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Grade 7 · Social Studies · Unit 7 of 9

Societal Empowerment

Fairness and belonging in society

What your child practises

Practises what empowerment and disempowerment mean in a societal context in Canada between 1830 and 1920, using inquiry and geography skills.

Prince Edward Island Curriculum curriculum outcome: Societal empowerment · empowerment and disempowerment in the societal context in Canada, 1830-1920

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 Irish Potato Famine in the 1840s led many people to…

    • build the railway
    • stay at home
    • become landlords
    • move to British North America

  2. Question 2

    Societal disempowerment can happen when a group is…

    • invited to lead
    • left out or treated unfairly
    • given a vote
    • welcomed and included

  3. Question 3

    Which map would help you see where newcomers settled on Prince Edward Island?

    • a map of the ocean floor
    • a map of the Moon
    • a map of Island communities
    • a map of space

  4. Question 4

    Which is an example of excluding people?

    • teaching new friends
    • sharing a meal
    • refusing to let a group enter a school
    • inviting everyone to a dance

  5. Question 5

    Many people who escaped slavery in the United States found safety in Canada. What was their route called?

    • the Underground Railroad
    • the Island Walk
    • the Trans-Canada Highway
    • the Silk Road

  6. Question 6

    Why do we study unfair laws from the past?

    • to hide them
    • to make them seem good
    • to learn from them and avoid repeating them
    • to copy them

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