Using Primary Historical Resources to Discover the L

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Using Primary Historical Resources to Discover the Location of an Archaeological Site: The Search for the French Fort sur la Rivière aux Boeufs Modified From 2003 PA Archaeology Month Lesson Plan by: Renata B. Wolynec, Ph. D. Former Director, Fort LeBoeuf Museum Professor of Anthropology Edinboro University of Pennsylvania [email protected]

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Usin

g P

rim

ary

His

tori

ca

l R

eso

urc

es t

o D

isc

ove

r th

e L

oc

ati

on

of

an

Arc

ha

eo

log

ica

l S

ite

:

Th

e S

ea

rch

fo

r th

e F

ren

ch

Fo

rt s

ur

la R

iviè

re a

ux

Bo

eu

fs

Mo

dif

ied

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m 2

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rch

ae

olo

gy M

on

th L

esso

n P

lan

by:

Re

na

ta B

. W

oly

ne

c,

Ph

. D

.

Fo

rme

r D

ire

cto

r, F

ort

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Bo

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um

Pro

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r o

f A

nth

rop

olo

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inb

oro

Un

ive

rsit

y o

f P

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ia

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din

bo

ro.e

du

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Co

nte

nt

Are

a

Geo

rge

Was

hin

gto

n’s

vis

it t

o t

he

Fre

nch

Fo

rt s

ur

la R

iviè

re a

ux

Bo

eufs

(F

ort

LeB

oeu

f).

Co

re C

on

ce

pt

Arc

hae

olo

gis

ts m

ust

in

terp

ret

pri

mar

y a

nd

sec

on

dar

y h

isto

rica

l d

ocu

men

ts t

o s

olv

e th

eir

rese

arch

pro

ble

ms.

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jec

tive

Th

e st

ud

ent

wil

l b

e ab

le t

o r

ead

a p

rim

ary

his

tori

cal

do

cum

ent,

in

terp

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his

tori

cal

and

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aps,

app

ly c

riti

cal

thin

kin

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o a

res

earc

h p

rob

lem

, an

d u

nd

erst

and

th

e li

mit

atio

ns

of

pri

mar

y a

nd

seco

nd

ary

his

tori

cal

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rces

.

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ria

ls

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nn

sylv

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du

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(P

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Gra

de

s 1

-3 H

isto

ry

8.1

.3.B

Dev

elo

p a

n u

nd

erst

and

ing

of

his

tori

cal

sou

rces

.

8.1

.3.B

Dev

elo

p a

n u

nd

erst

and

ing

of

his

tori

cal

sou

rces

.8

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enti

fy a

nd

des

crib

e p

rim

ary

do

cum

ents

,

mat

eria

l ar

tifa

cts

and

his

tori

c si

tes

imp

ort

ant

in

Pen

nsy

lvan

ia h

isto

ry.

men

ts,

Wri

tin

gs

and

Ora

l T

rad

itio

ns

ts,

Arc

hit

ectu

re a

nd

His

tori

c P

lace

s

8.3

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Iden

tify

co

ntr

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of

ind

ivid

ual

s an

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to U

nit

ed s

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as

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pla

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and

an

aly

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rica

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8.1

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DD

escr

ibe

and

ex

pla

in h

isto

rica

l re

sear

ch.

8.2

.6.B

Id

enti

fy a

nd

ex

pla

in p

rim

ary

do

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ents

,

mat

eria

l ar

tifa

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and

his

tori

c si

tes

imp

ort

ant

in

Pen

nsy

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ia h

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ry f

rom

Beg

inn

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s to

18

24

.

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d c

oo

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atio

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amo

ng

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cial

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up

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rgan

izat

ion

s in

Un

ited

Sta

tes

his

tory

fro

m B

egin

nin

gs

to 1

82

4

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tic

ipa

tory

Se

t

arch

aeo

log

ists

.

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s, j

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iari

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mil

itar

y r

eco

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lo

cal

his

tori

cal

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ety

, co

un

ty h

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ries

, p

ast

arch

aeo

log

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cav

atio

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l

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tory

, et

c.)

and

wri

te t

hes

e an

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n t

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bla

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d o

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ver

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d t

ran

spar

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tim

e w

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th

at a

ctiv

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pen

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on

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ou

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mad

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ou

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pla

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ents

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om

eon

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se.

