Students will make a list of effective questions to ask about the nature of artefacts. The students will then discuss the nature of a good inference i.e. based on observations or plausible explanations. The students make another pie chart with their list of effective questions and make observations and inferences of several artefacts.
Students discuss their inferences with the class or a small group and justify their inference.
Lives of pioneers-fanning, foods, home, tools, crafts and implements studied through print, stories, film, and pictures. Effective questions to ask oneself about objects that are not readily identifiable. Students will need to know what an observation is. The conclusion will be based on their observations and the students will write a plausible reason for their conclusion. Students will explore early Canadian life through print, film, pictures, stories and crafts over the course of four weeks.