🌎 Grade 5 Social Studies

Units

1. Unit 1

   🪶First Peoples Before Contact

   First Peoples' origin stories and migration theories, the ice age and the land, how diverse Nations lived, led and traded, and why oral tradition matters. The wording says 'some' and 'many' because each Nation is different. This content needs review with Indigenous partners.

   Learning outcome: 5-KI-004, 5-KI-005, 5-KI-006, 5-KL-014, 5-KL-017, 5-KP-046, 5-KE-050, 5-VH-008, 5-VP-014 · First Peoples' stories, cultures, land and leadership before contact

2. Unit 2

   ⛵Exploration and Early Colonies

   European explorers and colonists, daily life and government in Nouvelle-France and Atlantic Canada, the Acadian deportation, the British conquest, and the impact on First Peoples.

   Learning outcome: 5-KI-007, 5-KI-008, 5-KL-018, 5-KL-019, 5-KH-025, 5-KH-026, 5-KH-027, 5-KH-028, 5-KH-029, 5-KH-033, 5-KG-043, 5-KP-047, 5-KP-048, 5-KE-051, 5-VH-009, 5-VH-011, 5-VH-012 · early European colonization of Canada, Nouvelle-France and the Acadian deportation

3. Unit 3

   🛶The Fur Trade and the Red River Métis

   The fur trade, the Hudson's Bay and North West Companies, the people who made it work, and the origins and rise of the Red River Métis. Needs review with Métis partners.

   Learning outcome: 5-KI-009, 5-KL-020, 5-KL-021, 5-KH-030, 5-KH-031, 5-KH-032, 5-KH-034, 5-KH-035, 5-KH-036, 5-KG-044, 5-KP-049, 5-KE-052, 5-KE-053, 5-VI-003, 5-VL-007 · the fur trade, its people and routes, and the Red River Métis

4. Unit 4

   🍁Building Canada: Before and at Confederation

   Pre-Confederation Canada: the Loyalists, the War of 1812, the Selkirk Settlement, the 1837-1838 Rebellions, the road to Confederation and what citizenship meant in 1867 compared with today.

   Learning outcome: 5-KC-001, 5-KC-002, 5-KC-003, 5-KI-010, 5-KI-011, 5-KI-012, 5-KI-013, 5-KL-022, 5-KL-023, 5-KH-037, 5-KH-038, 5-KH-039, 5-KH-040, 5-KH-041, 5-KH-042, 5-KG-045, 5-VH-010 · pre-Confederation events, Confederation and citizenship in 1867

5. Unit 5

   🌍Immigration & Multiculturalism

   Push and pull factors, refugees and citizenship, Canada's multiculturalism policy, and a reading about a family's new start in Canada.

   Learning outcome: 5-KI-010, 5-KI-011, 5-KG-045, 5-VI-006 · migration to Canada and the roots of its multicultural nature

6. Unit 6

   🗺️Regions & Resources

   The natural resources and industries of Canada's regions, how they shape regional identity, and First Peoples' land rights and title.

   Learning outcome: 5-KL-015, 5-VL-007 · Canada's regions, bodies of water and natural resources

7. Unit 7

   🧭Maps, Sources and Fair Thinking

   Reading and building maps with latitude and longitude, telling primary from secondary sources and fact from opinion, comparing points of view, and working fairly with others.

   Learning outcome: 5-S-100, 5-S-101, 5-S-102, 5-S-105, 5-S-202, 5-S-204, 5-S-206, 5-S-207, 5-S-304, 5-S-306, 5-S-307, 5-S-308 · map skills, historical sources, fact and opinion, and working fairly with others