SOCIAL STUDIES
OVERVIEW:
In Grade 3 Social Studies, students are introduced to some of the diverse communities that existed in Canada between approximately 1780 and 1850. Students will explore what life was like for different groups of people during that time period and will compare the lives of these people to those of present-day Canadians. They will use primary sources such as journals, letters, maps, and paintings to investigate how people in early Canada responded to challenges in their lives. Students will also learn about the physical and municipal regions of Ontario. They will explore the relationship between the natural environment, land use, and employment opportunities, and how different uses of land and resources affect the environment. Students will continue to develop their spatial skills, extracting information from graphs, globes, and maps, constructing print and digital maps, and using mapping programs to help them determine the relationship between the environment and land use in both the past and the present.
The Grade 3 Social Studies expectations provide opportunities for students to explore a number of concepts connected to the citizenship education framework including beliefs and values, culture, identity, relationships, and stewardship.
Ontario Curriculum Expectations: Social Studies Expectations
HERITAGE & IDENTITY: COMMUNITIES IN CANADA 1780-1850
OVERALL EXPECTATONS
By the end of Grade 3, students will:
A1. Application: compare ways of life among some specific groups in Canada around the beginning of the nineteenth century, and describe some of the changes between that era and the present day (FOCUS ON: Continuity and Change; Perspective)
A2. Inquiry: use the Social Studies inquiry process to investigate some of the major challenges that different groups and communities faced in Canada from around 1780 to 1850, and key measures taken to address these challenges (FOCUS ON: Significance; Cause and Consequence)
A3. Understanding Context: identify some of the communities in Canada around the beginning of the nineteenth century, and describe their relationships to the land and to each other (FOCUS ON: Interrelationships)
WEBSITES TO SUPPORT OUR LEARNING IN CLASS:
Les Iroquoiens
Eleanora’s Diary - 1833 Voyage to Canada - A girl's diary from the 19th Century
Early Days - Homesteaders - The following web pages describe the life of the settlers who travelled to the prairies in hopes of a better life and for the chance to have their own homestead.
Great Upper Canada Adventure - Try your hand at the life of a settler on the Sydenham River in Upper Canada (it is a bit wordy but a fun settlement adventure!)
Catherine Parr Traill and Susanna Moodie - Early settlers who kept journals...
Elizabeth Simcoe - Elizabeth Simcoe came to Canada in 1791 as the wife of John Graves Simcoe, first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada. The Simcoes brought with them their two youngest children, leaving an additional four back in England. (3) Through her watercolours, diaries and letters home, Elizabeth Simcoe left a vivid and revealing picture of life in the earliest days of the British settlement of what is now Toronto.
Kid's Site of Canadian settlement - Short games for building a longhouse, sodhouse, tipi, and more
Pioneer Life in Upper Canada (English and French) Information about pioneer and aboriginal life including the in Upper Canada - includes printable booklet with cloze sentences for students to use with the site
A Pioneer Town
Saskatchewan Settlement Experience - Early pioneers in Saskatchewan, includes primary documents and images for a variety of topics
Upper Canada Village Heritage Park- Life in the 1860's, daily life...
Virtual Museum of Canada - Explore virtual exhibits and interactive learning resources created by Canadian museums and galleries.
Four Directions Teaching (Learn about indigenous knowledge and philosophy from 5 diverse First Nations in Canada)
Wonderville (Build a tipi)
Government of Canada - Kids Stop
Acadia, Lifestyle in the days of our ancestors - Images and information from Acadian Historical Village
Emily’s Journey
Jamie Really Liked To Eat
Woolly’s Gift
The New Schoolhouse
The New School Teacher
Henry Settles in Upper Canada
Other videos
Ontario pioneers (shot at Westfield Pioneer Village) 30:34 min
Early Settler Children (4:48 min)
Canadian Aboriginal History (6:59)
PEOPLE AND ENVIRONMENTS: LIVING AND WORKING IN ONTARIO
OVERALL EXPECTATONS
By the end of Grade 3, students will:
B1. Application: demonstrate an understanding of some key aspects of the interrelationship between the natural environment, land use, employment opportunities, and the development of municipal regions in Ontario
B2. Inquiry: use the social studies inquiry process to investigate some of the environmental effects of different types of land and/or resource use in two or more Ontario municipal regions, as well as some of the measures taken to reduce the negative impact of that use
B3. Understanding Context: describe major landform regions and types of land use in Ontario and some of the ways in which land use in various Ontario municipalities \ addresses human needs and wants, including the need for jobs
Learn More about Ontario:
Kidzone
Ontario Immigration
Ontario Travel - Yours to Discover
Comparing Types of Communities
Premier of Ontario's Kid Zone:
http://www.onzone.ca/english/
What is a Map? (choose Maps)
http://www.tvokids.com/shows/mycanada
http://www.tvokids.com/videos/ontario
Solve the Mystery: http://www.tvokids.com/shows/canadamystery
What is something you did in Ontario this summer?
