Scavenger Hunt:

Overview
Quebec Educational Program Topic
Social Sciences - Geography, History and
Citizenship Education
Specifically - Iroquoian society and Algonquian
society around 1500

Grade Level: Cycle 3

Competencies Targeted
Competency 1: To understand the organization of a
society in its territory
Competency 3: To be open to the diversity of
societies and their territories
Competency 6: To use information and
communications technologies (ICT)

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Scavenger Hunt:
Overview
Objectives
Objective 1: To understand there were many First
Nations groups in Canada. To identify the two
nations of the Eastern Woodlands.
Objective 2: To locate on a map the territory
occupied by Iroquois and Algonquin society in the
1500s
Objective 3: To describe elements of everyday life:
food, customs, spirituality, housing
Objective 4: To learn about the differences
between Iroquois and Algonquin political structure
(matriarchal; patriarchal).
Objective 5: To understand the reasons for the
Iroquois and Algonquin way of life (sedentary;
nomadic).

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How the questions
relate to the
objectives
Questions
1. How many groups of First Nations people existed before
contact with the Europeans?
Objective 1
Blooms Taxonomy: Remembering - listing, recalling
2. What were the two main groups of the Eastern
Woodlands people?
Objective 1
Blooms Taxonomy: Remembering - listing, recalling
3. Explain why the hunters were nomadic and the farmers
were sedentary nations.
Objective 5
Blooms Taxonomy: Understanding explain, discuss,
describe
4. What were the three sisters and why do you think they
were given personalities?
Objective 3
Blooms Taxonomy: Evaluating judge, support, argue
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How the questions
relate to the
objectives
Think about it
5. How did the Iroquois peoples housing compare to the
Algonquins? (number of people living in one dwelling,
temporary vs. permanent, migration)
Objective 3
Blooms Taxonomy: Analyzing comparing,
distinguishing
6. On the map provided, indicate where the Eastern
Woodland farmers and hunters lived?
Objective 2
Blooms Taxonomy: Understanding locate, classify

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How the questions
relate to the
objectives
True or False
7. The Algonquin and Iroquois people believed that all
creatures of nature had spirits of their own.
Objective 1
Blooms Taxonomy: Remembering - listing, recalling
8. Shamans were chefs and cooked special meals for the chief
of the tribe.
Objective 1
Blooms Taxonomy: Remembering - listing, recalling
9. The Algonquin and Iroquois were both patriarchal societies.
Objective 4
Blooms Taxonomy: Analysing compare, differentiate
10. The elders of a tribe shared their knowledge by reading
stories to the younger generations.
Objective 1
Blooms Taxonomy: Remembering - listing, recalling

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How the questions
relate to the
objectives
Think about it
11. Write 4 points of what you think a day in the life of an
Iroquois woman would be like.
Objective 3,4,5
Blooms Taxonomy: Applying - illustrate, interpret also,
Creating - write
12. Write 4 points of what you think a day in the life of an
Algonquin man would be like.
Objective 3,4,5
Blooms Taxonomy: Applying - illustrate, interpret also,
Creating write

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FIRST PEOPLE'S OF CANADA
Scavenger Hunt
Use the following link and answer the questions below. http://firstpeoplesofcanada.com/

QUESTIONS THINK ABOUT IT

5. How did the Iroquois peoples housing compare to the

1. How many groups of First Nations people existed before
contact with the Europeans? Algonquins? (number of people living in one dwelling,
temporary vs. permanent, migration).

2. What were the two main groups of the Eastern Woodlands

people?

3. Explain why the hunters were nomadic and the farmers were 6. On the map provided, indicate where the Eastern
sedentary nations.
Woodland farmers and hunters lived.

4. What were the three sisters and why do you think they were
given personalities?

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TRUE OR FALSE THINK ABOUT IT

Circle true if you think the statement is true. 11. Write 4 points of what you think a day in
Circle false if you think the statement is false. the life of an Iroquois woman would be
like.
7. The Algonquin and Iroquois people believed
that all creatures of nature had spirits of their
own.

TRUE FALSE

8. Shamans were chefs and cooked special

meals for the chief of the tribe.

TRUE FALSE

9. The Algonquin and Iroquois were both

patriarchal societies. 12. Write 4 points of what you think a day in
the life of an Algonquin man would be like.
TRUE FALSE

10. The elders of a tribe shared their knowledge

by reading stories to the younger generations.

TRUE FALSE

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References

http://firstpeoplesofcanada.com/index.html
http://www1.education.gouv.qc.ca/sections/programmeFormation/primaire/pdf/educprg2001/educprg20
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http://www1.education.gouv.qc.ca/progressionPrimaire/geoHistoire/index_en.asp
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