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J/I Social Studies
Unit Plans

Unit Plan Topics

Grade 4 History

Grade 4 Geography

Grade 5 History

Grade 5 Geography

Grade 6 History

Grade 6 Geography

Grade 7 History

Grade 7 Geography

Grade 8 History

Grade 8 Geography

Grade 6 History

Ministry of Education Overview
Students learn about the main characteristics of North American First Nation cultures, including the close relationship of the First Nation peoples with the natural environment. They investigate the motivating factors for early European exploration and the prevailing attitudes of the explorers.They also examine the positive and negative effects of interactions between European and First Nation peoples,from first Viking contact to the time of permanent European settlement in the early seventeenth century.
Ministry of Education Overall Expectations
By the end of Grade 6,students will:
• describe characteristics of pre-contact First Nation cultures across Canada,including their close relationships with the natural environment; the motivations and attitudes of the European explorers; and the effects of contact on both the receiving and the incoming groups;
• use a variety of resources and tools to investigate different historical points of view about the positive and negative effects of early contact between First Nation peoples and European explorers;
• analyse examples of interaction between First Nation peoples and European explorers to identify and report on the effects of cooperation and the reasons for disagreements between the two groups.

Unit Plans
First Nations Early Explorers S4.doc created by
K. Baulke, M. Brien, L. Crewe, T. Guiler, C. Rota
European Explorers Unit.doc created by
J. Barnett, C. Clark, K. Lumgair
First Nations Peoples.doc created by
M. Brubacher, S. Damil, A. Hall, J.Turgeon