EARLY SOCIETIES Les sociétés anciennes - Ontario Social Studies - Grade 4 FRENCH

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Grade 4 – Ontario Social Studies Curriculum – Early Societies to 1500 CE. This product was created to cover the expectations in the Ontario Social Studies Grade 4 curriculum – Strand A: Heritage and Identity: Early Societies to 1500 CE.

There are 152 activity sheets that cover the expectations in the social studies curriculum. 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 grade 4 language program. Students will practice reading comprehension strategies (making connections, visualizing, inferencing, summarizing and questioning) as they work through this unit.

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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

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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