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Missionaries
Lesson 3: Fr. Claude Jean Allouez
A. Objective
Students will know the waterways in the geographical area of Fr. Allouez’s mission trip. Students will
be able to explain some of the hardships endured by missionaries in the 17th century.
Noteworthy Terms: rendezvous, cultivate
B. Correlation with Standards
History/Social Studies
7 - Integrate visual information
Writing
1 - Text types and purposes
C. Introduction
Ask students to share about times in their lives when they endured physical hardships. These
situations could be during an illness, camping, playing sports, etc. Follow-up by asking, “Why do
people endure physical hardships?” Share with students that over the centuries, many Catholics lived
through very intense physical pain for their faith. Explain that martyrs died for their faith and many
Christians suffered so they could share their faith with others. Share that one group who endured
great hardships was the early missionaries that came to North America.
D. Procedure
1. Tell students they are going to get the opportunity to travel along with Fr. Claude Jean Allouez
as he makes a journey from Quebec to Lake Superior. Distribute the lesson handout. After
reading what is planned for the journey, have students determine what they would pack in the one
book bag they can take with them.
2. Have students trace the journey on the student worksheet by following the itinerary.
3. Read the names of the other missions that were served by Fr. Allouez. Have students locate each
of the sites on the map and fill in the name of the mission next to the corresponding number.
4. Divide the class into small groups. Write the following questions on slips of paper and give one
to each group to discuss and report back to the class. Why did Fr. Allouez deal with the
hardships? What qualities would a person need to survive a missionary life? Why not build a
church in Quebec and tell the Indians to come to this church to hear about the faith? Would you
make the journey with Fr. Allouez?
E. Assessment
Share with students that Fr. Allouez arrived in Green Bay barefoot and covered in ice. Students will
draw the scene of Fr. Allouez arriving in Green Bay. Using a speech bubble, students will write a
prayer Fr. Allouez might say at that moment. Students should include in the prayer some of the
hardships he endured as a missionary.
F. Follow-up Activities
Students could create thank you cards for current missionaries and send them to Maryknoll or
another missionary organization.
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Go to Trois-Rivieres on St. Lawrence River
Stay at Jesuit House
August 8, 1665
Travel westward on Ottawa River with
a group of 100 canoes
Learn how to eat meat from an animal dead
for four days
August 24, 1665
Rendevous with others at entrance of
Lake Huron
September 2, 1665
Enter Lake Superior
Encounter twelve different Indian groups
Watch groups gather food and trade
October 1, 1665
Reach Bay of Chequamegon
Establish first mission - Mission of St. Esprit
Cultivate corn
Settle down for a little while
Mission of St. Francis Xavier
Mission of St. Joseph
Mission of Immaculate Conception
July 11, 1658
Arrive in Quebec from France
Study Indian languages
1664 - 1665
Stay in Montreal
Await transportation to the West
Tend to sick French and Indians
August 22, 1665
Canoe down French River and pass by
Lake Nipissing
Learn how to eat moss and make blankets
out of leaves
End of August, 1665
Canoe along shore of Lake Huron
Canoe through Sault St. Marie’s Rapids
September, 1665
Coast along shore of Lake Superior
Build an altar and attend Mass
Other Missions Serv
Fr. Allouez ed by
Fox River by Green Bay, Wisconsin
St. Joseph River by Niles, Michigan
Peoria Lake by Utica, Illinois
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