Grade 7 Social Studies - Week of April 24 to 28

 This week, we have completed our tenth chapter from the textbook.  Be sure to complete all of the REVIEW section in the duotang while preparing for the test.  

On Friday, May 5th, we will have our Chapter 10 Test about Expanding Confederation.  The following items will be tested:

 Vocabulary:

• Absentee Landlords (& which colony wanted to get rid of them)
• American Takeover (& which colony feared it)
• Assimilation of the First Nations
• Cariboo Road
• Confederation Bridge
• Economics
• Great Depression (& which colony almost went bankrupt during this time)
• Historical Perspective
• Lennox Island
• Magistrates
• Political Cartoon
• Private School
• Public School
• Reserves – First Nations
• Residential Schools – First Nations
• Separate School
• Steamboat Service (PEI)

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

• James Douglas
• where the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of Canada are located
• The first four provinces to join Confederation were:
• New Brunswick
• Nova Scotia
• Ontario
• Quebec
• why Edmonton was chosen as the capital city of Alberta

For the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan know the following:

• ·         What was the date that each one became a province?
• ·         Why Alberta and Saskatchewan didn’t have to join Confederation—but were divided into provinces out of existing Canadian territory?

For the provinces of British Columbia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland-Labrador, and Nunavut—know the following:

• ·         What was the date that each one joined Confederation?
• ·         What were the “agreed to” conditions with Canada for each province joining Confederation?
• ·         The economy that supported most of the people in the province at the time it joined Confederation

Students will need to study and understand the material, and will not be allowed to use any reference materials during the test.  They will also 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

Grade 7 Social Studies - Week of April 3 to 6

 This week, we completed our ninth chapter from the textbook.  Students will be handing in their duotangs for grading on Wednesday, April 12.  Be sure to complete all of the REVIEW section while preparing for the test.   

On Wednesday, April 12, we will have our Chapter 9 Test about Growth in the West.  The following items will be tested:

 Vocabulary:

• Assimilate
• Enforce
• Homestead
• Identity
• Immigration
• Manufacturer
• The 49^th Parallel
• Cypress Hills – Whoop-up Country
• Father Albert Lacombe
• Natural Resources
• Protective Tariff – a tax placed on a product crossing the border
• This tax adds to the cost of the product
• The product becomes more expensive
• The tariff made American goods more expensive than Canadian goods which encouraged Canadians to purchase the goods made in Canada

§  Be sure to understand Figure 9.21 on page 213—which shows why some would be in favour of the Tariff and others would be opposed to the Tariff.

• Wolfer (page 198 & 199) – what did they do?
• massacre of the Nakoda people by American wolfers

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

• The establishing of the North West Mounted Police.
• Their job was to:
• protect First Nations people
• arrested lawbreakers of all types and put them on trial
• cleared out the whiskey traders
• delivered the mail
• fought grass fires and assisted the new farmers
• fought in the second Metis Uprising of 1885
• The Great March
• Jerry Potts
• The National Policy was made up of three parts:
• Economic – to build a strong national economy for Canadians
• Immigration – to encourage farmers to populate Western Canada
• Transportation – to build a railway across the continent (ensure that that land purchased from the Hudson’s Bay Company was used properly to make Canada a stronger country)
• The Canadian Pacific Railway runs through the southern part of Canada because:
• it was close to the American border
• it was close to coal deposits that provided fuel for steam engines
• it was easier to build there since the land was flatter and there were fewer trees to deal with
• the railway company controlled most of the land
• the south was reported to have better farmland
• The Chinese immigrants were a very crucial factor in helping to build the railway.  They were discriminated against in the following ways:
• they had to pay money for room and board which was in poor condition
• they received much less pay than other workers
• they were given the worst and most dangerous jobs—many of them died.
• The following people had opinions about the railway—be sure to know what their opinions were:
• a CPR shareholder
• a logger from British Columbia
• a member of the Cree tribe
• a miner from the prairies
• an Ontario farmer
• a prairie farmer
• a resident of the prairies
• Know how the surveyors divided the land:
• Each township was divided into 36 squares called sections, and each section was divided into four quarters of 160 acres each
• A township is 10 km by 10 km which totals 100 km of land in total
• Surveyors drove iron stakes into the ground to mark off each quarter section
• In 1872 the Dominion Lands Act was passed:
• any male at least 21 years of age could apply for a quarter section of land (called a homestead) for $10
• applicants had to promise
• to live on the land for at least six months of the year
• to build a house
• to start farming
• after three years the homesteader got to keep the land if the above terms had been fulfilled
• after 1882—women could apply for land, as well
• Why did the following newcomers come to settle on the farmland in the Canadian West?
• from Ontario and Quebec
• from Russia (Mennonites)
• from Iceland
• The First Nations people signed treaties with the government in which the government agreed to help them to become successful farmers.  The government broke these promises made in the treaties, in the following ways:
• the government did not bring instructors to teach farming skills to the First Nations people
• the equipment that was promised to the First Nations people never arrived, and then they were also not allowed to purchase farm machinery even if they had the money to do so
• the land given to the First Nations people was very poor farmland
• once the First Nations people produced crops, they had a very difficult time selling them due to discrimination

Students will need to study and understand the material, and will not be allowed to use any reference materials during the test.  They will also 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

 

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

Tomorrow - Pink Shirt Day

 On Wednesday, February 22nd, our school is participating in an ongoing proactive stance on anti-bullying.  All students are invited to wear pink shirts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY8wanOHnQg

Also, our school is part of a pilot project using:
www.psstworld.com

Students can safely report bullying and inappropriate behavior, without fear of repercussion.

