Social Studies - Gr 6

First Nations Explorers:

In this Social Studies unit, children will have the opportunity learn more about the main characteristics of North American First Nation cultures and the attitudes of early European explorers. Students will need a parent or other helper to guide them through these activities and help them discuss the reflection questions.

Students will describe the characteristics of Native peoples before European contact and they will recognize the motivations of the explorers in coming to North America. Students will also analyze the interactions between the First Nation peoples and the European explorers to identify the effects of cooperation and the reasons for disagreement between these two groups.

Read/Do - The Fur Trade

Read the first section titled, “Fishing, Furs and Christianity: Early Euro-Indigenous Relations.” After reading, answer this question in a Google Doc: “How did the indigenous people of Canada aid the Europeans at the beginning of the fur trade?”

Listen/Watch/Do - No Chinese, No Railroad

Learn 360 Video - This video discusses how the Chinese were instrumental in building the Canadian Pacific Railway. After watching the video, in your Google Doc answer the following question: Would the Canadian Pacific Railroad have been completed without the help of Chinese labourers?

Listen/Watch/Do :

Definition of Treaty - Read the definition of “treaty.”

Listen/Watch/Do : Heritage Minute: Treaties

Watch the Heritage Minute video. In your Google Doc, write down three ideas about what could have been written down in Treaty #9 (what promises could have been made between the indigenous people and the Canadian Government

Listen/Watch/Do : Treaties Map

Click on the Treaties map. Which treaty encompasses the land where you live? Do you know what is contained in that treaty?

Read/Do - NATO

Read up to and including the section titled, “NATO Operations.” Tell a sibling, parent, or guardian what NATO is and why Canada is a part of this organization.

Listen/Watch/Do - Global Warming

Learn 360 Video - This video discusses our planet’s changing climate. Watch the video and take the video quiz at the end of the video. Record your answers in a Google Doc.

Listen/Watch/Do - Free the Children

Watch the video and read the beliefs that are an integral part of the Free the Children (or We.org). Choose a belief that speaks to you and cut and paste it into a Google Doc. Choose a belief that doesn’t speak to you and cut and paste it into a Google Doc. Write down one sentence that explains why these beliefs do or do not speak to you.

Read/Do - United Nations Declarations on the Rights of Indigenous People

Read the information contained on this website. Why do you think it took 5 years from the time Canada supported and then implemented the ideas contained in the declaration? Put your ideas in a word web on Mindomo.

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