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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 3 book is divided into two units:
Communities in Canada, 1780–1850Living and Working in Ontario
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)
Price: $145.00
Pages: 265
Publisher: Portage & Main Press
Imprint: Portage & Main Press
Series: Hands-On Social Studies for Ontario
Publication Date:
15 July 2014
Trim Size: 11.00 X 8.50 in
ISBN: 9781553795131
Format: Spiral-Bound
BISACs:
EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Social Science, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Elementary, EDUCATION / Teaching / Materials & Devices, EDUCATION / Schools / Types / Public, Education, Teachers’ classroom resources and material, Lesson plans, Educational material, Educational: Social sciences, social studies, Educational: Citizenship and social education, Indigenous peoples
Introduction to Hands-On Social Studies, Grade 3 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 Concepts and Expectations 3
- Overall Expectations 3
- Concepts of Social Studies Thinking 3
- Big Ideas 3
- Specific Expectations 3
- Hands-On Social Studies Program Principles 3
- Program Implementation 4
- Program Resources 4
- Introduction to the Unit 4
- Lessons 5
- Accommodating Diverse Learners 6
- Classroom Environment 6
- Planning Units (Time Lines) 7
- Classroom Management 7
- Social Studies Skills: Guidelines for Teachers 7
- Communication 7
- Research 11
Hands-On Social Studies Assessment Plan 12
- The Hands-On Social Studies Assessment Plan 12
- Assessment for Learning 13
- Assessment as Learning 13
- Assessment of Learning 14
- Performance Assessment 14
- Portfolios 15
- Summative Achievement Levels 15
- Important Note for Teachers 15
- References 15
- Social Studies Achievement Chart 16
- Assessment Blackline Masters 18
Strand A: Heritage and Identity Unit 3A: Communities in Canada, 1780–1850 27
- Unit Overview 28
- Curricular Expectations 29
- Concepts of Social Studies Thinking: Success Criteria 31
- Cross-Curricular Connections 32
- Books for Students 33
- Websites 36
- Introduction to the Unit 37
- 1 Launching the Unit: Communities in Canada from 1780 to 1850 39
- 2 Introducing First Nations Peoples 45
- 3 Upper Canada and Lower Canada 55
- 4 Climate, Landscape, and Settlement 64
- 5 Settlers and the Land 69
- 6 Interactions Between the Early Communities in Canada 74
- 7 Comparing Settlement Groups and Their Challenges 82
- 8 The Underground Railroad 88
- 9 Investigating Women’s Lives in Upper Canada and Lower Canada 93
- 10 Needs and Wants: Past and Present 99
- 11 Comparing the Lives of First Nations and Settler Children to Present-Day Children 108
- 12 In a Character’s Life 119
- 13 Canadian Identity 121
- 14 Investigating Artifacts 126
- 15 Culminating Activity: Researching Artifacts 138
- References for Teachers 144
Strand B: People and Environments Unit 3B: Living and Working in Ontario 145
- Unit Overview 146
- Curricular Expectations 147
- Concepts of Social Studies Thinking: Success Criteria 149
- Cross-Curricular Connections 150
- Books for Students 151
- Websites 153
- Introduction to the Unit 155
- 1 Launching the Unit: Natural Environments in Ontario 157
- 2 Mapping Skills 168
- 3 Natural Resources 173
- 4 Land Use 183
- 5 How Land Use Is Related to Human Wants and Needs 192
- 6 Jobs in Ontario 196
- 7 Where People Live in Ontario 199
- 8 Ontario’s Landform Regions 203
- 9 First Nations Communities in Ontario 211
- 10 Representing Ontario 218
- 11 Satellite Images 221
- 12 Ontario Forests 226
- 13 Environmental Issues 232
- 14 Ontario’s Provincial Parks 239
- 15 Culminating Activity: Representing Ontario’s Landform Regions 245
References for Teachers 251
Appendix: Image Banks 253
About the Contributors 265