembre 1759, le monde ne sera plus jamais le même. Tout pays est fondé sur un mythe, le Canada est né de cette guerre entre la France et l'Angleterre où les deux généraux qui s'affrontaient, le marquis de Montcalm et James Wolfe, sont morts de leurs blessures.

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Le sort de l'Amérique

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Après la bataille des plaines d'Abraham, le 13 septembre 1759, le monde ne sera plus jamais le même. Tout pays est fondé sur un mythe, le Canada est né de cette guerre entre la France et l'Angleterre où les deux généraux qui s'affrontaient, le marquis de Montcalm et James Wolfe, sont morts de leurs blessures.

  • director
    Jacques Godbout
  • producer
    Éric Michel
  • script
    Jacques Godbout
    René-Daniel Dubois
    Philippe Falardeau
    Louise Leroux
  • images
    Jean-Pierre Lachapelle
  • sound
    Richard Besse
  • editing
    Monique Fortier
  • sound editing
    André Chaput
  • sound mixer
    Shelley Craig
  • music
    François Dompierre
  • participation
    Andrew Wolfe-Burroughs
    Georges Savarin de Marestan
    Harold Klepak
    Camille Gosselin
    Laurier Lapierre

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Education

Ages 13 to 17

History - Canada under British Rule (1764-1867)
History - Early Colonization/Settlement
History and Citizenship Education - Change of Empire (1760-1791)
History and Citizenship Education - European Expansion (1500s-1700s)
History and Citizenship Education - Official Powers and Countervailing Powers (1608-present)
Media Education - Documentary Film
Media Education - Film and Video Production

Pre-viewing: Teach The Seven Years’ War as a background to the Battle of the Plains of Abraham. Identify the reasons for the struggle between France and Great Britain for dominance in North America. Comment on the different fighting styles and backgrounds of the leaders (Wolfe and Montcalm) as they are depicted in the film. Discuss: The balance of power was tipped in Britain’s favour, and the course of Canadian history was profoundly altered. As such, this war is the central event in Quebec history. Which format (documentary or fiction) would best serve the history of this battle? Have students comment on the narrator’s statement: “History has the meaning we give it.” Do heroes exist in the real world?
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