Grade 3 · Social Studies · Unit 3 of 8
French-Speaking Albertans
How francophone settlers and communities helped build Alberta.
What your child practises
French-speaking fur traders, missionaries and settlers, French communities in Alberta today, and Canada's two official languages.
Alberta Curriculum learning outcome: francophone settlement and contributions to Alberta · francophone settlers and communities in Alberta
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Canada has two official languages. They are…
🇨🇦- English and Cree
- French and German
- English and Spanish
- English and French
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English and French
Hint: Services are available in English and French across Canada.
Question 2
A French Catholic mission was set up in 1861 and later became…
⛪- Banff
- Lethbridge
- St. Albert
- Medicine Hat
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St. Albert
Hint: St. Albert is one of Alberta's oldest communities.
Question 3
French-speaking people came to what is now Alberta first as…
🛶- bank workers
- miners with machines
- fur traders and missionaries
- astronauts
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fur traders and missionaries
Hint: French-speaking voyageurs and Métis travelled and traded here.
Question 4
Why was it good for French-speaking settlers to come to Alberta?
🌾- they stopped trade
- they took the mountains
- they closed all farms
- they helped build farms, schools and churches
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they helped build farms, schools and churches
Hint: Many communities were built by people of different languages.
Question 5
Why is it important to respect different languages?
🤝- no one speaks them
- everyone belongs in our community
- languages are all the same
- only English matters
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everyone belongs in our community
Hint: Many Albertans speak many languages.
Question 6
Francophone communities in Alberta today help by sharing…
🎶- their language, music, food and festivals
- nothing
- only money
- only maps
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their language, music, food and festivals
Hint: Language and culture make Alberta richer.