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

Grade 7 Social Studies - Week of December 19 to 23

 Today, we have completed Chapter 5 (War and Peace) from the textbook.  Students will be handing in their duotangs for grading on Friday, January 13, 2023.  Be sure to complete all of the REVIEW section while preparing for the test.  

On Friday, January 13, we will have our Chapter 5 Test about War and Peace.  The following items will be tested:

 Vocabulary:

• Acadian
• assimilate
• bilingualism
• Canadien
• coexist
• fortress
• Francophone
• intermarriage
• neutral
• Pontiac
• siege
• treaty

Also, know the following agreements:

·        The Treaty of Paris, 1763

o   British gained control over what had been New France

o   France gave up any claim to Quebec or any other part of North America

o   France received Guadeloupe, a sugar-producing island in the Caribbean

o   France retained the tiny islands of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon near the coast of Newfoundland

·        The Royal Proclamation of 1763

o   British tried to assimilate the Canadiens into their colony

o   gave recognition to the First Nations because the British set aside a huge area of land for them, west of the Appalachian Mountains

·        The Quebec Act of 1774

o   replaced The Royal Proclamation, after Canadien’s refused to assimilate

o   French language rights were recognized

o   French seigneurial system remained in place

o   Catholics were given freedom of religion and were allowed to hold government jobs

Finally, know and understand the important ways that British and French differed during this time, and also have basic understanding of the Mi’kmaq people:

• British:
• changed the colony name from Acadia to Nova Scotia and were unhappy when the Acadians would not swear their loyalty to the British
• their navy had a reputation for being the most powerful one in Europe
• had a desire to gain control of the very profitable fishing industry in the Atlantic region
• George Washington led a force for the British when they tried to take over the Ohio River Valley
• Major-General James Wolfe was the British commander who led the troops into battle on the Plains of Abraham
• defeated the French, but used the Royal Proclamation of 1763 to attempt to assimilate the Canadiens
• French:
• known as “Canadiens”
• had many First Nations allies/friends
• built a strong fortress at Louisbourg (on Cape Breton Island)
• only had one entry into the colony via the St. Lawrence River
• they were victims of the Great Deportation in 1755
• had Quebec as the center of their North American power
• Marquis de Montcalm was the French commander who led the troops into battle on the Plains of Abraham
• lost to the British at the Plains of Abraham, and had to give up any claim to Québec/North America after the Treaty of Paris was signed
• Mi’kmaq:
• “where” was their homeland
• what was their relationship with the British
• what was their relationship with the French

Students will be allowed to use their Chapter 5 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 November 28 to December 2

 This week, we completed Chapter 4 (Competition for Trade) from the textbook.  Students will be handing in their duotangs for grading on Friday, December 2.  Be sure to complete all of the Review section while preparing for the test.

On Friday, December 2, we will have our Chapter 4 Test about Competition for Trade.  The following items will be tested: 

Vocabulary:

• Barter
• Ethnocentric
• Factory
• Merchant
• Metis
• Multiculturalism
• Nor’Wester
• Portage
• Stockade

Also, know the following people, concepts or places:

·  Advantages of building forts along Hudson Bay

o   Close to fur supplies

o   Easy access for large ships

o   Furs were better quality

o   Many rivers flow into it—good transportation route

Benefits of a canoe

o   Easy to portage

o   Easy to travel on small rivers

o   Lasted long journeys

o   Lightweight

o   Sturdy & durable

• Coureurs de Bois – also known as traders, voyageurs, runner of the woods, explorer
• European goods that the First Nations valued:

o   axes

o   blankets

o   cloth

o   copper wire

o   guns

o   knives

o   pots

o   thread

• First Nations helped the Europeans survive by:

o   dress for the weather & learn about the land

o   find food

o   prepare cedar bark tea to prevent scurvy

• First Nations’ interactions with other First Nations tribes
• First Nations women contributed to the fur trade by:

o   collecting supplies

o   fish nets

o   making clothes

o   preparing furs

o   teaching language & geographical skills

• Frontenac
• Hudson’s Bay Company
• La Verendrye
• North West Company
• The Great Peace of Montreal (La Grande Paix)
• Wendat
• Who was first to set up trading posts in the West?

 Finally, know and understand how the various peoples of North America:

• Worked together in the fur trade
• Competed against each other in the fur trade

Students will be allowed to use their Chapter 4 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 November 14 to 18

 On Friday, November 18th, 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:

• Thousands Pay Respects to Last Soviet Leader
• Queen Elizabeth II
• National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
• Travel Restrictions Lifted
• Post-tropical Storm Hits Atlantic Canada
• Stores Can Charge Fees for Using Credit Cards
• Israel and Lebanon Reach Historic Agreement
• Is Canada Headed for a Recession?

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.