Grade 6 · Social Studies · Unit 6 of 12
Depression & Second World War
Hard times in the 1930s and Canada in the Second World War.
What your child practises
Practises the Great Depression and Dirty Thirties on the Prairies, new technology of the time, the causes and events of the Second World War, and Canada's part in it, including Indigenous service and Japanese Canadian internment. Framed factually and kindly.
Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: 6-KE-056, 6-KE-057, 6-KG-041, 6-KG-042, 6-KI-012 · the Great Depression, new technology, and the Second World War and Canada's part in it
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
The Great Depression began in…
- 1929
- 1945
- 1867
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1929
Hint: The stock market crash in 1929 started it.
Question 2
The Second World War ended in…
- 1918
- 1945
- 1939
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1945
Hint: Germany surrendered in May and Japan in September.
Question 3
Which Canadian invented insulin, helping people with diabetes, in the 1920s?
- Terry Fox
- Alexander Graham Bell
- Frederick Banting and Charles Best
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Frederick Banting and Charles Best
Hint: Their work at the University of Toronto saved lives.
Question 4
How did new technology change life in the 1920s to 1940s?
- Everyone had satellites
- Radios, cars and electricity became common
- Nothing changed
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Radios, cars and electricity became common
Hint: These inventions changed daily life.
Question 5
What was the main cause of the Second World War in Europe?
- A sports rivalry
- Aggression by Nazi Germany led by Adolf Hitler
- A flood
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Aggression by Nazi Germany led by Adolf Hitler
Hint: Germany's invasions started the war.
Question 6
Why do people use the word “sacrifice” about wartime?
- People gave up pizza
- People gave out prizes
- People gave up safety, time and sometimes their lives
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People gave up safety, time and sometimes their lives
Hint: Sacrifice means giving something important.