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Engaging Students in the Past: Early Societies to 1500 CE
Learning about ancient civilizations can be both fun and meaningful for your Ontario Grade 4 students! Using my new Early Societies to 1500 social studies unit, your class will soon be engaged in learning about the fascinating cultures of the early Anishinaabe and Inuit societies of Canada, as well as Ancient China, Greece, Egypt, and Medieval England. While participating in “Expert Groups” and Knowledge-Building Circles, students will gain valuable insights into these early societies. Each group looks in-depth at one of the early cultures and then shares their newly acquired knowledge with the rest of the class. Along the way, students learn about how each early society’s culture contributed to its development. They compare aspects of life such as the
Engaging Students in the Past: Early Societies to 1500 CE
Learning about ancient civilizations can be both fun and meaningful for your Ontario Grade 4 students! Using my new Early Societies to 1500 social studies unit, your class will soon be engaged in learning about the fascinating cultures of the early Anishinaabe and Inuit societies of Canada, as well as Ancient China, Greece, Egypt, and Medieval England. While participating in “Expert Groups” and Knowledge-Building Circles, students will gain valuable insights into these early societies. Each
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