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 (Hoopla eBook)
- A Stranger at Home: A True Story (Book)
- Fatty Legs: A True Story (Book)
- The Word Indigenous (YouTube)
- The Learning Circle (Website)
- Ancient Peoples of Arctic Canada (Website)
- Tracing the Ancient History of the Ottawa Valley (Website)
- First Nations Seeker: First Nation, Native American, and Inuit 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 (Book)
- Kamik. An Inuit Puppy Story. (CloudLibrary eBook)
- First Nations of Canada (YouTube)
- 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 (Hoopla eBook)
- Traditional vs. modern Changes in the Inuit Way of Life (Hoopla eBook)
- Algonquin (Hoopla eBook)
- Indigenous Youth (Website)
- Interactive Map: Native Land (Website)
- Canada’s First Peoples (Website)
- Canadian Geographic: Animal Facts (Website)