Are you a Grade 5/6 Ontario teacher tired of teaching two separate social studies units? This Canada’s Actions at Home and in the Global Community resource is a split Grade 5/6 inquiry-based unit meant to support the revised 2018 Strand B Ontario Social Studies Curriculum for Grade 5 and Grade 6.
ON NOV. 17, 2021 A MODIFIED COMPONENT WAS ADDED TO THE END OF THIS UNIT. IF YOU PURCHASED THIS UNIT BEFORE THAT DATE, PLEASE REDOWNLOAD NOW!
This resource blends the content from:
- Grade 5 Role of Government and Responsible Citizenship
- Grade 6 Canada’s Interactions with the Global Community .
NOTE – RELATED PRODUCTS:
- This unit is a companion resource for the digital version of my Strand B resource, available here.
- This resource is also available as part of a Strand B printable (PDF) + digital bundle, available here.
- This resource is ALSO available as part of a full year Strand A and Strand B Printable (PDF) and Digital Bundle, available here.
The entire unit revolves around the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, as students explore how these rights are protected or violated in Canada and in the global community.
This 187 page resource is structured so that teachers are able to teach ONE lesson to both grades, using an inquiry approach. Both grades are examining how governments, organizations and individuals are active participants who deal with important issues. Students and teacher learn together about the issues surrounding the Syrian Refugee Crisis, and examine how the Canadian government and NGOs deal with these issues on the global stage (meeting Grade 6 expectations) and how federal, provincial/territorial, and municipal governments, groups and individual citizens work together to help the Syrian refugees who have come to settle in Canada (Grade 5 expectations).
Students then form Expert Groups to examine other issues. Both Grade 5 and Grade 6 students look at the overall themes of a) Education, b) Clean Water, and c) Disaster Response. However, Grade 5 students explore how Canada and Canadians respond to the topic within Canada (ie. First Nations Water Issues) while the Grade 6 students explore the same topic internationally (ie. Clean Water for Haiti). NOTE: In February 2021 a 7th topic was added: Covid-19 Pandemic. This topic is not specifically directed at either specific grade, but could be best used with a high-functioning groups of students from both or either grades
Students learn to look at the people, places, and events surrounding these issues as they:
✔ determine which people, places, and events are most significant.
✔ explore the causes and consequences of events and actions.
✔ learn about the interrelationships between levels of government, NGOs, and individual Canadian citizens.
✔ explore issues from various perspectives.
✔ explore patterns and trends to see similarities between the issues.
A key component of this unit are the Knowledge Building Circles where the Expert Groups come together to share information and ideas, and to build on the ideas of one another. The joyful part of this is that YOU don’t need to be the source of all knowledge; you’re part of the learning journey.
This unit includes:
• 19 complete three-part lesson plans
• Video links
• Age-appropriate student texts for each topic
• QR codes for students to access additional sources easily, if technology is available
• Assessment information
• Learning Goal Posters
• Success Criteria Posters for the Concepts of Disciplinary Thinking
• Flipbook templates and examples
• NEW: A modified booklet with simpler vocabulary and tasks has been added to this unit!
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