Aritifacts and the Past

What do you remember?

Let's see how much you remember from what you read last class.

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What is culture?

• Something from the past we learn about

• Comes from the original inhabitants or descendants of an area.

• A learned way of living that is shared by a group.

• Objects, tools, clothing, jewellery from the past.

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What does an archeologist do?

• Travels around the world learning about different cultures.

• Works in a museum identifying bones.

• Interviews people about the past.

• Studies the past through digging up artifacts and studying them

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Why is it important to learn about the past?

• To gain a better understanding of who Canadians are and what Canada is today.

• To know about the games, tools, and jewellery that was used.

• The beliefs language, values that of a group of people.

• The remembering of the past through stories and spoken words.

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What is oral tradition?

• Oral history is passed down from generation to generation using stories.

• Artifacts that tell a story about the past.

• Evidence from the past we know about.

• A way of remembering the past through stories and the spoken word.

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What are examples of artifacts?

• What we learn from stories about the past.

• Objects such as tools, carvings, clothing, jewellery, and games.

• Give clues about what people ate and how they lived.

• Things that we buy at gift shops when we go to a museum.

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How do we know Indigenous People have lived here long before the land was called Canada?

• There was a sign that showed us this.

• From old movies.

• From letters we have from settlers who told us there were people here when they arrived.

• Through physical evidence and listening to stories people tell about their history

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What clues do artifacts give us?

• The books that tell us about the Bible.

• Ideas about what the people ate and how they lived.

• The colours they used in their pictures.

• The facts about what happened when people came to Canada.

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How is oral tradition preserved?

• Is passed down from generation to generation using stories.

• By recording stories on laptops.

• By writing books about the stories.

• By drawing pictures of the stories.