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Grade 3 · Social Studies · Unit 4 of 9

The Peoples of New Brunswick

First peoples, Acadians, Loyalists and newcomers.

What your child practises

Practises the diverse peoples of New Brunswick, including the first and founding peoples, and how the province's diversity has changed over time. It follows the Grade 3 social studies skill descriptors on events and peoples and on sources and methods.

New Brunswick Curriculum skill descriptor: History: Events and Peoples · the diverse peoples of New Brunswick, including first and founding peoples, and how diversity has 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.

  1. Question 1

    Diverse communities can help each other by…

    • keeping everything secret
    • building walls
    • never talking
    • sharing food, stories and skills

  2. Question 2

    The Loyalists were people who…

    • were sailors from France
    • stayed loyal to Britain after the American Revolution
    • built the first railway
    • were the first people to live here

  3. Question 3

    Which of these shows respect for people from different cultures?

    • making fun of them
    • refusing to share
    • ignoring them
    • listening and learning about their traditions

  4. Question 4

    Danish settlers started a community in New Brunswick called…

    • New Spain
    • New Zealand
    • New Denmark
    • New Sweden

  5. Question 5

    Partridge Island near Saint John was where many Irish immigrants were…

    • taught French
    • given a free house
    • given a school
    • checked for illness before coming ashore

  6. Question 6

    Acadian Day in New Brunswick is celebrated on…

    • July 1
    • August 15
    • December 25
    • April 1

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