Grade 5 · Social Studies · Unit 3 of 4
The Wabanaki Confederacy
Nations working together.
What your child practises
Practises the governance structure and role of the Wabanaki Confederacy and the Peace and Friendship treaties. The content is light, in the present tense, and needs review by Wabanaki partners. It follows the Grade 5 social studies skill descriptors on power and governance and on reconciliation in the New Brunswick curriculum.
New Brunswick Curriculum skill descriptor: Civics: Power and Governance, Wabanaki: Reconciliation · the governance structure and role of the Wabanaki Confederacy, and contact and colonization from Wabanaki perspectives
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
Why did Nations form alliances?
- to build a castle
- to stop talking
- to work together, protect their homelands and keep peace
- to get a new flag
to work together, protect their homelands and keep peace
Hint: Working together made them stronger.
Question 2
Which statement about the Wabanaki Confederacy is true?
- It was a sports league
- It ended hundreds of years ago
- It still exists today
- It was only a story
It still exists today
Hint: Wabanaki Nations continue to work together.
Question 3
The Wabanaki Confederacy is made up of…
- Nations that govern themselves and also work together
- only French settlers
- one group that rules everyone
- only one village
Nations that govern themselves and also work together
Hint: Each Nation kept its own leaders and decisions.
Question 4
What is a confederacy?
- a school subject
- a kind of boat
- a type of weather
- an alliance of Nations that agree to work together
an alliance of Nations that agree to work together
Hint: Nations join a confederacy to share decisions and protect each other.
Question 5
Why were Elders important in Wabanaki governance?
- They were chosen by lottery
- They carried knowledge, stories and history
- They did not take part
- They were only there for ceremonies
They carried knowledge, stories and history
Hint: Elders help guide decisions today, too.
Question 6
How did the Wabanaki Confederacy help in the 1700s?
- It gave Nations a way to share news and make agreements
- It started schools in Europe
- It made the first maps of Canada
- It built the first railroad
It gave Nations a way to share news and make agreements
Hint: It helped Nations work together during a time of great change.