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Hands-On Social Studies for Ontario, Grade 4

An Inquiry Approach

New Edition, Updated & Revised

By Jennifer E. Lawson
Series: Hands-On Social Studies for Ontario
Imprint: Portage & Main Press

Categories: Education, Social Science
Softcover, coil bound : 9781553798026, 267 pages, April 2021
Ebook (PDF) : 9781553799535, 200 pages, August 2021

A custom-written social studies resource for Ontario's grade 4 curriculum.

Description

Filled with a year’s worth of classroom-tested hands-on, minds-on activities, this resource conveniently includes everything both teachers and students need.
The grade 4 book is divided into two units:
Heritage and Identity: Societies from 3000 BCE to 1500 CE
People and Environments: Political and Physical Regions of Canada
STAND-OUT FEATURES

  • focuses on the goals of the Ontario Social Studies curriculum
  • adheres to the Growing Success document for assessment, evaluating, and reporting in Ontario schools
  • builds understanding of Indigenous knowledge and perspectives

TIME-SAVING, COST-EFFECTIVE FEATURES

  • includes the five components of the inquiry model
  • opportunities for self-reflection and activating prior knowledge
  • authentic assessment for, as, and of learning
  • social studies thinking concepts, guided inquiry questions, and learning goals
  • support for developing historical thinking skills
  • access to digital image banks and digital reproducibles (Find download instructions in the Appendix of the book)