Teaching About the French Heritage of the Midwest
Central States Conference
March 2008

 
Randa Duvick, Ph.D.
Valparaiso University
Department of Foreign Languages & Literatures

Department Chair
Associate Prof. of Foreign Languages & Literatures
Meier 113
Valparaiso, IN 46383
219.464.5169
Randa.Duvick@valpo.edu


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

• POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS

French Heritage of the Midwest
French Heritage in Indiana

• LINKS

Cartes des explorateurs (et beaucoup plus)

Library of Congress/Bibliothèque nationale:  “La France en Amérique”

Library of Congress “La France en Amérique” Chronology

Library of Congress:  Champlain’s 1607 Map

Canadian Archives:  Letters from the Colonies to the Ministry of the Navy
Search for names like Pontchartrain, Vincennes, Ouiatanon, Cadillac, Miamis, Illinois, Jolliet, etc.

Illinois:
Chronology
Appropriate for kids

Michigan:
Appropriate for kids (pdf)

• BIBLIOGRAPHY: Le Patrimoine français du Midwest

Baker, R. L. (1988).  French Folklife in Old Vincennes.  Vincennes, IN:  Vincennes Historical and Antiquarian Society.

Callière and Champigny.  (1781, 5 October).  Letter to the Minister of the Navy.  Quebec:  Fonds des Colonies, Series C11A.  Retrieved October 11, 2007, from http://mikan3.archives.ca/pam/public_mikan/index.php.

Cayton, A. R. I. (1996). Frontier Indiana. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.

Davis, J. E. (1998). Frontier Illinois.  Bloomington, IN:  Indiana University Press.

Foley, W. E. (1971). A History of Missouri (Vol. 1, 1673-1820).  Columbia:  University of Missouri Press.

Folwell, W. W. (1956).  A History of Minnesota.  St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society.

Havard, G. &  Vidal, C. (2003). Histoire de l’Amérique française [History of French America]. Paris:  Flammarion.

National Standards in Foreign Language Education Project. (1999). Standards for Foreign Language Learning in the 21st Century.  Lincolnwood, IL:  National Textbook Company.

Poremba, D. L. (2001).  Detroit:  A Motor City History.  Charleston, SC; Chicago, IL; Portsmouth, NH; San Francisco, CA:  Arcadia Publishing.

White, R. (1991).  The Middle Ground:  Indians, Empires, and Republics in the Great Lakes Region, 1650-1815.  Cambridge:  Cambridge University Press.