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A. Heritage and Identity · Changing Family and Community Traditions

Changing Family and Community Traditions: Unit Review

A1 A2 A3About 40 minutes
Learning goals
  • I can explain what traditions, celebrations, ancestors and heritage are.
  • I can compare traditions of different groups and at different times, and give reasons they change.
  • I can describe First Nations, Métis and Inuit traditions respectfully.
  • I can investigate a tradition using primary sources and share what I learned.

Words to know

tradition
Something a family or group does again and again and passes down.
heritage
The traditions, language, stories, beliefs and objects passed down from family and ancestors.
ancestor
A family member who lived long before you.
primary source
Something made or used at the time by people who were there, like an old photo or artifact.
change
To become different.

Let's review!

You have learned a lot about traditions, celebrations and heritage: in your own family, in groups across Canada and in First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities. You learned how traditions are passed on, how they change, and how to be a tradition detective.

This review has a few questions from every lesson. Try each one, then press Show answer to check. If a part feels tricky, go back to that lesson.

TraditionsFamiliesand groupsCelebrationssame and differentHeritageand ancestorsPassed on:stories, songs, doingChangethen and nowSourcesand inquiry
The big ideas of this unit. Each one matches a lesson you can go back to.

What Are Traditions and Celebrations?

1

What is a tradition?

2

Is this a tradition? "We have a picnic at the lake every Canada Day."

3

Name three parts many celebrations have.

Families and Groups in Our Community

1

Name two kinds of families.

2

Name a group you belong to and one of its traditions.

3

True or false: Some kinds of families are not real families.

Celebrations Across Canada: Same and Different

1

Compare Diwali and Hanukkah: one thing the same, one thing different.

2

When is Canadian Thanksgiving?

3

Where do you put things that are the same in a Venn diagram?

First Nations, Métis and Inuit Traditions

1

Match: throat singing, jigging with a sash, harvesting wild rice. Which belongs to First Nations, Métis and Inuit?

2

What is regalia?

3

Why were some traditions almost lost, and what is happening today?

Ancestors and Heritage: Where Our Families Come From

1

Who are your ancestors?

2

Name two things that can be part of your heritage.

3

Zoe's grandmother moved from Scotland to Canada. What word describes her?

How Traditions and Heritage Are Passed On

1

Name two ways traditions are passed on.

2

What is oral tradition?

3

What is an heirloom?

How Traditions Change Over Time

1

Give two reasons traditions change.

2

Grandpa used a film camera; now we use a phone. What kind of change is this?

3

When a tradition changes, what often stays the same?

Clues From the Past: Photos, Artifacts and Other Sources

1

Primary or secondary? Great-grandma's handwritten recipe card.

2

Primary or secondary? A website about how people celebrated long ago.

3

Name three detective questions to ask about an old photo.

Be a Tradition Detective: Investigating and Sharing

1

Put the inquiry steps in order: share, gather, ask, decide, organize.

2

Turn this into an open question: "Did you have a cake?"

3

Why is Grandpa a good person to interview about his own childhood traditions?

PASTGrandpa Joe's Halloween:a sheet costumePRESENTMaya's Halloween:a store costumeFUTUREa tradition YOUmight pass onlong agolater
A timeline goes from the past (left) to the present and the future (right). Traditions travel along it!
Riddle time

What has a past, a present and a future, but no legs?

A timeline!

How to use this review

  • Do the review in two short sittings if your child gets tired. Each section matches one lesson.
  • Many social studies answers are open-ended. Accept any answer that is true and has a reason.
  • After each answer, ask "How do you know?" or "Can you give an example from our family?"
  • Note which sections had mistakes, then revisit that lesson's activity.
Check your understanding

Quiz

1.

A tradition is something that...

2.

Which is a blended family?

3.

Which two celebrations both use lights?

4.

Which is a Métis tradition?

5.

What do we call the special clothing powwow dancers wear?

6.

Your ancestors are...

7.

Grandma teaches you to make her dumplings, side by side. This passes on a tradition by...

8.

A family moves from Brazil to Ontario and now celebrates in the snow. Why did their tradition change?

9.

Which is a primary source?

10.

What is the last step of an inquiry?

For parents and teachers

Use mistakes to choose what to revisit. Each review section matches one lesson.

  • Can't tell a tradition from a one-time event: revisit What Are Traditions and Celebrations?
  • Thinks only some kinds of families are "real", or can't name groups: revisit Families and Groups in Our Community.
  • Has trouble saying what is the same and different, or uses words like "weird": revisit Celebrations Across Canada and redo the hoop Venn diagram.
  • Mixes up First Nations, Métis and Inuit traditions, says "costume", or speaks of Indigenous peoples only in the past: revisit First Nations, Métis and Inuit Traditions.
  • Confuses ancestors with any older person, or thinks heritage is only objects: revisit Ancestors and Heritage and the family tree.
  • Can't name ways traditions are passed on: revisit How Traditions and Heritage Are Passed On and try Learn it, then teach it.
  • Can't give reasons for change, or notices only changes and not what stayed the same: revisit How Traditions Change Over Time and do a then-and-now interview.
  • Mixes up primary and secondary sources: revisit Clues From the Past and ask "Was the maker there?"
  • Asks yes/no questions or forgets the steps: revisit Be a Tradition Detective and do another small investigation.

In social studies many answers are open-ended. Praise thoughtful, respectful reasons, not only "right" answers.