Social Studies- Grade Three
FIRST TERM
PEOPLE AND ENVIRONMENTS: LIVING AND WORKING IN ONTARIO
Application: demonstrate an understanding of some key aspects of the interrelationship between the natural environment, land use, employment opportunities, and the development of municipal regions in Ontario (FOCUS ON: Interrelationships; Patterns and Trends)
Inquiry: use the social studies inquiry process to investigate some of the environmental effects of different types of land and/or resource use in two or more Ontario municipal regions, as well as some of the measures taken to reduce the negative impact of that use (FOCUS ON: Cause and Consequence; Perspective)
Understanding Context: describe major land form regions and types of land use in Ontario and some of the ways in which land use in various Ontario municipalities addresses human needs and wants, including the need for jobs (FOCUS ON: Significance)
PEOPLE AND ENVIRONMENTS: LIVING AND WORKING IN ONTARIO
Application: demonstrate an understanding of some key aspects of the interrelationship between the natural environment, land use, employment opportunities, and the development of municipal regions in Ontario (FOCUS ON: Interrelationships; Patterns and Trends)
Inquiry: use the social studies inquiry process to investigate some of the environmental effects of different types of land and/or resource use in two or more Ontario municipal regions, as well as some of the measures taken to reduce the negative impact of that use (FOCUS ON: Cause and Consequence; Perspective)
Understanding Context: describe major land form regions and types of land use in Ontario and some of the ways in which land use in various Ontario municipalities addresses human needs and wants, including the need for jobs (FOCUS ON: Significance)
SECOND TERM
HERITAGE AND IDENTITY: COMMUNITIES IN CANADA, 1780–1850
Application: compare ways of life among some specific groups in Canada around the beginning of the nineteenth century, and describe some of the changes between that era and the present day (FOCUS ON: Continuity and Change; Perspective)
Inquiry: use the social studies inquiry process to investigate some of the major challenges that different groups and communities faced in Canada from around 1780 to 1850, and key measures taken to address these challenges (FOCUS ON: Significance; Cause and Consequence)
Understanding Context: identify some of the communities in Canada around the beginning of the nineteenth century, and describe their relationships to the land and to each other (FOCUS ON: Interrelationships)
Application: compare ways of life among some specific groups in Canada around the beginning of the nineteenth century, and describe some of the changes between that era and the present day (FOCUS ON: Continuity and Change; Perspective)
Inquiry: use the social studies inquiry process to investigate some of the major challenges that different groups and communities faced in Canada from around 1780 to 1850, and key measures taken to address these challenges (FOCUS ON: Significance; Cause and Consequence)
Understanding Context: identify some of the communities in Canada around the beginning of the nineteenth century, and describe their relationships to the land and to each other (FOCUS ON: Interrelationships)
Social Studies Links
Living and Working on Ontario
Information about Ontario
Ontario tourism site
Historical Ontario tourism video
Welcome to Ontario video clip
TRCA--The Living City TV
What is a Map? (choose Maps)
http://www.tvokids.com/shows/mycanada
Maps of Ontario: http://www.ontario-canada-travel.com/map-of-ontario.html#.Uj-3eCZzbcs
http://geology.com/canada/ontario.shtml
Countryside Investigators
Ontario Watersheds
Canada's Physical Regions: http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/phillie/InternationalExchange/Canada/Physical%20Regions/Physical_Regions/
Learn about landforms
Ontario's Physical Regions:
Hudson Bay Lowlands:
http://www.pc.gc.ca/docs/v-g/nation/sec4.aspx
http://www.ontario.ca/page/forest-regions
http://www.arctic.uoguelph.ca/cpe/environments/inland_water/hudson.htm
Canadian Shield:
http://www.pc.gc.ca/docs/v-g/nation/sec3.aspx
http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/atlas/themes.aspx?id=canadianlandforms&sub=canadianlandforms_land_shield&lang=En
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands:
http://www.pc.gc.ca/docs/v-g/nation/nation76.aspx
http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/atlas/themes.aspx?id=canadianlandforms&sub=canadianlandforms_land_lakes
Canadian Geographic Atlas for Kids
Fun facts about Ontario: http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/kids/fun-facts/default.asp
Online Kids' Dictionary: http://kids.wordsmyth.net/we/
List of Towns in Ontario: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_towns_in_Ontario
List of Cities in Ontario: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Ontario
Map of Cities and Towns in Ontario: http://www.citypopulation.de/Canada-Ontario.html
List of Townships in Ontario: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_townships_in_Ontario
List of Villages in Ontario: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_villages_in_Ontario
Map of Ontario Counties: http://www.mapsofworld.com/canada/provinces/ontario-county-map.html
Information on Ontario's Municipalities: http://www.amo.on.ca/YLG
Information about Toronto's government
Video clip about natural resources
Video about natural resources
Quiz about natural resources
Find a farm in Ontario
Egg Farmers of Ontario
From Farm to Table
A fishing community: Norfolk County
Map of Norfolk county
Automotive Industry clip
Manufacturing in Ontario:
http://www.investinontario.com/en/Pages/OS_automotive.aspx
Oshawa GM Plant clip
Living in Oshawa:
http://www.oshawa.ca/eco_dev/bus_serv.asp
List of Automobile Assembly Plants in Southern Ontario
Did you know that Rockets are made in Ontario?