Thanks!

Grade 7 Social Studies - Week of February 13 to 17

 This week, we completed our seventh chapter from the textbook.  Students will be handing in their duotangs for grading on Friday, February 24th.  Be sure to complete all of the REVIEW section while preparing for the test.  

On Friday, February 24th, we will have our Chapter 7 Test about Creating a New Country.  The following items will be tested:

 

Vocabulary:

• Anglophone
• Annexation
• Compromise
• Consensus
• Constitution
• Federal System of Government
• Governor General
• Political Deadlock
• Representation by Population

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

• In 1857, Queen Victory chose Bytown (Ottawa) as the capital of Canada.  What are the three reasons that she chose this location
• Which province did Canada East and Canada West make up together?
• What were the three main reasons for the colonies to get together and form a country?
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2A1-2L97Ec
• What was the British North America Act?
• Where was it written?
• Where was it adopted and signed?
• Were the First Nations consulted during Confederation negotiations?
• Who was were the four key Confederation leaders?
• How did each of them contribute to Confederation?
• Where did the name Kanata come from?
• What were the first four provinces in Canada?
• Why were the Maritime colonies hesitant about joining Confederation?
• What was the main reason for Prince Edward Island’s hesitation?
• What does the building of a railway have to do with Confederation
• How did the colonies feel about the possibility of being annexed by the United States?
• Independents are people in government who don’t belong to a specific political party

Students will be allowed to use their Chapter 7 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

 

 

Grade 7 Social Studies - Week of February 6 to 8

 On Friday, February 17th, Current Events duotangs are due.  Students had time in class to complete the work, however, they should review their work.  The following assignments must be completed:

• Health Care for Astronauts
• The World Cup
• Canada Bans Foreign Homebuyers
• Insolvencies Reach Pre-pandemic Levels
• Chinese New Year
• The Growing Problem of "Time Theft"
• Guinea Worm Disease Could Soon Be Eliminated

I encourage parents to work on these Current Events booklets with their child throughout the year:

• have discussions with your child and assist them in broadening their answers to the questions
• check your child's work for spelling mistakes, and have your child correct them
• check your child's work for proper punctuation
• make sure that your child has used capital letters at the beginning of all sentences, as well as with the names of specific places and people

This contribution can help your child to recognize where he or she is making common mistakes.  By correcting those mistakes, he/she can hand in the best possible work which will help to achieve a better grade in Social Studies.

Grade 7 Social Studies - Week of January 30 to February 2

This week, we have completed our sixth chapter from the textbook.  Students will be handing in their duotangs for grading on Monday, February 6th.  Be sure to complete all of the REVIEW section while preparing for the test.  

 On Monday, February 6th, we will have our Chapter 6 Test about Becoming Canada.  The  following items will be tested:

 Vocabulary:

• Chateau Clique
• deadlock
• discrimination
• Family Compact
• haven
• Legislative Assembly
• liberator
• Lower Canada
• Ninety-two Resolutions
• Patriotes
• quarantine
• reformers
• refugee
• responsible government
• Seventh Report on Grievances
• United Empire Loyalists
• Upper Canada
• traitor

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

• 1791 – the Constitutional Act divided Canada in two:

• land west of the Ottawa River became Upper Canada & the governing body in this area was known as the Family Compact
• land east of the river (the old colony of Quebec became Lower Canada & the governing body in this area was known as the Chateau Clique

• 1812 – Britain & the United States couldn’t get along because:

• Americans wanted control of British colonies
• British had stopped the Americans from trading with the French
• Britain was kidnapping Americans to serve in the British Army
• British supported First Nations in their struggle for land

• 1812 – War began with the United States & Britain was concerned about loyalty in British North America for the following reasons:

• Americans outnumber the British & are not loyal to Britain
• Atlantic colonies depended on Americans for trade along the coast
• it had only been 50 years since the French had lost New France, so they might fight to get it back for themselves—not for the British
• Loyalists had come for cheap land & might not show loyalty to Britain
• many colonists were American & might not fight for Britain

• 1812 – During the war of 1812, two key battles took place in York (present day Toronto) and Washington:

• American soldiers used the following battle tactics:
• burned down government buildings
• fired cannons
• looted shops & houses
• British soldiers used the following battle tactics:
• burned down United States government buildings

• 1815 to 1850 – The Great Migration

• people left Britain because of a lack of jobs
• more than 800 000 immigrants came from England, Scotland, Wales, & Ireland
• most of the immigrants ended up in Halifax, Quebec, Montreal, & Upper Canada
• many people got sick and died on the journey across the Atlantic Ocean so that the boats became known as “coffin ships”

• 1833 – Britain banned slavery in all of its colonies

• word passed among slaves in the southern United States: Canada was a safe haven & “land of promise” for slaves
• many runaway enslaved people fled north via the Underground Railroad

• 1837 – Rebellion in Lower Canada

• led by Joseph Papineau after the British government rejected all of the Patriotes demands

• 1837 – Rebellion in Upper Canada

• led by William Lyon Mackenzie with Reformers who wanted to overthrow the government

• 1838 – Lord Durham

• sent from Britain to investigate the cause of the rebellions
• recommended that Upper & Lower Canada be given one united government

• 1841 – The Act of Union

• English became the only recognize language

• 1847 – The Terrible Year

• the potato crop in Ireland failed & the Irish had nothing to eat so 100 000 came to Canada
• a typhus epidemic broke out on the ships & thousands of people died on the voyage to Canada

Students will be allowed to use their Chapter 6 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