Grade 3 · Social Studies · Unit 4 of 9
Treaties & Allies
Agreements, wampum and working together
What your child practises
What treaties and wampum belts are (including the Two Row Wampum), allies in the War of 1812, and how communities cooperated and sometimes came into conflict. Reviewed with care for First Nations perspectives; deeper treaty content is not covered.
Ontario Curriculum expectation: A3.7, A3.8 · treaties and wampum belts, and cooperation and conflict between communities
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
Who was Tecumseh?
🪶- a Loyalist farmer
- a Shawnee leader who worked with the British in the War of 1812
- a ship captain
- a fur trader
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a Shawnee leader who worked with the British in the War of 1812
Hint: Tecumseh tried to unite Indigenous nations to protect their lands.
Question 2
Why were wampum belts made?
📿- to use as money in stores today
- to record and remember agreements
- to tie up boats
- to be worn for sports
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to record and remember agreements
Hint: Wampum belts helped people remember promises.
Question 3
Why can a map help us understand a treaty?
🗺️- it shows what people ate
- it is a song
- it can show the land the treaty is about
- it shows the weather
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it can show the land the treaty is about
Hint: Maps connect agreements to places.
Question 4
Why do many First Nations today still talk about treaty promises?
🌿- treaties are agreements that are meant to last
- because treaties ended long ago
- because treaties were about sports
- because treaties were jokes
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treaties are agreements that are meant to last
Hint: Treaties are living agreements for many communities.
Question 5
Was it cooperation or conflict? Tap an item, then tap its basket.
Sort into: 🤝 cooperation · ⚔️ conflict
- 📜signing a treaty to share land
- 🏚️neighbours holding a barn raising
- ⚔️the War of 1812
- 🛶fur trading companies competing
- 🗺️disagreements over land and hunting grounds
- 🦫trading furs for tools
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🤝 cooperation: signing a treaty to share land, neighbours holding a barn raising, trading furs for tools · ⚔️ conflict: the War of 1812, fur trading companies competing, disagreements over land and hunting grounds
Hint: Cooperation is working together. Conflict is a disagreement or fight.
Question 6
How many nations are in the Haudenosaunee Confederacy today?
🪶- ten
- six
- two
- twenty
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six
Hint: The Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca and Tuscarora nations.