UPDATED Ontario - Grade 4 & 5 Social Studies - FULL YEAR BUNDLE

FULL YEAR SPLIT GRADE BUNDLE - GRADES 4 & 5! NEWLY UPDATED IN 2022! GOOGLE AND PDF VERSIONS BOTH INCLUDED!

FULL YEAR BUNDLE! With over 590 pages included, this product covers all the expectations in the Grades 4 and 5 Social Studies curriculums.

Most importantly, we have made cross-curriculum connections to the grades 4 and 5 language programs. Students will practice reading comprehension strategies (making connections, visualizing, inferencing, summarizing and questioning) as they work through this unit.

Grade 4 Resource

Early Societies to 1500 CE

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• What is a civilization?
• First civilization (society) – Sumer
• Sumerian Cuneiform – Writing using the Sumerian alphabet
• Mesopotamia – Living between two rivers – map and reading/questions
• Daily life in early societies – examining historical pictures/artifacts
• Inca, Andean, Mayan, Aztec – culture, daily life, governments, and social structure
• Inuit and First Nations (Algonkin, Haudenosaunee) – culture, daily life, governance, social structure)
• Ancient Egypt – architecture (pyramids), daily life, expanding knowledge
• Egyptian Hieroglyphs – writing using the Egyptian alphabet
• Maps of Ancient Egypt
• Rise of Rome – How geography shaped where Rome was founded (peninsula)
• Government of Rome
• Julius Caesar
• Fall of the Roman Empire – conflict between societies
• Children in early societies
• China – Advanced Society – technological advances (printing press, navigational tools)
• Zheng He – Cartography
• Navigational tools – timeline of inventions
• Silk Road – One Road, One Belt
• Religion around the world
• Feudalism – King, Noble, Knights, and Serfs
• Feudalism in Europe vs Japan
• Caste System – Social Classes in India
• Unit test
• Answer pages for all activities

Political and Physical Regions of Canada

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• Provinces and Territories in Canada
• Capital Cities in Canada
• Providing directions using cardinal directions using a map of Canada
• Atlantic Canada – People and Culture
• Central Canada – People and Culture
• Prairie Provinces – People and Culture
• Northern Territories – People and Culture
• West Coast – People and Culture
• Regions of Canada Map
• Location, Landforms, Climate, Vegetation, Economic Activities and Interesting Facts about each region listed below
• Appalachian Mountains, Western Cordillera, Interior Plains, Canadian Shield, Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands, Hudson Bay Lowlands, and Arctic Lowlands
• Identifying jobs and economic sectors in each region
• Examining pictures of each region
• Rocky Mountain - Profile
• Canada’s Boreal Forest – Profile
• Deforestation and Clear-cutting of the Boreal Forest
• Assignment – Creating Infographic about Deforestation
• Comparing the East Coast to the West Coast – Climate and Populations
• Resource Town in Alberta – Fort McMurray Profile
• Northern Canada and the Northern Way of Life
• Natural Resources in Canada
• Human Activities and their Effect on the Economy
• Economic Sectors – Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, and Quaternary
• Identifying people who work in each sector
• Comparing the work force in Canada by each sector
• Difference between provinces and territories
• Municipalities in Canada
• First Nation Reserves in Canada
• Unit test
• Answer pages for all activities

Grade 5 Resources

Strand A: First Nations and Europeans in New France and Early Canada

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• Understanding of the term Indigenous (First Nation, Métis, and Inuit)
• In depth activities for each Indigenous community (Many First Nations, Métis, and Inuit)
• Daily life and culture of the following First Nations – Algonkin, Wendat, Ojibwe, and Haudenosaunee (Mohawk, Oneidas, Onodagas, Cayugas, and Seneca)
• Haudenosaunee Confederacy – Tree of Peace, Diplomacy, Trading Alliances, Military Alliance, Canada learning Democracy from Haudenosaunee, Grand Council
• French alliances with the Wendat (Huron) and Algonquin
• Role of women in First Nations – Clan Mothers in the Haudenosaunee
• Creation Stories of Indigenous groups (Turtle Island)
• Three Sisters – Corn, Beans, and Squash
• Importance of the Buffalo
• Longhouse and Wigwam Shelters
• Inuit trading as well as trade between First Nations
• Treaties – Wampum Belts
• European Explorers – Cabot, Cartier, De Champlain
• Motivations for explorers
• Fur Trade – couriers de bois, Métis, benefits and negatives of fur trade for Europeans and Indigenous groups
• New France – Missionaries, Jesuits, Citizens in New France (Governor, Intendent), Seigneurs and Habitants
• Smallpox and Scurvy
• How the Europeans learned from the Indigenous
• Comparing childhood as an indigenous child and a New France child
• Loss of land for indigenous groups (treaties, Indian Act)
• New France effects on present-day Quebec
• Benefits and Negatives of contact between Indigenous and European groups
• 2 Unit Tests for this massive unit
• Assignments (many research assignments and a culminating assignment)

Strand B: The Role of Government and Responsible Citizenship

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• What is citizenship?
• Rights and responsibilities of Canadian citizens
• Charter of Rights and Freedoms
• Canada’s Fundamental Elements – Bilingualism, Multiculturalism, Democracy, Inclusivity
• Collective Rights (rights of different groups – Indigenous and Francophones)
• Métis National Council and Métis Nation of Ontario (Self-Government)
• What is Democracy
• Representative Democracy vs Direct Democracy (Comparison to Ancient Greece)
• Why citizens need to participate in Democracy
• How citizens can participate in government (Town Hall Meetings, Band Council Meetings)
• Levels of government (Federal, Provincial/Territorial, Municipal and Shared)
• Responsibilities of each level of government – services they offer
• Shared responsibilities between levels of governments
• Which level of government to call if you have an issue
• Election process
• Appointed and elected positions in our government
• Writing a letter to our municipal government about a social issue (bullying, homelessness, etc.)
• Major political parties in Canada and their platforms
• Taking action against the government – protest movements
• Examples of protests – Black Lives Matter, Women’s March, Climate Change, Coastal GasLink
• Indigenous self-governments (Haudenosaunee, Inuit, and Métis)
• Consulting and Accommodating Indigenous groups in Canada
• Climate change and its affect on Inuit communities
• Evaluating how Canada is doing in correcting climate change
• How governments are working today to correct climate change (Canadian government and Inuit Self-Government)

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