Early Societies to 1500 CE
Here you will find lesson plans written specifically for the Ontario Social Studies Curriculum, Grade 4, Strand A, Heritage and Identity: Early Societies to 1500 CE.
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Nelson Social Studies 4A: Early Societies by 
Many Gifts 4A: Early Societies by 
Aboriginal History and Realities in Canada : Primary, Grades 1-8 Teachers' Resource by 
Aboriginal Perspectives: A Guide to the Teacher's Toolkit by 
Getting to Know Turtle Island by 
Hands-On Social Studies, Grade 4: An Inquiry Approach by
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)
Canada & Beyond: Grade 4 : Early Societies, 3000 BCE - 1500 CE by A sample lesson plan, "Learning From History", is available on the Portage & Main Press web site.
Nelson Literacy 4: Medieval Times by Resource suggestions for Grade 4, Early Societies, 3000 BCE-1500 CE
From the Ontario Elementary Social Studies Teacher Association (OESSTA).
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