Trade Up True & False Activity PD

Question 1

Not all parents rejected the idea of residential schools.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

False

Question 3

PM Harper issued a public apology in Parliament and invited First Nations, Métis and Inuit reps

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

False

Question 5

Indigenous languages were taught in residential schools.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

The goal of residential schools was to educate Indigenous children.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 7

Residential Schools children learned the same curriculum as children in other schools.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 8

The Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement is the largest lawsuit in Canadian history.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

What is your role in Education?

Accepted Answer

Teacher, Other...., Administrator, Support Staff

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

False

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

Métis children did not have to attend residential schools.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

SJAM said “Indian children should be withdrawn as much as possible from the parental influence”

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

The government conducted food and nutrition experiments on children in residential schools.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

Alberta had the most residential schools in Canada.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

School workers were well paid and well prepared to teach the children.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 20

All experiences in residential schools were bad for the students.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 21

All residential school survivors received compensation in 2007.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 22

Only First Nations children attended residential schools.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 23

Almost 1 in 4 students who attended residential schools in western Canada died during the 1900s

Accepted Answer

True

Question 24

Do you understand what Residential Schools were?

Accepted Answer

No, Yes

Question 25

Students & family members could keep in touch with residential school children through letters.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 26

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

Accepted Answer

False

Question 27

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

Accepted Answer

False

Question 28

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

Accepted Answer

True

Question 29

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

Accepted Answer

True

Question 30

Have you ever done a Quiz before?

Accepted Answer

Yes, No

Question 31

All residential schools were run by church organizations.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 32

The first official admission of the assimilationist policies of RS was PM Harper’s apology 2008

Accepted Answer

False

Question 33

Children at residential schools were only taught English.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 34

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

Accepted Answer

False

Question 35

The last residential school closed in 1996.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 36

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

Accepted Answer

False

Question 37

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

Accepted Answer

True

Question 38

Children in residential schools could stay with and play with siblings in the same school.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 39

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

Accepted Answer

False

Question 40

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

Accepted Answer

True

Question 41

Many children died in residential schools.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 42

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

Accepted Answer

False

Question 43

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

Accepted Answer

False

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