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Pioneers
Life on the Farm
Places in the Village
Pioneer School
Grab Bag
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Pioneers came to Upper Canada from these 3 countries:
The pioneers came to Upper Canada from England, Scotland, Ireland
100
True or False: Familes left their farm very often.
What is Flase.
100
What was a Grist Mill or a Saw Mill powered by?
What is water.
100
What were the 3 R's?
The 3 "Rs" were: reading, 'riting, and 'rithmetic.
100
Pioneer children got brand new shoes all of the time. True or False. Explain.
Pioneer children rarely got new shoes. Shoes and boots were handed down until they were completely worn out.
200
Why did people have to leave Ireland?
People had to leave Ireland because of the Potato Famine.
200
Name 3 chores done by the women.
What is cooking, spinning wool, preserving meat, etc.
200
Why did farmers go to the grist mill?
Farmers went to the gristmill to have the wheat or corn ground into flour so they didn't have to do it by hand.
200
What did pioneer children write on?
Pioneer children wrote on slates.
200
Name 3 ways pionneers traveled over the water.
What is canoe, paddlewheeler, steamship, sailboats.
300
Some Pioneers came to Canada from the United States. What were they called and why did they come?
They were called Loyalists. They were loyal to Britain and it was unsafe for them to stay in America.
300
If it was winter time how would the pioneers get to where they needed to go?
What is by horse-drawn sleigh.
300
In the blacksmith shop the blacksmith used the forge to do what?
The forge was a large fireplace that the blacksmith used to heat up the iron. When the iron was hot it could be bent and formed.
300
Why were pioneer children afraid to act up in school?
They would be hit with a wooden stick.
300
Roads weren't paved. What were the roads called and how were they built?
Corduroy. They were built by placed logs side by side. Miss Lindner's road used to be Corduroy and in the spring some of the logs still come up through the road.
400
When pioneers got to Canada the government gave them 3 things, what were they?
When the pioneers arrived in Canada the government gave them land, tools, supplies.
400
Name 3 chores done by men.
What is repairing making furniture, fixing the barn roof, farming, caring for the animals, etc.
400
Why was the blacksmith an important part of the community?
The blacksmith was an important part of the community because he reparied and made things the pioneers couldn't make themselves.
400
Pionner children went to school everyday. True or False? Explain.
False. Pionner children often had to help on the farm. They had to travel a long way to school and couldn't do so if the weather was bad.
400
Name 3 things the blacksmith made.
The blacksmith made hingers, carriange wheels, horseshoes, shovels, hoes, axes, plough points.
500
What caused the American Revolution?
The American colonies no longer wanted to be ruled by Britain.
500
Name 5 chores done by children.
Children collected firewood, carried water from the well, learned to care for the animals and milk the cows, collect eggs, churn butter and look after younger sibilings.
500
Name the three ways someone could pay at the general store.
Pioneers could pay at the general store by cash, credit, or barter.
500
Name 3 differences between a pioneer school and St. Faustina.
A pionner school house had one room, combined grades, boys sat on one side, girls sat on the other, if students were naughty they were made to wear a "dunce" cap, or were hit with a wooden stick.
500
Who was the first governor of Upper Canada?
The first governor of Upper Canada was John Graves Simcoe.