http://www.tvokids.com/videos/bmxbiking
Maps of Ontario:
http://www.ontario-canada-travel.com/map-of-ontario.html#.Uj-3eCZzbcs
http://geology.com/canada/ontario.shtml
The Great Lakes (choose lakes):
http://www.tvokids.com/shows/mycanada
Canada's Physical Regions:
http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/phillie/InternationalExchange/Canada/Physical%20Regions/Physical_Regions/
Hudson Bay Lowlands:
http://www.pc.gc.ca/docs/v-g/nation/sec4.aspx
http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/Business/Forests/2ColumnSubPage/STDPROD_091131.html
http://www.arctic.uoguelph.ca/cpe/environments/inland_water/hudson.htm
Canadian Shield:
http://www.pc.gc.ca/docs/v-g/nation/sec3.aspx
http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/atlas/themes.aspx?id=canadianlandforms=canadianlandforms_land_shield=En
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands:
http://www.pc.gc.ca/docs/v-g/nation/nation76.aspx
http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/atlas/themes.aspx?id=canadianlandforms=canadianlandforms_land_lakes
Canadian Geographic Atlas for Kids:
http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/cgKidsAtlas/default_en.asp
Interactive site where students can create their own community: City Creator
A visual representation of an urban, suburban and rural community: Types of Communities
Fun facts about Ontario:
http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/kids/fun-facts/default.asp
Online Kids' Dictionary: http://kids.wordsmyth.net/we/
List of Towns in Ontario: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_towns_in_Ontario
List of Cities in Ontario: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Ontario
Map of Cities and Towns in Ontario: http://www.citypopulation.de/Canada-Ontario.html
List of Townships in Ontario: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_townships_in_Ontario
List of Villages in Ontario: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_villages_in_Ontario
Map of Ontario Counties: http://www.mapsofworld.com/canada/provinces/ontario-county-map.html
Information on Ontario's Municipalities: http://www.amo.on.ca/YLG
Information about Toronto's government: http://www.toronto.ca/toronto_facts/government.htm
From Link to Learning:
CanadaInfo: A Tribute to Canada - a collection of information and links about Canada, its land, government, people, and rich culture.
Capital Scramble - identify the provinces and their capital cities in this interactive game
Canada's Treasure Hunt - from TVO Kids - Search for "hidden treasure" as you learn about the provinces and territories of Canada
Interactive Map of Canada - information about the provinces, cities and major attractions appear as you move your cursor over the map
In Grade 3 Social Studies, students are introduced to some of the diverse communities that existed in Canada between approximately 1780 and 1850. Students will explore what life was like for different groups of people during that time period and will compare the lives of these people to those of present-day Canadians. They will use primary sources such as journals, letters, maps, and paintings to investigate how people in early Canada responded to challenges in their lives. Students will also learn about the physical and municipal regions of Ontario. They will explore the relationship between the natural environment, land use, and employment opportunities, and how different uses of land and resources affect the environment. Students will continue to develop their spatial skills, extracting information from graphs, globes, and maps, constructing print and digital maps, and using mapping programs to help them determine the relationship between the environment and land use in both the past and the present.
The Grade 3 Social Studies expectations provide opportunities for students to explore a number of concepts connected to the citizenship education framework including beliefs and values, culture, identity, relationships, and stewardship.
Ontario Curriculum Expectations: Social Studies Expectations
HERITAGE & IDENTITY: COMMUNITIES IN CANADA 1780-1850
OVERALL EXPECTATONS
By the end of Grade 3, students will:
A1. Application: compare ways of life among some specific groups in Canada around the beginning of the nineteenth century, and describe some of the changes between that era and the present day (FOCUS ON: Continuity and Change; Perspective)
A2. Inquiry: use the Social Studies inquiry process to investigate some of the major challenges that different groups and communities faced in Canada from around 1780 to 1850, and key measures taken to address these challenges (FOCUS ON: Significance; Cause and Consequence)
A3. Understanding Context: identify some of the communities in Canada around the beginning of the nineteenth century, and describe their relationships to the land and to each other (FOCUS ON: Interrelationships)
WEBSITES TO SUPPORT OUR LEARNING IN CLASS:
Les Iroquoiens
Eleanora’s Diary - 1833 Voyage to Canada - A girl's diary from the 19th Century
Early Days - Homesteaders - The following web pages describe the life of the settlers who travelled to the prairies in hopes of a better life and for the chance to have their own homestead.
Great Upper Canada Adventure - Try your hand at the life of a settler on the Sydenham River in Upper Canada (it is a bit wordy but a fun settlement adventure!)
Catherine Parr Traill and Susanna Moodie - Early settlers who kept journals...
Elizabeth Simcoe - Elizabeth Simcoe came to Canada in 1791 as the wife of John Graves Simcoe, first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada. The Simcoes brought with them their two youngest children, leaving an additional four back in England. (3) Through her watercolours, diaries and letters home, Elizabeth Simcoe left a vivid and revealing picture of life in the earliest days of the British settlement of what is now Toronto.
