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Orange Shirt day

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Residential schools operated in Canada for over 150 years.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Children attending residential schools often experienced a variety of abuses that resulted in intergenerational trauma

a)

True

b)

False

3.

When did the Canadian government finally apologize for it's part in residential schools?

a)

1900

b)

2008

c)

1982

d)

1955

4.

What year did residential schools close?

a)

1920

b)

1970

c)

1969

d)

1996

5.

Approximately how many residential schools were there across Canada?

a)

20-30

b)

50-60

c)

130-140

d)

540-550

6.

How many Indigenous children attended residential schools?

a)

At least 150,000

b)

Less than 2,000

c)

About 12,000

7.

What is the current term used to foster a mutually respectful relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people?

a)

Harmony

b)

Settlement

c)

Reconciliation

d)

Accordance

8.

The orange shirt symbolizes the many loses Indigenous children experienced in the residential schools

a)

True

b)

False

9.

When was September 30th declared a National day of remembrance?

a)

2000

b)

2014

c)

2021

d)

2019

10.

The orange shirt story originated from a book written by Phyllis Webstad in 2018

a)

True

b)

False

11.

What does intergenerational trauma mean?

4 lines
12.

When was the Truth and Reconciliation report released?

a)

2018

b)

1996

c)

2008

d)

2015

13.

How many actions came out of the Truth and reconciliation report?

a)

95

b)

94

c)

100

d)

92