UPDATED Ontario - Grade 3 & 4 Social Studies - FULL YEAR BUNDLE

FULL YEAR SPLIT GRADE BUNDLE - GRADES 3 & 4! NEWLY UPDATED IN 2022! BOTH GOOGLE AND PDF VERSIONS ARE INCLUDED!

This includes activities that cover all of the expectations in the Grades 3 and 4 Social Studies curriculums.

There are 500+ activity sheets that cover the expectations in the social studies curriculums. This massive unit contains readings, maps, and a variety of fun activities - drawings, multiple choice, true/false, and more!

Most importantly, we have made cross-curriculum connections to the grades 3 and 4 language programs. Students will practice reading comprehension strategies (making connections, visualizing, inferencing, summarizing and questioning) as they work through this unit.

Check out the previews of these units to learn more about how they can benefit your students in social studies and language!

Grade 3 –

Strand A: Heritage and Identity: Communities in Canada, 1780 - 1850.

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• Indigenous groups in present-day Canada in the 1800s
• Map of the territory of Indigenous Groups in present-day Canada
• Métis Community – Daily life, hunting, gender roles, where they lived
• Nomadic settlements – Importance of the buffalo
• Algonquin - Daily life, hunting, gender roles, where they lived
• Wigwam shelters – How to build them activity
• Mohawk - Daily life, hunting, gender roles, where they lived
• Longhouse shelters - How to build them activity
• Transportation for Indigenous groups – Dug-Out Canoe
• First Nation – Ojibwe – Language (Anishinaabemowin)
• Map of important settler cities in Upper and Lower Canada
• French Settlers – Challenges, Location (New France), Fur Trade, Relationships
• Irish Settlers – Challenges, Location (Kingston, Toronto, St. Lawrence), Potato Famine
• African Settler – Slavery in Upper and Lower Canada
• Black Loyalist Settlers in Nova Scotia – Discrimination in Birchwood
• Factors for choosing where to live (climate, soil, water, trading posts)
• Surviving the winter – Indigenous and Settler perspectives
• Schools now vs schools then (one-room schoolhouse)
• The Fur Trade – relationship between Indigenous groups and European settlers
• Smallpox – disease affecting Indigenous groups
• Scurvy – disease affecting European communities
• Environmental effects of settlers clearing fields
• Land ownership – First Nation views versus Settlers (Europeans)
• Environmental effects of cities – garbage and sewage
• Unit test
• Answer pages for all activities

People and Environment: Living and Working in Ontario

Topics included:

• Key Terms
• Municipalities in Ontario – Reading and Map
• Local Government on Reserves
• Reading Maps
• What are Landforms?
• Natural Resources – Reading and Questions
• The Canadian Shield – Reading and Questions
• The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands – Reading and Questions
• Great Lakes – Mapping Activity and Questions
• Wetlands
• Hudson Bay Lowlands – Reading and Questions
• Map of Ontario – Labelling Regions and Cities in Ontario
• Cities in Ontario’s Different Regions
• Comparing Ontario’s Regions – Activities
• Comparing Ontario’s Regions - Writing
• The Economy – Goods and Services – Reading and Questions
• Jobs in Different Communities - Reading and Questions
• Manufacturing Jobs – Reading and Questions
• Researching Factories in Ontario
• Comparing Jobs in Ottawa vs Merrickville
• Jobs in Toronto
• Jobs in Dryden
• Comparing Jobs – Research Activity
• Different Land Uses – Reading and Questions
• Challenges of City Planning – Reading and Questions
• More Challenges of City Planning
• City Planning – Analyzing Land use of Cities using Aerial Views
• Land Use of Toronto – Reading and Questions
• City Planning Activity – Drawing a Map
• Comparing Cities – Use of Land
• Living and Working in Ontario – Activities (Wordsearch and Word Scramble)
• Unit Test
• Answer pages

Grade 4 -

Strand A: Heritage and Identity: 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

Strand B: People and Environments: 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

This is a comprehensive unit that will save you hours of planning! It has been tested and found effective in helping students achieve the learning goals in the social studies curriculum.

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