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Pro

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re

Th

e F

ort

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ite

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nsy

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so,

sou

th o

f E

rie,

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nsy

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e si

te i

s th

e lo

cati

on

of

thre

e d

iffe

ren

t fo

rts,

at

thre

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mes

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nch

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ilt

the

firs

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pro

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ort

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th

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d E

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at

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kes,

la

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ow

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enn

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ia

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rt P

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d w

oo

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ro

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ab

ou

t th

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en m

iles

, to

th

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uth

wa

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rom

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be

sure

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at

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d n

ot

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gli

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ou

ld c

on

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is i

mp

ort

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En

gli

sh a

lso

cla

imed

th

is p

art

of

Pen

nsy

lva

nia

.

Can

ada

to t

he

Gu

lf o

f M

exic

o o

n t

he

US

map

(e.

g.

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e O

nta

rio

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ake

Eri

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ort

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n E

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io R

iver

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issi

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vern

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the

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lon

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f V

irg

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ove

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r D

inw

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t a

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ter

to t

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ma

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t th

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fort

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ema

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at

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lea

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a.

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lett

er w

as

del

iver

ed b

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yo

un

g m

an

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nly

tw

enty

-on

e ye

ars

old

,

na

med

Geo

rge

Wa

shin

gto

n.

Wa

shin

gto

n a

nd

his

gu

ide

Ch

rist

op

her

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t ea

ch k

ept

a j

ou

rna

l o

f th

e tr

ip.

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e F

ren

ch

an

swer

ed t

he

lett

er b

y sa

yin

g t

ha

t th

ey d

id n

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take

ord

ers

fro

m a

nyo

ne

bu

t th

e F

ren

ch k

ing

, a

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th

eref

ore

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ey

wo

uld

no

t le

ave

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ever

al

mo

nth

s la

ter,

th

e F

ren

ch a

nd

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gli

sh w

ere

invo

lved

in

th

e fi

rst

ba

ttle

of

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nch

an

d

Ind

ian

wa

r.

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rge

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shin

gto

n f

ou

gh

t in

th

is b

att

le a

s w

ell.

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nch

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st t

he

wa

r a

nd

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d t

o l

eave

th

eir

fort

s.

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ce t

hey

wer

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ut

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k ev

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wit

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hem

an

d w

ha

t th

ey c

ou

ld n

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take

th

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des

tro

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. T

her

efo

re,

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bu

rned

th

eir

ow

n F

ort

su

r la

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au

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fs i

n 1

75

9.

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An

En

gli

sh s

urv

eyin

g p

art

y co

nsi

stin

g o

f L

ieu

ten

ant

Hu

tch

ins

an

d C

ap

tain

Pri

ce f

ou

nd

th

e fo

rt i

n i

ts b

urn

ed c

on

dit

ion

an

d m

ad

e a

ma

p o

f th

e fo

rt s

ho

win

g t

he

loca

tio

n o

f th

e d

iffe

ren

t b

uil

din

gs

an

d a

ctiv

ity

are

as.

T

he

Eng

lish

bu

ilt

a m

uch

sma

ller

fo

rt o

n t

he

site

in

17

60

. T

hey

ca

lled

th

is f

ort

, F

ort

LeB

oeu

f.

Th

is f

ort

wa

s b

urn

ed d

ow

n d

uri

ng

Po

nti

ac’

s

Reb

elli

on

in

an

att

emp

t b

y N

ati

ve A

mer

ica

ns

to g

et t

hei

r la

nd

s b

ack

fro

m t

he

Eu

rop

ean

s.

In t

he

17

90

s, t

he

Un

ited

Sta

tes

of

Am

eric

a b

uil

t a

blo

ck h

ou

se n

earb

y, w

hic

h w

as

bu

rned

do

wn

in

th

e m

idd

le 1

80

0s.

they

wan

ted

to

dis

cov

er t

he

loca

tio

n o

f th

e F

ren

ch f

ort

(e.

g.

Geo

rge

Was

hin

gto

n’s

Jo

urn

al,

Ch

rist

op

her

Gis

t’s

Jou

rnal

, an

d

Lie

ute

nan

t H

utc

hin

s’ M

ap.)

? W

hat

oth

er s

ou

rces

of

info

rmat

ion

co

uld

be

use

d b

y a

rch

aeo

log

ists

to

co

nfi

rm t

he

loca

tio

n

(e.

g.

actu

al e

xca

vat

ion

of

the

site

)?”

and

is

alm

ost

su

rro

un

ded

by

th

e cr

eek

, an

d a

sm

all

bra

nch

of

it w

hic

h f

orm

s a

kin

d o

f an

isl

and

…”)

and

lev

eled

hig

h a

reas

as

the

tow

n g

rew

.

