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Grade 6 · Social Studies · Unit 13 of 16

Island Traditions & Big Events

Culture and a significant event

What your child practises

Practises how Island cultural traditions influence life on Prince Edward Island today, and the importance of a significant event of Island history.

Prince Edward Island Curriculum curriculum outcome: 6.7.1; 6.7.2 · the cultural traditions of the Island today, and a significant event of Island history

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

    How do ceilidhs influence Island life today?

    • Nobody plays music
    • Everyone stays home
    • People of all ages still gather for music and to visit
    • People travel only by train

  2. Question 2

    How is the Charlottetown Conference remembered today?

    • It is remembered as a ferry route
    • Charlottetown is honoured as the birthplace of Confederation
    • It is remembered as a fox ranch
    • It is forgotten

  3. Question 3

    Which is NOT a cultural tradition?

    • a storytelling night
    • a ceilidh
    • a fiddle tune handed down
    • a rainy day

  4. Question 4

    How are traditions passed on?

    • they cannot be passed on
    • families and communities share them with younger people
    • only by laws
    • only by buying a book

  5. Question 5

    What is a cultural tradition?

    • a custom or practice passed down in a group
    • a type of road
    • a rule only for one person
    • a kind of weather

  6. Question 6

    What was the main consequence of the Charlottetown Conference?

    • It built the railway
    • It stopped all talks
    • It ended the Island’s name
    • It helped start the talks that led to Confederation

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