Residential Schools True or False

The federal government conducted food and nutrition experiments on children in RS.

There are 62 “Calls to Action” proposed by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Alberta had the most residential schools in Canada.

A “cat-o-nine tail” was a poem commonly performed every morning by the children for the nuns.

All experiences in residential schools were bad for the students.

Ethics were taught and included subjects such as obedience, respect and order.

Only First Nations children attended residential schools.

One of the TRC’s Calls to Action was to make education about residential schools mandatory.

Children at residential schools were only taught English.

Many children died in residential schools.

The Sixties Scoop refers to the 6,000 students taken from their families.

The Indian Act of 1876 protected Indigenous students attending residential schools.

Métis children did not have to attend residential schools.

Churches were involved in the running of residential schools until 1969.

Students could retain parts of their identity with their own choice of clothes and hairstyles.

All RS survivors received compensation through the Indian RS Settlement Act in 2007.

Nuns, priests, ministers, missionaries and school workers were well paid and prepared to teach.

Children from residential schools were allowed to go home for holidays.

Almost 1 in 4 students who attended RS in western Canada died during the 1900s.

The Indian RS Settlement Agreement is the largest class action lawsuit in Canadian history

Not all parents rejected the idea of residential schools.

The goal of residential schools was to educate Indigenous children.

Church-run residential schools operated in all provinces in Canada.

If a family member died, children were taken home to participate in funeral ceremonies.

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The Canadian government did not begin investigations into residential schools in 1994.

All residential schools were run by church organizations (Catholic Church and Anglican Church).

Indigenous languages were taught in residential schools.

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Religious instruction comprised a very small amount of time in the schools.

The last residential school closed in 1996.

The students were still able to practice oral traditions to help with learning in the classroom

Children in RS were allowed to stay with and play with siblings attending the same school.

Residential schools were well funded to meet the needs of the staff and students.

Indigenous children in RS learned the same curriculum as children in other schools.

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Indigenous children had to attend residential schools or their parents were punished.

The Government of Canada has committed to implement the TRC Calls to Action.

Residential schools, as a means to assimilate Indigenous children, appeared in the early 1900s

Students and family members could keep in touch with RS children through letters.