Grade 7 Social Studies - Week of September 12 to 16

We have now completed our first chapter from the textbook.  Students will be handing in their duotangs for grading on Tuesday, September 20th.   

On Tuesday, September 20th, we will have our Chapter 1 Test about Aboriginal Societies.  The following items will be tested:

Vocabulary:

• Alliance
• Core Values
• Clan
• Consensus
• Diversity
• Elders
• Ethnocentric
• Indigenous People
• Iroquois Confederacy
• Mamomin 
• Matrilineal
• Oral Culture
• Sagamaw

Know the following:

·         three main Aboriginal groups in Canada

·         the difference between Primary Source images and Secondary Source images

·         the “three sisters”

·         the Grand Council

For each of the Aboriginal Societies that we studied (Mi'kmaq of the East Coast; Haudenosaunee of the Northeastern Woodlands; The Anishinabe) know the following:

• Government
• Hunter-Gatherer
• Role of Women

Students will be allowed to use their Chapter 1 materials in the duotang for the test.  However, students will still need to study and understand the material, in order for this to benefit them during the test.  They will need to be able to use their knowledge and understanding to:

·         show critical thinking

·         apply historical and geographic skills to bring meaning to issues and events

·         apply skills of metacognition, reflecting upon what they have learned

·         communicate ideas and information in an informed, organized, and persuasive manner