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Hands-On Social Studies for Ontario, Grade 5

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, Elementary
Softcover, coil bound : 9781553798033, 244 pages, August 2020
Ebook (PDF) : 9781553799542, 244 pages, June 2021

Table of contents

Introduction to Hands-On Social Studies, Grade 5 1

  • Program Introduction 2
  • What Is Social Studies? 2
  • The Goals of Social Studies 2
  • The Inquiry Approach to Social Studies 2
  • Hands-On Social Studies Curriculum Expectations 3
    • Overall Expectations 3
    • Concepts of Disciplinary Thinking 3
    • Big Ideas 3
    • Specific Expectations 4
  • Hands-On Social Studies Program Principles 4
  • Cultural Connections 4
  • Indigenous Knowledge, Experience, and Perspectives 4
  • Program Implementation 7
    • Program Resources 7
    • Lessons 8
  • Accommodating Diverse Learners 9
  • Classroom Environment 9
  • Planning Units (Timelines) 10
  • Classroom Management 10
  • Social Studies Skills: Guidelines for Teachers 10
    • Communication 10
    • Vocabulary 14
    • Geographic Definition 14
    • Research 15

The Hands-On Social Studies Assessment Plan 16

  • Assessment for Learning 17
  • Assessment as Learning 17
  • Assessment of Learning 17
  • Performance Assessment 18
  • Portfolios 18
  • Summative Achievement Levels 19
  • Indigenous Perspectives on Assessment 19
  • Important Note to Teachers 19
  • References 20
  • Social Studies Achievement Chart 21
  • Assessment Templates 23

Unit A: Heritage and Identity: Interactions of Indigenous

  • Peoples and Europeans Prior to 1713, in What Would
  • Become Canada 35
  • About This Unit 36
  • Unit Overview 40
  • Curricular Expectations 41
  • Social Studies Thinking Concepts: Success Criteria 43
  • Cross-Curricular Connections 44
  • Resources for Students 45
    • 1 Launching the Unit: Learning From History 49
    • 2 Learning From Primary and Secondary Sources 54
    • 3 Indigenous Peoples in What Would Become Canada 59
    • 4 Daily Life and Worldviews of
    • Indigenous Peoples Before Contact 67
    • 5 Early European Explorers 76
    • 6 Contact Between Indigenous Peoples and European Explorers 84
    • 7 Perspectives on First Contact 89
    • 8 Historically Significant People 93
    • 9 Life in New France 100
    • 10 The French, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat 107
    • 11 The Fur Trade: Part One 114
    • 12 The Fur Trade: Part Two 120
    • 13 Culminating Inquiry: Impact of Interactions 125
  • References for Teachers 132

Unit B: People and Environments: The Role of Government and Responsible Citizenship 135

  • About This Unit 136
  • Unit Overview 140
  • Curricular Expectations 141
  • Social Studies Thinking Concepts: Success Criteria 143
  • Cross-Curricular Connections 144
  • Resources for Students 145
    • 1 Launching the Unit: Social and Environmental Issues 154
    • 2 Rights, Freedoms, and Responsibilities 159
    • 3 Rights and Responsibilities 164
    • 4 Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms 169
    • 5 What Is Good Citizenship? 173
    • 6 Indigenous Governments 179
    • 7 Levels of Government in Canada 185
    • 8 Investigating Different Perspectives 191
    • 9 Creating Spatial Journals: Analyzing and Constructing Maps 197
    • 10 Citizens and Government Working Together 202
    • 11 Inquiry Project Part One: Setting the Stage for Success 209
    • 12 Inquiry Project Part Two: Evaluating Resources and Gathering and Organizing Information 215
    • 13 Inquiry Project Part Three: Interpreting, Analyzing, Evaluating, and Communicating Information 220

References for Teachers 225

Appendix: Image Banks 231

About the Contributors 244

A custom-written social studies resource for Ontario's grade 5 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 5 book is divided into two units:

First Nations and Europeans in New France and Early Canada
The Role of Government and Responsible Citizenship

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)