Grade 6 · Social Studies · Unit 12 of 16
Changing Island Lifestyles
Then and now
What your child practises
Practises how the lifestyles of people on Prince Edward Island have changed over time.
Prince Edward Island Curriculum curriculum outcome: 6.6.1 · how the lifestyles of people on the Island have changed over time
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
Which need is the same for families long ago and today?
- food, shelter and clothing
- horse-drawn wagons
- oil lamps
- washboards
food, shelter and clothing
Hint: Some needs never change.
Question 2
Which is a clue that a picture shows life long ago?
- a satellite dish
- an electric car charging
- a smartphone in a hand
- a horse and wagon on a dirt road
a horse and wagon on a dirt road
Hint: Look for tools people no longer use every day.
Question 3
Cars arrived on the Island in the early 1900s. How did they change life?
- Roads became rivers
- People could travel farther in less time
- Farms disappeared
- People could not leave home
People could travel farther in less time
Hint: A car is faster than a wagon.
Question 4
Which change is true for getting around the Island since 1875?
- Horses have replaced cars
- Everyone now travels by ship
- Roads have disappeared
- Cars have mostly replaced horses and trains
Cars have mostly replaced horses and trains
Hint: Think about what people drive today.
Question 5
Which describes how communication has changed?
- from phones to letters
- from email to smoke signals
- from letters by mail to messages in seconds
- it has not changed
from letters by mail to messages in seconds
Hint: Look at how fast a message travels.
Question 6
Which job was common in the 1800s but is less common today?
- teaching school
- growing potatoes
- building wooden sailing ships
- driving a delivery truck
building wooden sailing ships
Hint: Shipbuilding declined by the late 1870s.