Life Long Ago
What was Canada like long ago?
Lots of forests, no roads, no grocery stores. Man, women and children had roles
What did Indigenous people know a lot about?
The land/environment
What is a settler?
Someone who moves to a new place
What was a big challenge in winter?
Cold/Can't grow food
Name one thing we have now that people didn't have before
Cars/stores/electricity
What did people NOT have long ago?
Cars/roads/stores/technology
How did Indigenous communities get food?
Hunting/fishing/gathering
Why did settlers come to Canada?
Why was finding food hard?
No stores
Name one similarity between now and then
People need food, water, shelter, clothing and warmth
What did people build their homes out of?
Logs/wood
Why did some communities move during seasons?
To follow food
What did settlers have to do before building homes?
Clear forests
What made traveling hard?
No roads/no vehicles
Harder (no technology, lots of work, no medicine or hosptials)
What did families have to do to get food?
Grow/hunt/fish
What did they use animals for?
Food, clothing, tools
Where did settlers get food?
Grew it/raised animals/hunted
What happened when people got sick?
No hospitals, hard to heal, no medicine (used natural medicine remedies)
How did people travel 200 years ago?
Walk, canoes, boats, or horses
Why was daily life harder long ago?
No stores, machines, lots of work and no technology
Where did Indigenous communities live? (What type of housing?)
Longhouses, wigwams
Who helped settlers arrive?
Indigenous people
If people did NOT prepare for winter long ago, what could happen? Explain your thinking.
They could run out of food, or freeze
How did the environment affect people's lives differently long ago compared to today?
Long ago:
- Seasons controlled their lives/ depended on the land for food and shelter
Today:
- We rely less on the environment and rely more on technology and stores