Kid's Site of Canadian settlement - Short games for building a longhouse, sodhouse, tipi, and more
Pioneer Life in Upper Canada (English and French) Information about pioneer and aboriginal life including the in Upper Canada - includes printable booklet with cloze sentences for students to use with the site
A Pioneer Town
Saskatchewan Settlement Experience - Early pioneers in Saskatchewan, includes primary documents and images for a variety of topics
Upper Canada Village Heritage Park- Life in the 1860's, daily life...
Virtual Museum of Canada - Explore virtual exhibits and interactive learning resources created by Canadian museums and galleries.
Four Directions Teaching (Learn about indigenous knowledge and philosophy from 5 diverse First Nations in Canada)
Wonderville (Build a tipi)
Government of Canada - Kids Stop
Acadia, Lifestyle in the days of our ancestors - Images and information from Acadian Historical Village
Emily’s Journey
Jamie Really Liked To Eat
Woolly’s Gift
The New Schoolhouse
The New School Teacher
Henry Settles in Upper Canada
Other videos
Ontario pioneers (shot at Westfield Pioneer Village) 30:34 min
Early Settler Children (4:48 min)
Canadian Aboriginal History (6:59)
PEOPLE AND ENVIRONMENTS: LIVING AND WORKING IN ONTARIO
OVERALL EXPECTATONS
By the end of Grade 3, students will:
B1. Application: demonstrate an understanding of some key aspects of the interrelationship between the natural environment, land use, employment opportunities, and the development of municipal regions in Ontario
B2. Inquiry: use the social studies inquiry process to investigate some of the environmental effects of different types of land and/or resource use in two or more Ontario municipal regions, as well as some of the measures taken to reduce the negative impact of that use
B3. Understanding Context: describe major landform regions and types of land use in Ontario and some of the ways in which land use in various Ontario municipalities \ addresses human needs and wants, including the need for jobs
Learn More about Ontario:
Kidzone
Ontario Immigration
Ontario Travel - Yours to Discover
Comparing Types of Communities
Premier of Ontario's Kid Zone:
http://www.onzone.ca/english/
What is a Map? (choose Maps)
http://www.tvokids.com/shows/mycanada
http://www.tvokids.com/videos/ontario
Solve the Mystery: http://www.tvokids.com/shows/canadamystery
What is something you did in Ontario this summer?
http://www.tvokids.com/videos/bmxbiking
Maps of Ontario:
http://www.ontario-canada-travel.com/map-of-ontario.html#.Uj-3eCZzbcs
http://geology.com/canada/ontario.shtml
The Great Lakes (choose lakes):
http://www.tvokids.com/shows/mycanada
Canada's Physical Regions:
http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/phillie/InternationalExchange/Canada/Physical%20Regions/Physical_Regions/
Hudson Bay Lowlands:
http://www.pc.gc.ca/docs/v-g/nation/sec4.aspx
http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/Business/Forests/2ColumnSubPage/STDPROD_091131.html
http://www.arctic.uoguelph.ca/cpe/environments/inland_water/hudson.htm
Canadian Shield:
http://www.pc.gc.ca/docs/v-g/nation/sec3.aspx
http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/atlas/themes.aspx?id=canadianlandforms=canadianlandforms_land_shield=En
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands:
http://www.pc.gc.ca/docs/v-g/nation/nation76.aspx
http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/atlas/themes.aspx?id=canadianlandforms=canadianlandforms_land_lakes
Canadian Geographic Atlas for Kids:
http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/cgKidsAtlas/default_en.asp
Interactive site where students can create their own community: City Creator
A visual representation of an urban, suburban and rural community: Types of Communities
Fun facts about Ontario:
http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/kids/fun-facts/default.asp
Online Kids' Dictionary: http://kids.wordsmyth.net/we/
List of Towns in Ontario: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_towns_in_Ontario
List of Cities in Ontario: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Ontario
Map of Cities and Towns in Ontario: http://www.citypopulation.de/Canada-Ontario.html
List of Townships in Ontario: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_townships_in_Ontario
List of Villages in Ontario: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_villages_in_Ontario
Map of Ontario Counties: http://www.mapsofworld.com/canada/provinces/ontario-county-map.html
Information on Ontario's Municipalities: http://www.amo.on.ca/YLG
Information about Toronto's government: http://www.toronto.ca/toronto_facts/government.htm
From Link to Learning:
CanadaInfo: A Tribute to Canada - a collection of information and links about Canada, its land, government, people, and rich culture.
Capital Scramble - identify the provinces and their capital cities in this interactive game
Canada's Treasure Hunt - from TVO Kids - Search for "hidden treasure" as you learn about the provinces and territories of Canada
Interactive Map of Canada - information about the provinces, cities and major attractions appear as you move your cursor over the map