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Grade 8 · Social Studies · Unit 2 of 3

Being a Historian

Sources, evidence, timelines and maps

What your child practises

Telling primary from secondary sources, fact from opinion and bias, reading timelines and maps, and checking where information comes from.

Nunavut Curriculum approved guide: Junior Secondary Social Studies (NWT, 1993), History · historical sources and evidence, timelines, maps, and fact from opinion

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

    Which scale on a map shows how distances are measured?

    • the compass rose
    • the title
    • the scale bar

  2. Question 2

    BCE means…

    • before the common era
    • big city era
    • before Canadian events

  3. Question 3

    A timeline shows…

    • random facts
    • events in the order they happened
    • only places
    • only people's names

  4. Question 4

    Interpretations of history can change when…

    • people forget everything
    • nothing new is learned
    • new evidence is found
    • the calendar changes

  5. Question 5

    A century is…

    • 10 years
    • 1000 years
    • 100 years

  6. Question 6

    Why do we treat historical sites with respect?

    • so they stay empty
    • they hold evidence about the past that cannot be replaced
    • to keep the weather away
    • because rules are fun

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