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Grade 3 · Social Studies · Unit 3 of 9

Wabanaki Nations of New Brunswick

The Wolastoqey, Mi'kmaq and Peskotomuhkati Nations.

What your child practises

Practises where the Wolastoqey, Mi'kmaq and Peskotomuhkati nations have their homelands in New Brunswick and how Wabanaki Peoples relate to the natural environment. The content is light, in the present tense, and needs review by Wabanaki partners.

New Brunswick Curriculum skill descriptor: Geography: Human Systems and Interactions · Wabanaki Peoples' homelands in New Brunswick and their relationships with the natural environment

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    The Wolastoq flows through which city today?

    • Calgary
    • Fredericton
    • Winnipeg
    • Toronto

  2. Question 2

    What does Wolastoqey mean?

    • people of the sea
    • people of the beautiful river
    • people of the mountains
    • people of the prairie

  3. Question 3

    The Wolastoqey, Mi’kmaq and Peskotomuhkati are all part of the…

    • Hudson’s Bay Company
    • Wabanaki Confederacy
    • Roman Empire
    • Canadian Senate

  4. Question 4

    Why is it respectful to ask a community how to say its name for itself?

    • It shows we care about how people describe themselves
    • It is against the law
    • It is a game
    • It makes the name longer

  5. Question 5

    Which of these is a Wabanaki language spoken in New Brunswick?

    • Mi’kmaw
    • Japanese
    • Latin
    • Spanish

  6. Question 6

    Why do many places in New Brunswick have Wabanaki names?

    • They are names of ships
    • A computer made the names
    • Wabanaki Peoples named them long ago
    • Visitors picked them from a book

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