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Grade 8 · Social Studies · Unit 2 of 4

Early Black Communities

Black Loyalists and refugees in the Atlantic region.

What your child practises

Practises the lives of early Black inhabitants in the Atlantic region, including Black Loyalists and Black refugees, and ideas about empowerment. It follows the Grade 8 social studies skill descriptors on history and empowerment in the New Brunswick curriculum.

New Brunswick Curriculum skill descriptor: History: Events and Peoples, Civics: Power and Governance · the lives of early Black inhabitants in the Atlantic region and ideas of empowerment

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

    What often happened to the land promised to Black Loyalists?

    • They received the best farms
    • They received nothing because they didn’t want land
    • They received castles
    • Many received less land, poorer land or none at all

  2. Question 2

    Which statement shows a respectful way to talk about history?

    • Pretend nothing happened
    • Make jokes about the past
    • Blame only one person
    • Use accurate facts and speak about people with dignity

  3. Question 3

    Many Black families in the Atlantic region have deep roots from…

    • only recent arrivals
    • no one
    • Black Loyalists and refugees who came more than 200 years ago
    • tourists

  4. Question 4

    Which of these is an example of resilience?

    • giving up
    • forgetting
    • keeping a community strong despite unfair treatment
    • leaving no record

  5. Question 5

    Why is a petition a powerful tool?

    • It lets people formally ask leaders to listen
    • It ends elections
    • It is a type of ship
    • It makes laws by itself

  6. Question 6

    When was slavery abolished throughout the British Empire?

    • 1534
    • 1634
    • 1834
    • 1934

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