Grade 7 Social Studies - Week of March 6 to 10

This week, we completed our eighth chapter from the textbook.  Students will be handing in their duotangs for grading on Wednesday, March 15th.  Be sure to complete all of the REVIEW section while preparing for the test.  

On Wednesday, March 15th, we will have our Chapter 8 Test about The Metis.  The following items will be tested:

 Vocabulary:

• Assimilate
• Demographics
• Michif
• Pardon
• Pemmican Proclamation
• Provisional Government
• Red River Cart
• Scrip
• Surveyors
• Treason
• York Boat

Also, know the following people, events, concepts or places:

• Who are the Metis?
• descendants of children of First Nation mothers and European fathers
• The Red River settlement included communities along the Assiniboine River & the Red River
• What was the Battle of Seven Oaks?
• Who was involved?
• Why did it happen
• What was Rupert’s Land?
• How did Lord Selkirk (from Scotland) create a major problem by purchasing a large piece of land from the Hudson’s Bay Company around the Red River?
• How did the government trigger the Red River Resistance in 1869?
• Soldiers were sent to keep peace in the new province of Manitoba.  What did they actually do—even though it was not what the government sent them to do?
• What was the economy of the Metis?
• What were the mains reasons why the Selkirk colonists left the Red River area?
• Who was Gabriel Dumont?
• Who was the president of the Metis provisional government?  And what was the Bill of Rights that they created?
• Louis Riel:
• Why was the Prime Minister conflicted regarding his execution?
• Was Louis Riel a hero? (why or why not)
• Was Louis Riel a criminal? (why or why not)
• Why is the Manitoba Act of 1870 important in Canadian history?
• Who was Thomas Scott?

Students will be allowed to use their Chapter 8 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