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oeu

f C

reek

.

stu

den

ts t

hat

arc

hae

olo

gis

ts h

ave

to l

earn

to

rea

d t

he

lan

gu

age

of

the

tim

e in

wh

ich

th

e h

isto

rica

l re

sou

rce

was

cre

ated

. T

his

cou

ld b

e an

old

fo

rm o

f E

ng

lish

or

Fre

nch

.)

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des

crip

tio

n o

f ac

tiv

itie

s, e

tc.

Gu

ide

the

stu

den

ts t

o i

den

tify

th

e sc

ale,

wh

ich

un

fort

un

atel

y h

as n

o n

um

ber

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d u

nit

s o

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sure

an

d t

her

efo

re i

s o

f n

o u

se i

n d

isco

ver

ing

th

e si

ze o

f th

e fo

rt u

nle

ss t

he

arch

aeo

log

ists

can

dis

cov

er w

hic

h u

nit

s o

f

mea

sure

wer

e u

sed

at

the

tim

e.

Dis

cuss

th

e fa

ct t

hat

nam

es o

f st

ream

s an

d c

om

mu

nit

ies

may

dif

fere

nt

tod

ay.

LeB

oeu

f

Cre

ek n

ow

id

enti

fies

an

old

fo

rk o

f F

ren

ch C

reek

. T

he

com

mu

nit

y o

f V

enan

go

, P

A i

s n

ot

the

loca

tio

n o

f th

e F

ort

at

Ven

ang

o,

wh

ich

was

lo

cate

d w

her

e F

ran

kli

n,

PA

is

tod

ay.)

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. T

ell

stu

den

ts t

o l

oo

k a

t th

e cr

eek

an

d o

bse

rve

the

ben

ds

in t

he

cree

k.

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l st

ud

ents

th

at t

he

cree

k s

till

has

th

is s

hap

e to

day

in o

ne

loca

tio

n.

Arc

hae

olo

gis

ts h

ave

use

d t

he

loca

tio

n o

f th

is b

end

to

id

enti

fy t

he

loca

tio

n o

f th

e F

ren

ch f

ort

.

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ma

rked

US

GS

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p S

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ent

to e

ach

gro

up

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each

gro

up

to

fin

d L

ake

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he

tow

n o

f

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erfo

rd,

and

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oeu

f C

reek

. U

sin

g H

utc

hin

s’ M

ap

, as

k t

hem

to

lo

cate

th

e F

ren

ch f

ort

. (

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ern

ativ

ely

, as

k s

tud

ents

to

fin

d t

he

fort

wit

ho

ut

firs

t id

enti

fyin

g t

he

lak

e, t

ow

n,

and

cre

ek,

ther

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fo

rcin

g t

hem

to

mak

e d

ecis

ion

s ab

ou

t w

hic

h

feat

ure

s m

ay b

e u

sefu

l fo

r th

e ac

tiv

ity

.)

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e st

ud

ents

no

mo

re t

han

fiv

e m

inu

tes

to d

iscu

ss a

nd

det

erm

ine

the

po

ssib

le

answ

er.

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rked

An

swer

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p S

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ent

to e

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up

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et e

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up

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erm

ine

ho

w c

lose

th

ey w

ere

to t

he

answ

er.

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e v

alu

e o

f th

e ex

erci

se i

s in

th

e ac

tiv

ity

an

d n

ot

in n

eces

sari

ly f

ind

ing

th

e co

rrec

t lo

cati

on

. S

tud

ents

are

sim

ula

tin

g a

ver

y r

eal

acti

vit

y c

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. T

ell

stu

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ts t

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th

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thin

kin

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arch

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Clo

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Su

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g L

ist

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17

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Ge

org

e W

ash

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ton

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ou

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al

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try (

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ge

17

)

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Ge

org

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ash

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ton

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ou

rn

al

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try (

Pa

ge

17

)

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th,

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lat-

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of

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ute

na

nt

Hu

tch

ins' M

ap

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Un

ma

rke

d U

SG

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ite

d S

tate

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log

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urv

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p S

eg

me

nt

Ge

org

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ash

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ton

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ge

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Ge

org

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ash

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Pa

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17

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