CD-ROMs

Fenêtres sur l'histoire: de l'Empire français d'Amérique au Canada contemporain. Micro-Intel and Ministère de l'ducation du Québec. Montreal: CRAPO, 1995.

Veritable databank of the history of Canada, with emphasis on Québec. It includes hundreds of reproductions of 17th and 18th century French documents, maps, engravings, etc., a subject index, an index of person and place names, and a chronology; it illustrated with some of the Heritage Canada vignettes broadcast on Canadian television channels on a regular basis.

Camirands, Charles with Jacques Lecavalier, Nelida Pinto, Frédéric Amyot, Voyage en Nouvelle-France. Le Groupe Micro-Intel Inc. and Ministère de l'ducation du Québec, 1991.

This CD-ROM proposes a role-playing game allowing the student to explore the lives of an explorer, a trader, a farmer or a member of a religious order. To win the game, he or she must complete five tasks contained in an envelope, using a prepared tool kit. A dictionary, an atlas, period documents, a chronology and relevant illustrations are provided. This is a good teaching tool, but a copy must be installed on each hard drive for all the students of a group to benefit.

Les voyages de Jacques Cartier: Jacques Cartier est reconnu comme le découvreur du Canada. L'est-il vraiment? David M. Stewart Museum and Groupe Micro-Intel Inc. Director: Frédéric Amyot (1992-1995).

This CD-ROM is ideal for class presentations since it isn't designed to be individually interactive. Its purpose is to allow for linear consultation of sources dealing with Cartier's exploration of Canada, and provides extracts of his journals and period maps and portraits. This is a quick reference to 15th century explorations and explorers like Verrazano, Cabot and Corte-Real.

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