Black History Month

This month we educate ourselves about the history of people of African descent in Canada. We also celebrate the contributions of black Canadians.

 Use the internet to find answers to these questions.

1. Who was Olivier Le Jeune?  When was he brought to North America?
2. In what year was slavery abolished in Canada?
3. What does emancipate mean?
4. In what year were slaves emancipated in the United States?
5. Look at this map of Canada and the United States.
1. What are the blue states?
2. What are the grey states?
3. What are the arrows?
6. Visit this site to travel the journey of an escaping slave. Look up the words you do not know. For example, what is a bounty hunter?

Watch this video about Canadian Black History, then answer these questions:

1. Who was Mr. Matthieu da Costa?
2. Who was the first black Canadian born doctor?
3. Who was Harriet Tubman?

Practice spelling the vocabulary words for this topic.

Levels 1, 2 and 3: learn these words.

Levels 4+ : learn these words.

Enjoy learning!  --Kelly