Grade 4 Overall Expectations:
Application: compare key aspects of life in a few early societies (to 1500), including at least one First Nation and one Inuit society, each from a different region and era and representing a different culture, and describe some key similarities and differences between these early societies and present-day Canadian society.
- Life Among the Inuit (eBook from Hoopla)
- A Stranger at Home: A True Story (eBook from Ebsco Host)
- Fatty Legs: A True Story (eBook from Ebsco Host)
- The Word Indigenous (CBC Kids News – YouTube Video)
- The Learning Circle (Learning Activities from the Government of Canada)
- Ancient Peoples of Arctic Canada (Canadian History Museum Website)
- Tracing the Ancient History of the Ottawa Valley (Canadian History Museum Website)
- The History of Ste. Marie II (Ontario Museum of Archaeology Website)
- First Nations Seeker: First Nation, Native American, and Inuit Directory (Directory Website)
Inquiry: use the social studies inquiry process to investigate ways of life and relationships with the environment in a few early societies (to 1500), including at least one First Nation and one Inuit society, with an emphasis on aspects of the interrelationship between the environment and life in those societies.
- The First Mosquito (eBook from Ebsco Host)
- Brothers of the Wolf (eBook from Ebsco Host)
- Harpoon of the Hunter (eBook from Ebsco Host)
- Kamik. An Inuit Puppy Story. (eBook from CloudLibrary)
- First Nations of Canada (Canada Crew – YouTube Video)
- The Gwich’in – Gwadàl’ Zheii: Belongings from the Land (Canadian Museum of History)
Understanding Context: demonstrate an understanding of key aspects of a few early societies (to 1500), including at least one First Nation and one Inuit society, each from a different region and era and representing a different culture, with reference to their political and social organization, daily life, and relationships with the environment and with each other.
- The Inuit (eBook from Hoopla)
- Traditional vs. modern Changes in the Inuit Way of Life (eBook Hoopla)
- Algonquin (eBook from Hoopla)
- Indigenous Youth (Video Series from Curio)
- Interactive Map: Native Land (Interactive Website)
- Canada’s First Peoples (Heritage Canada Website)
- Canadian Geographic: Animal Facts (Canadian Geographic Website)