Ontario - Grade 3 - Social Studies - FULL YEAR BUNDLE *NEWLY UPDATED!*

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This includes activities that cover all of the expectations in the Grade 3 Social Studies curriculum.

Grade 3 – Ontario Social Studies Curriculum – Communities in Canada, 1780 - 1850. This product was created to cover the expectations in the Ontario Social Studies Grade 3 curriculum – Strand A: Heritage and Identity: Communities in Canada, 1780 - 1850.

There are 121 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 3 language program. Students will practice reading comprehension strategies (making connections, visualizing, inferencing, summarizing and questioning) as they work through this unit.

Check out the preview of this unit to learn more about how it can benefit your students in social studies and language!

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• Indigenous groups in present-day Canada in the 1800s
• Map of the territory of Indigenous Groups in present-day Canada
• Métis Community – Daily life, hunting, gender roles, where they lived
• Nomadic settlements – Importance of the buffalo
• Algonquin - Daily life, hunting, gender roles, where they lived
• Wigwam shelters – How to build them activity
• Mohawk - Daily life, hunting, gender roles, where they lived
• Longhouse shelters - How to build them activity
• Transportation for Indigenous groups – Dug-Out Canoe
• First Nation – Ojibwe – Language (Anishinaabemowin)
• Map of important settler cities in Upper and Lower Canada
• French Settlers – Challenges, Location (New France), Fur Trade, Relationships
• Irish Settlers – Challenges, Location (Kingston, Toronto, St. Lawrence), Potato Famine
• African Settler – Slavery in Upper and Lower Canada
• Black Loyalist Settlers in Nova Scotia – Discrimination in Birchwood
• Factors for choosing where to live (climate, soil, water, trading posts)
• Surviving the winter – Indigenous and Settler perspectives
• Schools now vs schools then (one-room schoolhouse)
• The Fur Trade – relationship between Indigenous groups and European settlers
• Smallpox – disease affecting Indigenous groups
• Scurvy – disease affecting European communities
• Environmental effects of settlers clearing fields
• Land ownership – First Nation views versus Settlers (Europeans)
• Environmental effects of cities – garbage and sewage
• Unit test
• Answer pages for all activities

This product was created to cover the expectations in the Ontario Social Studies Grade 3 curriculum – B: People and Environment: Living and Working in Ontario.

There are 89 activity sheets that cover the expectations in the social studies curriculum. This massive unit contains readings, maps, and a variety of fun activities - word searches, word scrambles, drawings, multiple choice, true/false, and more!

Most importantly, we have made cross-curriculum connections to the grade 3

language program. Students will practice reading comprehension strategies (making connections, visualizing, and questioning) as they work through this unit.

Check out the preview of this unit to learn more about how it can benefit your students in social studies and language!

Topics included:

• Key Terms
• Municipalities in Ontario – Reading and Map
• Local Government on Reserves
• Reading Maps
• What are Landforms?
• Natural Resources – Reading and Questions
• The Canadian Shield – Reading and Questions
• The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands – Reading and Questions
• Great Lakes – Mapping Activity and Questions
• Wetlands
• Hudson Bay Lowlands – Reading and Questions
• Map of Ontario – Labelling Regions and Cities in Ontario
• Cities in Ontario’s Different Regions
• Comparing Ontario’s Regions – Activities
• Comparing Ontario’s Regions - Writing
• The Economy – Goods and Services – Reading and Questions
• Jobs in Different Communities - Reading and Questions
• Manufacturing Jobs – Reading and Questions
• Researching Factories in Ontario
• Comparing Jobs in Ottawa vs Merrickville
• Jobs in Toronto
• Jobs in Dryden
• Comparing Jobs – Research Activity
• Different Land Uses – Reading and Questions
• Challenges of City Planning – Reading and Questions
• More Challenges of City Planning
• City Planning – Analyzing Land use of Cities using Aerial Views
• Land Use of Toronto – Reading and Questions
• City Planning Activity – Drawing a Map
• Comparing Cities – Use of Land
• Living and Working in Ontario – Activities (Wordsearch and Word Scramble)
• Unit Test
• Answer pages

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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