Canada's First Peoples

Today we are starting our unit on Canadian history. We will be looking at four main parts of Canada's history:

1. Canada's First People
2. Exploration and Settlement
3. Key Events in Canada's History
4. Affect of Settlement on Indigenous Communities

Today, we are going to do a reading activity to help learn a bit about Canada's First Nations Peoples. We will go into much greater detail about this topic in our next unit: Canada's People. For now, we will be taking a brief look at Indigenous cultures before European settlement and exploration. Please keep in mind that the First Nations cultures are many and varied, and that in our brief study, we will only scratch the surface of what is available to be learned!

You will be working with a partner for this task. Each group is assigned a section of the reading to complete and summarize for the class. You will each read your section, then summarize your information on a slide in the team PowerPoint Presentation. Please only edit the slide assigned to your group!

The Reading: https://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1307460755710/1307460872523
You should start with this reading, but are welcome to supplement with other sites. If you plan to use other sites, please critically evaluate your sources before using them. See me if you aren't sure! Here is a helpful resource: https://cdn.dal.ca/content/dam/dalhousie/pdf/library/CoreSkills/Website%20Checklist.pdf


The Groups:
Group 1: Transportation
Group 2: Homes
Group 3: Food
Group 4: Clothing
Group 5: Spiritual Beliefs

The Presentation: Put your information here:
 https://lethsd51-my.sharepoint.com/personal/taryn_rodzinyak_lethsd_ab_ca/_layouts/15/guestaccess.aspx?docid=1a0297300d9144e9090c1205da262555f&authkey=AbAFCiW8HnMflQtdsoLm2Zg&expiration=2018-10-25T05%3a26%3a21.000Z