Ontario Grade 4|5 Social Studies | Strand A FRENCH IMMERSION Bundle

Tired of teaching separate lessons to your French Immersion Grade 4/5 social studies class? This blended resource is intended to support split-grade teachers as they teach the Strand A units from the 2018 Ontario Social Studies Curriculum.

• Grade 4: Early Societies, 3000 BCE-1500 CE
• Grade 5: Interactions of Indigenous Peoples and Europeans prior to 1713

This FRENCH IMMERSION version of the original unit contains all student texts and organizers in French, while teacher notes and lesson plans are in English.

PLEASE NOTE: A digital (Google Slides) version of this unit is now available. You can check it out here:

Ontario Grade 4/5 Strand A Social Studies – FRENCH Digital Version

The blended format of this resource allows teachers to teach one lesson to both grades, while still meeting the curriculum expectations in a structured manner. The societies looked at for each grade level are different, but are explored in similar manners.

Part 1

Part 1 centres on the big ideas of the curriculum, with the Early Aztecs being the main focus for Grade 4, while the early Haudenosaunee are the focus for Grade 5. While the Grade 5s MUST study Canada’s Indigenous Peoples, I decided upon the Aztecs for Grade 4 because they are also in North America. This sets up both grades well for Part 2, when they will consider the role that European expansion played in affecting indigenous cultures. Part 1 also looks at other societies:

• Ancient Rome
• Ancient China
• Ancient Greece
• Anishinaabe
• Mi’kmaq

As Part 1 progresses, students took at these and other societies, considering:

• Cause and Consequence
• Primary Evidence
• How to Ask Good Questions
• Environmental Features
• Beliefs & Religions
• Daily Life
• Social Organization
• Geography & Mapping

Part 2

Part 2 was written to address the specific expectations that were included in the 2018 curriculum honouring the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commision. With that focus in mind, this unit concentrates on the experiences of the First Nation, Inuit and Metis cultures in the area of what would eventually become Canada. The Grade 4 curriculum now asks students to learn about “at least one First Nation and one Inuit society” while the Grade 5 curriculum includes the experiences of the Metis society.

Concepts of Social Studies Thinking:

►Interrelationships

►Continuity and Change

►Significance

►Perspectives

Related Products

• Ontario Grade 4/5 Social Studies Strand B | French Immersion Version

• Ontario Grade 4/5 Social Studies Strand A Digital FRENCH Version

• Ontario Grade 4|5 Social Studies Strand B | Digital FRENCH Version

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