Daily Life
Unlike in Inuit societies, many Canadians purchase this instead of making it themselves.
What is food and/or clothing?
This material was and is used by Inuit peoples to make igloos.
What is snow and/or ice?
While Indigenous societies traveled by foot, sled, or canoe for example, many Canadians now use these modes of transportation.
What are cars, airplanes, buses, or boats?
Children in many early First Nations societies learned these essential skills from their parents, grandparents, and/or other elders in their communities.
What are hunting, gathering, and/or crafting?
Early societies made their clothes from animal skins, today, we buy our clothes from where?
What is a clothing store?
This Inuit tool was (and still is) essential for hunting seals in the Arctic.
What is a harpoon?
First Nations of the Pacific Coast, like the Haida, built (and build) their homes from this natural resource.
What is wood?
Indigenous communities used natural materials to build their homes, while many Canadian homes today are made from these materials.
What are brick, concrete, or metal?
Today, many Canadian children go to school, but children in Indigenous societies across Canada learned by doing this with elders?
Inuit and First Nations societies relied (and some still rely) on hunting and gathering for food, but many Canadians today buy food from here.
What is a grocery store?
This activity was important in many Indigenous societies and involved preparing food and making clothing.
What is gathering and crafting?
Many Indigenous societies use(d) this method of travel while Canadians in most cities uses cars or buses.
What is a dog sled?
This aspect of daily life of Cree peoples helped them survive long, cold winters.
What is hunting and gathering?
Unlike children today who often play video games, children in early societies played games involving these materials.
What are stones, bones, and/or other natural materials?
While most Canadians nowadays get their water from bottles, taps, and modern plumbing, what was the main source of water for early societies?
What is oceans, lakes, and rivers?
This First Nation group relied on hunting bison as a key aspect of daily life.
What is the Plains Cree?
This type of energy source is more common in Canadian homes than hunting for fuel.
What is electricity or natural gas?
Inuit peoples use(d) this natural material to create some of their tools, while today most tools are made from metal or plastic.
What is bone or stone?
Children in early societies worked closely with their family to prepare food, unlike children today who may use this modern appliance.
What is a microwave?
Unlike children today who attend publicly funded education, children in early societies learned through this method.
What is oral tradition or by watching their elders?
How did early societies' diets compare to modern Canadian diets?
Early diets were based on what could be hunted or gathered locally, while modern diets include a variety of foods from around the world due to access.
Compare how First Nations people in heavily wooded areas and Inuit people in the Arctic used their environments.
First Nations people used (and still use) wood, plants, and animals from the forests, valleys, etc. while Inuit people relied (and rely) on marine animals and ice/snow to build shelters.
Early societies lived off the land and respected natural cycles, while modern society uses technology and imports goods with some reliance on natural resources.
In what ways are kids' lives today different from those in early societies?
Today, kids go to modern school, have access to technology, and do not rely on hunting for food.
How did children in early societies learn compared to how they learn today?
Children in early societies relied heavily on watching and helping the adults in their lives and learning how to hunt, gather, and craft from a young age while today they go to schools that have more formal education.