WHAT IS WEALTH?
Something other than money that can make a society wealthy
What are... Resources? (or) Land? (or) People? (or) Technology ?
What did the Trading Up: Resource Game show us about starting with more resources?
What is... Different people having different starting advantages?
One reason societies trade.
What is... To get goods they don’t have?
The most important resource for early settlements.
What is... Water?
What did many Indigenous Peoples believe treaties were meant to do with land and resources?
What is... Share the land and resources while maintaining relationships?
Why wealth is more than just having a lot of money?
What is... Wealth can include access, power, resources or opportunities?
Name ONE strategy that helped groups succeed in the Trading Up: Resource game.
What is... Trading?
Alliances?
Specialization?
One way trade can make societies wealthier.
What are... More goods?
Profit?
Connections?
Name ONE technology that helped societies to grow.
What is... Irrigation?
Wheel?
Tools?
Roads?
Boats?
Mills?
Why did Indigenous Peoples and the Canadian government often understand treaties differently?
What is... The two groups of people having different worldviews?
Sharing vs. Ownership
Oral vs. Written Agreements
Relationship vs. Control
Name ONE value that affects how wealth is shared in a society.
What is... Fairness?
Cooperation?
Profit?
Power?
Why did some groups struggle with the Trade Up: Resource Game, even when they worked hard?
What are... Unfair starting resources? or Lack of tools?
One way trades can be unfair.
What is... Unequal power?
Bad deals?
Exploitation?
Why societies settled near fertile land.
What is... Food production and survival?
How did the government control the treaty interpretations, and who benefited from the land and resources in Canada?
What is... The government used the english, written language on paper to control what was said on the treaties.
What is... The government gained / maintained control and wealth, while the Canadian Indigenous communities lost access, power, and benefits.
Explain how two societies with the same resources could end up with very different levels of wealth.
What is... Different rules?
Technology
Leadership
Fairness
Explain how the control of tools or materials, affected power in the game.
What is... Groups with the best starting resources / tools had the power to decide trades and outcomes?
Explain how trade can benefit one group, while harming another.
What is... When one group controls the resources, or sets the rules?
Explain how technology helped societies turn resources into wealth.
What is... Better tools → more goods → surplus → trade?
How did the Chocolate Chip Treaty activity help to show inequality in resource distribution in Canada?
What is... The activity showed how the government / settlers received more resources from the start, while the Indigenous peoples were given less or none, even though the agreement was supposed to be fair.
Using an example from the unit, explain how wealth can give power in a society.
(Board Games / Treaties Activity)
What is...Control of resources → influence decisions → advantage over others
If you could change ONE rule in the Resource Game to make it fairer, what would you change and why?
Using Miss L.'s discretion, she will decide what is correct, based on a thoughtful, fairness-based answer.
Using a real-world example from the unit, explain how trade can create both wealth and inequality.
What is... Canada?
Colonialism?
Global trade?
Industrial Revolution?
Explain the cause-and-effect chain from resources → technology → wealth → power using ONE example from the unit.
Any clear, logical chain earns full marks.
Miss L. will use her discretion to decide whether it is a valid answer or not.
If treaties were meant to be agreements of sharing and partnership, what should change today to make resource distribution more fair?
What is...
Honour treaty promises?
Include Indigenous voices in decisions?
Share profits and land use fairly?
Respect Indigenous worldviews?