For our Social Studies test on Thursday, here is what your child should review and focus on...
I can...
- label a world map with continents and oceans
- label a map of Canada with 3 territories and 10 provinces
- understand when it's better to use a map (for towns, cities, roads) verses a globe (for continents, oceans)
- define terms such as map, symbol and key
- identify, draw and label a compass rose with N, NE, NW, S, SE, SW, E, and W directions
- identify and label the equator
- identify and label the 2 hemispheres, Northern and Southern
- identify which continents are north of the equator and which are south of the equator
Gr. 3 - Our focus will be on how the relationship between the First Nations people developed over time with the Early Settlers.
I can ...
- identify the 2 main groups of First Nations people that lived in Upper Canada as the Algonquin and Iroquoian
- identify how the First Nations people lived (in what kind of housing, how did they hunt/fish/farm, how did they make tools, etc)
- Name several ways in which the First Nations people helped the Early Settlers adapt to their new land.
- Identify games the First Nations children played
- Identify the two chiefs that existed in a First Nations tribe and what their roles were
- Explain what factors cause people to leave their home country; a push factor or a pull factor. (see notes)
More later this week!
Coach Wilson
SECRET QUESTION: What animal fur was used in making hats that the First Nations used to trade with the Early Settlers?
