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|   Marie-Claire: Dark Spring Historical Context: Dark Spring is about one girl's day-to-day life in Montreal during 1885, in the midst of a smallpox epidemic. Marie-Claire confronts the results of poor sanitation, poverty and the moral challenges of friendships and family ties in the face of adversity. Class Activities: Marie-Claire has a large family that is very close. As a class, draw Marie-Claire's family tree and then have students build their own family trees. Web Resources: A collection of artwork depicting all aspects of Montreal life during the nineteenth century can be found on Images of Montreal, Canadian Metropolis 1872-1898, a site presented by the Montreal Museum of Archaeology and History. Students will able to see pictures of the life that Marie-Claire lived. |
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