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Grade 5 · Social Studies · Unit 8 of 10

Deciding Together

How First Nations and Inuit made decisions

What your child practises

Children examine how decisions were made in First Nations and Inuit societies in what later became Atlantic Canada.

Prince Edward Island Curriculum curriculum outcome: 5.4.2 · decision-making practices in First Nations and Inuit societies in what later became Atlantic Canada

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

    The Mi’kmaq Grand Council has existed for a long time. Does it still meet today?

    • It is only a game
    • It was never real
    • No, it ended long ago
    • Yes, it still exists

  2. Question 2

    Which practice is more like consensus?

    • coin toss only
    • talking until all can agree
    • a ruler decides alone
    • the loudest voice wins

  3. Question 3

    What is a decision-making practice?

    • a weather pattern
    • a way a group chooses what to do
    • a kind of food
    • a type of tool

  4. Question 4

    Which of these shows a shared decision?

    • A council agrees on where to fish this season
    • A stranger picks for them
    • One person takes all the fish
    • Nobody talks

  5. Question 5

    Why did people listen to one another in a council?

    • to be bored
    • to respect each person and find the best choice
    • to win by shouting
    • to be loud

  6. Question 6

    Why is a group decision often stronger than one made by one person?

    • It needs fewer people
    • It never changes
    • More people’s ideas and needs are included
    • It is always faster

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