World's Largest Salt Mine
http://www.thestar.com/news/2014/08/11/the_world_s_largest_salt_mine.html
Ontario Forestry Industry
Forests Ontario
Ports in Ontario
Ontario Mining Association
Information from Ontario Mining Association
career - mining
Jobs - mining
Videos - mining
Perspectives on Urban Spraw
A perspective on Urban Sprawl
Information about the Ontario Greenbelt
Where Should I Live in Ontario?
Living in the Niagara Region
A travel brochure from Bruce Peninsula
City Creator create your own community
Types of Communities A visual representation of an urban, suburban and rural community.
Communities in Canada, 1780-1850
Kahnawake Survival School Traditional Lacrosse Gameurvival School Traditional Lacrosse Game 2015
Homes of the Past: The Archaeology of an Iroquoian Longhouse
Canada Info: Information about First Nations
The Kids' Site of Canadian Settlement
Eastern Woodland Farmers
Eastern Woodland Hunters
The Metis--A New Nation
Watch a clip: What is a Metis?
Information About The Metis
Historical Maps of Canada
The Anishinabe Nation
Kid's Site of Canadian settlement build a longhouse, sodhouse, tipi
Four Directions Teaching (Learn about indigenous knowledge and philosophy from 5 diverse First Nations in Canada)
Crawford Lake: Iroquoian Village
Crawford Lake: Longhouse
Crawford Lake: Life in the Longhouse
Crawford Lake: The Discovery
Construction of the Deer Clan Longhouse
Government of Canada - Kids Stop
Early First Nations Tools Information
Tools Used by the Plains People
Early Days--The Homesteaders in Western Canada
Video clip about Red River Settlement
Video clip about The Selkirk Settlers--Multicultural Community
Video clip about The Selkirk Settlers--Wintering Camp
Loyalists
Slavery in Canada
video clip about the Underground Railroad
Underground Railroad
National Geographic Information about Underground Railroad
Digital Story: Secrets and Codes of the Underground Railroad
Story about the Underground Railroad
Links to information about the Underground Railroad
Pathway to Freedom
Information About Lower Canada
Lower Canada--from The Canadian Encyclopedia
Information About The Seigneurial System
clip about The Seigneurial System
L'agriculture en Nouvelle-France vers 1745--clip is in French
Syndenham Discovery: Choose your own adventure
Video on Life in Early Canada--Emily's Journey
Video on life in Early Canada--Jamie Really Liked to Eat
Video on life in Early Canada--Woolly's Gift
Video on life in Early Canada--The New Schoolhouse
Video on life in Early Canada--The New School Teacher
Video on life in Early Canada--Henry Settles in Upper Canada
Video on life in Early Canada--Homesteading on the Prairies
visit to the tinsmith's shop at Black Creek Pioneer Village
visit to the printer's shop at Black Creek Pioneer Village
More video clips from Black Creek Pioneer Village
Life for early settler children from Thunder Bay Museum
Daily Life in Upper Canada from TPL
Information from Black Creek Pioneer Village
Black Creek Pioneer Village Buildings
Pioneer Life in Upper Canada
Early settlers in Vaughan
Canadian Museum of History - Canada Hall
Upper Canada Village