Grade 3 · Social Studies · Unit 8 of 9
Treaties & Reconciliation
Promises, peace and friendship.
What your child practises
Practises the Peace and Friendship treaties between the Wabanaki Nations and the Crown and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action. The content is light, in the present tense, and needs review by Wabanaki partners.
New Brunswick Curriculum skill descriptor: Wabanaki: Treaty Education · the Peace and Friendship treaties and why they matter, and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action
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
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada made 94…
- Calls to Action
- new holidays
- bridges
- songs
Calls to Action
Hint: The Calls to Action are steps to repair relationships with Indigenous Peoples.
Question 2
A promise is kept when people…
- forget about it
- break it on purpose
- change it without telling
- do what they said they would do
do what they said they would do
Hint: Trust grows when people keep promises.
Question 3
Between which years were the Peace and Friendship treaties made?
- 1000 and 1100
- 1725 and 1779
- 1900 and 1950
- 2000 and 2020
1725 and 1779
Hint: They were made over about fifty years.
Question 4
The Peace and Friendship treaties were agreements between the Wabanaki Nations and…
- the Roman Empire
- the British Crown
- the Vikings
- the Canadian Senate
the British Crown
Hint: The treaties were made between 1725 and 1779.
Question 5
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission listened to the experiences of people who attended…
- sailing camps
- music festivals
- farm fairs
- residential schools
residential schools
Hint: Residential schools took children from their families.
Question 6
Who signed the Peace and Friendship treaties on behalf of the Crown?
- British officials
- Canadian astronauts
- school students
- French explorers in 2020
British officials
Hint: Canada did not exist until 1867.