Grade 6 · Social Studies · Unit 3 of 3
Investigate It
Sources, facts and perspectives
What your child practises
Primary and secondary sources, fact versus opinion, perspective, reading thematic maps and drawing conclusions from evidence.
Nunavut Curriculum approved guide: Elementary Social Studies (NWT, 1993), History · primary and secondary sources, fact and opinion, and checking sources
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
A statement like 'Canada became a country in 1867' is…
- a fact
- an opinion
- a prediction
a fact
Hint: It can be checked.
Question 2
A map has a title, a legend and a scale. What does the scale tell you?
- Which way is north
- How map distances match real distances
- What the colours mean
How map distances match real distances
Hint: The scale compares the map to the real world.
Question 3
Which of these is an opinion?
- Winter is cold in much of Canada.
- Winter is the best season in Canada.
- Winter comes after fall.
Winter is the best season in Canada.
Hint: Words like best show a feeling or belief.
Question 4
Which is an open inquiry question?
- In what year was the railway finished?
- Is the railway long?
- How did the railway change life in prairie towns?
How did the railway change life in prairie towns?
Hint: An open question needs research and has more than one part to its answer.
Question 5
Two accounts of the same event disagree. What should you do?
- Ignore both
- Check who wrote each one and look for more sources
- Choose the shorter one
Check who wrote each one and look for more sources
Hint: Compare sources and think about each writer's point of view.
Question 6
Why do historians ask 'whose voice is missing?'
- To make the story longer
- Because every source is wrong
- Some perspectives were not recorded or are left out
Some perspectives were not recorded or are left out
Hint: Looking for missing voices gives a fuller picture.