EARLY SETTLERS EARLY SETTLERS

Exploring our Past Exploring our Past Where did we come from? Where did we come from?

Looking back in timeLooking back in time People have always lived in the place we People have always lived in the place we

call “Canada” call “Canada” True FalseTrue False Different groups of people moved here at Different groups of people moved here at

different times different times True FalseTrue False Aboriginals or “Aboriginals or “first nationsfirst nations” have lived ” have lived

here for hundreds of years here for hundreds of years True FalseTrue False Later, other people came called Later, other people came called settlerssettlers

or or pioneerspioneers True FalseTrue False

True/False?

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Looking back in time….Looking back in time…. The The Aboriginal peopleAboriginal people and and settlers settlers

helped to make the country that we live in helped to make the country that we live in todaytoday

History is about how people lived in the past. History is about how people lived in the past.

UPPER CANADA was the name used for part of what we now call UPPER CANADA was the name used for part of what we now call OntarioOntario

When did early settlers arrive here?

500 years ago 300 years ago 100 years ago

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A TIME LINEA TIME LINE

Think about TimeThink about Time ……… ………

About 2000 years ago

About 5000 years ago

About 10 000

Years ago About 500 years ago

About 200 years ago

The first people were moving across an ice-covered land.

As the weather changed peoples lives started to change

Aborigin-al people began to grow corn and crops

People from Europe were exploring and started to live in Canada

Many people began to move to Upper Canada from the US and Europe

10 000 years ago 10 000 years ago

These people were the long-ago relatives These people were the long-ago relatives of Aboriginal people today. They worked of Aboriginal people today. They worked together to hunt big animals like caribou together to hunt big animals like caribou and the woolly mammoths. and the woolly mammoths.

5000 years ago5000 years ago Over thousands of years, the climate became warmer Over thousands of years, the climate became warmer

and summer lasted longer. Different plants and and summer lasted longer. Different plants and animals began to live in Upper Canada. The people animals began to live in Upper Canada. The people began to hunt animals like deer, bear and beaver. began to hunt animals like deer, bear and beaver.

2000 years ago 2000 years ago People who began to grow corn and People who began to grow corn and

crops stayed in one place for longer crops stayed in one place for longer periods of time. Corn needs a long, warm periods of time. Corn needs a long, warm summer and good soil. summer and good soil.

500 years ago500 years ago Explorers did not stay in Upper Canada but they Explorers did not stay in Upper Canada but they

learned many things from the Aboriginal people. They learned many things from the Aboriginal people. They also changed the Aboriginal people’s way of life.also changed the Aboriginal people’s way of life.

200 years ago……200 years ago…… People from Europe and the United States began to People from Europe and the United States began to

move to Upper Canada. These “settlers” came for move to Upper Canada. These “settlers” came for

many reasons. They built homes and began villages.many reasons. They built homes and began villages.

The Wendat The Wendat

The Wendat People The Wendat People

The Wendat were one of the groups of people The Wendat were one of the groups of people living in Upper Canada when people from living in Upper Canada when people from Europe arrived. The lived in the southern part Europe arrived. The lived in the southern part of Upper Canada. Another name for the of Upper Canada. Another name for the Wendat people is:Wendat people is:

IroquoisIroquois HuronHuron CreeCree

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Aboriginal LanguagesAboriginal Languages

Many groups of Aboriginal people lived in Many groups of Aboriginal people lived in Upper Canada long before other people Upper Canada long before other people came. Their ways of life and languages came. Their ways of life and languages were also different. were also different.

The groups that lived in the south, spoke The groups that lived in the south, spoke Iroquoian languages. Other groups spoke Iroquoian languages. Other groups spoke Algonquian languages (like the Anishinabe Algonquian languages (like the Anishinabe or Ojibwa).or Ojibwa).

LEGACY LEGACY

Many Aboriginal words are used in English today. For example, Many Aboriginal words are used in English today. For example, the name Canada comes from an Iroquoian word the name Canada comes from an Iroquoian word kanata. kanata. It It means:means:

VillageVillage

CountryCountry

HomeHome

The name Ontario is Iroquoian for:The name Ontario is Iroquoian for:

Plentiful treesPlentiful trees

Beautiful watersBeautiful waters

Rolling hillsRolling hills

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Wendat’s Villages Wendat’s Villages

-wooden frame, covered with sheets of cedar or elm bark

-several families lived in each

Wendat’s Food Wendat’s Food

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Wendat’s Tools Wendat’s Tools

Axes, knives and arrow points were made from stone.

Fish spears and arrow points were made from deer antlers.

Cooking pots, pipes were made from clay they Wendat dug from the ground.

The AnishinabeThe Anishinabe

The Anishinabe spoke an Algonquian The Anishinabe spoke an Algonquian language. language. True FalseTrue False

They lived in the southern part of Upper They lived in the southern part of Upper Canada Canada True FalseTrue False

They moved often to follow the animals They moved often to follow the animals they were hunting they were hunting True FalseTrue False

Families would come together to work Families would come together to work and celebrate and celebrate True FalseTrue False

True or False?

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Anishinable Villages & Anishinable Villages & Homes Homes The wigwam is shaped like a dome.

Others like cones. Men and women worked together to build them. The frame was built from poles cut from young trees. The frame was covered with bark or animals skins. Spruce tree branches covered the floor and animal skins to keep them warm.

The fire was built in the middle of the floor to give heat and to cook food.

Anishinabe FoodAnishinabe Food

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Tools Tools

How do you think each of these tools are used?

RESEARCH……..RESEARCH……..

In Groups of 4, you are going to research In Groups of 4, you are going to research about the ways of the Anishinabe or about the ways of the Anishinabe or Wendat people Wendat people

Be prepared to present your findings to Be prepared to present your findings to the rest of the class at the end of this the rest of the class at the end of this period. period.