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Homework:

French - family member pictures and WRITING finished

Science - food goodness vocabulary

Math -  words to expressions (back)

Health - media awareness word cycle

ELA - consonant + y, vowel + y and f/fe and irregular plural rules worksheets 

May 12 Mystery (or Long Walk to Water) home reading

SS -  Enemies Unite w/s

- Chapter 9 test May 1 (see topics and guiding questions below)

"The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is practice.”   - Vladimir Horowitz

Chapter 9 Review Topics and Example Questions

The “birth” of the Metis and Metis culture

-        What do country born and Metis mean?

-        What did the Metis learn from both their parents and their cultures?

-        Describe the bison hunt.

-        What is pemmican and how is it made?

-        What is bannock and how is it made?

-        Describe the clothing of the Metis men and women.

-        Describe the Red River cart, how it’s made and what it’s used for.

Selkirk Settlement

-        Where did the settlers come from?

-        Who brought them to the Red River area?

-        What two groups were not happy about the new settlers and why?

-        Who was Miles Macdonell and what did he have to do with the Red River settlement?

-        What did the Pemmican proclamation say?

-        Why were the Metis upset about the Pemmican Proclamation?

-        What did the Metis and NWC do about the Pemmican Proclamation?

After the Pemmican Proclamation

-        Who was Robert Semple and what did he do?

-        Why were HBC and NWC trying to capture one another’s forts?

-        Who met at Seven Oaks?

-        What happened there?

-        What happened for five years following the meeting at Seven Oaks?

Enemies Unite

-        What were the reasons that HBC and NWC decided to merge?

-        What does merge mean?

-        What advantages did the merger give the HBC?

-        Who was George Simpson and what did he do?

-        What happened to former employees and the forts/posts following George Simpson’s actions?

-        What role(s) was Cuthbert Grant given after the merger?

Impact of the merger

-        What two roles did HBC have following the merger?

-        Why did the Metis not approve of the HBC’s roles?