The Journey to Canada
The Village
The School
Food
Jobs
100
How did most new immigrants come from Europe to Canada?
By Ship
100
What was one of the most important jobs in the village?
Blacksmith
100
Children wrote on these.
Chalk boards
100
What meat did most farmers eat quite often?
Pork
100
Who grew the food?
The farmer.
200
Where did the new settlers to Canada come from?
Europe, the United States
200
Where did people go to get their mail?
The General Store
200
Children had to wear this if they misbehaved.
Dunce cap
200
How did farmers preserve meat for the winter?
They put it in brine for days and then smoked it in a smokehouse.
200
Who made shoes for the horses and made things out of iron?
The Blacksmith
300
How did the American settlers come to Canada?
They walked.
300
How often did people get a newspaper?
Once a week.
300
True or false? The teacher could not be married.
True
300
Removing the chaff from the wheat is called this.
Winnowing
300
Who made shoes?
Shoemaker or cobbler?
400
Why did the early settlers come to Canada?
For a better life, free land, jobs, freedom
400
This is a place that people gathered to hear the latest news, trade their goods, get their shoes made. It sometimes served as a courthouse.
The General Store
400
True or False? Not all children went to school.
True
400
Hitting the wheat to separate the chaff and the wheat from the stalk is called this.
Threshing
400
Who sold clothing?
The general store owner
500
What were some of the problems that people faced when travelling to Canada?
Scurvy, sickness, starvation, ships crashed, wagons broke or got carried away in the river, no money.
500
This building had one big room where everyone studied.
School
500
This is where the teacher lived.
In the homes of the students.
500
Early settlers baked this daily.
Bread
500
Who made things from leather?
The harness maker
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