Early French Canadians
What was Canada called when the French settlers arrived?
New France
What language did they speak?
Gaelic
_______ is a person who is owned by another person.
Slave
Before it was named Toronto, it was called ____ .
Fort York
Medicine came from ____ .
plants
Who did the early settlers have to work with to learn about survival?
Indigenous community
Two instruments they used to play.
Bagpipes and fiddle
The first black settler was ________ .
Mathieu de Coste
Fort York was a community that had _____ .
A farmer in New France was called a _____ .
habitant
Two responsibilities of children.
pick fruits, collect eggs, weed the garden and help parents
Most of the Scottish settlers were _____ and the church was very important to their lifestyle.
Roman Catholic
What is racism?
The belief that some races are superior to others.
Who were the first indigenous community to live in the area known as Toronto?
In ______ Toronto became the capital of Canada.
1867
Two responsibilities of men. Two responsibilities of women.
Fish, hunt, trap animals, chop wood, build houses and trade the seigneur supplies in exchange for land.
Grow fruits and vegetables on the farm, raise families, care for the farm animals and make clothes.
What were four of the professions they had?
Teachers, businessmen, involvement in the Church, farmers and craftsmen.
Most of the black settlers moved to an area called _____ which is located near today's _____ .
Queen's Bush
Kitchener, Ontario
Compare the homes of the early settlers vs modern day
Homes used to be log cabins and now they are apartments, houses, and condos
Why was Toronto dirty and who was responsible?
Toronto was dirty because there was no garbage system and no sewer system. The government was responsible.
How are your responsibilities at home today different from the children of early settlers.
I help my parents with dishes, laundry, shoveling the driveway and dusting the house. Early children would help their parents get food.
4 challenges they faced.
Didn't have stores to buy food or materials. Didn't have water, electricity or heating.
What was the biggest hurdle (challenge) for Black settlers? Why is it wrong to treat people this way?
Racism was the biggest hurdle for Black settlers. It is wrong because they should be treated equally and all races should exist together.
Compare the food and clothing of the early settlers to modern day.
Clothing was made from animal skins and you had to make it. Now we have things of different materials and we can buy them at the store or order them online.
Food was gathered and hunted and now we have groceries, fast food, and delivery.
6 ways the indigenous community helped the newcomers.
-They taught early settlers to hunt and trap.
-They showed them how to build canoes.
-They taught them to use plants for medicine.
-They showed them how to make new clothing.
-They showed them how to plant corn, pumpkin and beans.
-They also showed them how to build snowshoes to help them travel over snow.