Hands-On Social Studies for Ontario, Grade 5

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 5 book is divided into two units:

First Nations and Europeans in New France and Early Canada
The Role of Government and Responsible Citizenship

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)