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Grade 5 · Social Studies · Unit 4 of 5

Deciding Together

How did people decide things together long ago, and how do they now?

What your child practises

Practises how First Nations and Inuit societies in what later became Atlantic Canada made decisions, including Mi’kmaw governance, consensus and the role of Elders. Content is light, in the present tense, and will be reviewed with community partners.

Nova Scotia Curriculum learning outcome: Investigate decision-making practices in First Nations and Inuit societies in what later became Atlantic Canada · how Mi’kmaw and Inuit communities decide together: Elders, consensus, sharing and the seasons

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

    A good group decision thinks about…

    • what everyone in the group needs
    • nothing at all
    • only one person’s wish

  2. Question 2

    Many First Nations and Inuit communities share resources so that…

    • only the strongest people eat
    • everyone in the community has enough
    • nothing is ever caught

  3. Question 3

    Why is it important to listen when others speak in a group decision?

    • everyone’s ideas matter
    • only loud voices matter
    • talking is a waste of time

  4. Question 4

    Inuit homelands include…

    • parts of the far north, including Nunatsiavut
    • only southern Ontario
    • only Prince Edward Island

  5. Question 5

    Where did the Mi’kmaq often spend the winters?

    • on boats at sea
    • inland, in sheltered places
    • on open ocean beaches

  6. Question 6

    For Inuit, why were shared decisions about hunting important?

    • Each person hunted alone and told no one
    • Food had to be found and shared safely
    • Hunting was only a game

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