Thanks to Andrea Phillpotts, from McMath Secondary for sharing this assignment for Social Studies 8/9.
SS9
First Nations Trade Show
With a partner, you are to
promote of the following historical First Nations innovations to your fellow
classmates in a “trade show.” You may
choose to do a diagram / power point / poster or another medium to promote your
innovation.
The purpose is to get
familiar with historical First Nations innovations and how they inform and
enrich our modern world.
This activity connected with
the new curriculum’s grade 9 core
competency: “Emerging ideas and ideologies profoundly influence societies and
events” and “the physical environment influences the nature of political,
social, and economic change.” It is
linked to the content dealing with advances in science and technology and the
perspective of First Nations people on the use of natural resources.
In connects to the grade 8 topics of: “scientific and technological innovations” and
“interactions and exchanges of resources, ideas, arts, and culture between and
among different civilizations.”
You must provide the following information in your
project:
1)
How your
traditional innovation worked. Describe
it.
2)
Differences
between the traditional way of doing things and the 2016 way.
3)
A modern day
First Nations / Inuit / Metis person from your region who uses inspiration from
your traditional innovation for modern day uses.
4)
What we could
learn from this traditional way of doing things
5)
What it reveals
about First Peoples’ attitude towards the physical environment and
sustainability.
Innovations:
Inuit / subarctic
*iglus (igloos)
*parkas
*snowshoes
*kayaks
Iroquois
*palisades
*“three sisters” crops /
agriculture
Plains people
*tipis
*pemmican
*pharmaceuticals like pain
relief in salicylic acid (asprin) from willow bark
Plateau
*canoe (also could be North
West Coast canoe)
*Pit houses
North West Coast
*Totem poles or longhouses
*Bent wood cedar box
*Smoked salmon
Mi’kmaq (East Coast)
*toboggan
Our trade show will last two
days. On the first day, one partner will
present; on the second, the other partner will present. On the day that you’re not presenting, you
are to walk around taking “notes” and choosing which you’d support if you were
to invest in an innovation. Your mark
will be twofold, based on both your shared presentation resource and the
individual understanding and delivery of each member of the pair. There will be a quiz at the end on all the
innovations so make sure your notes are good!
The evaluation rubric will be
posted soon. You will be evaluated on
both your content and individual presentation.
