Grade 4 Social Studies
5 units matched to the New Brunswick Curriculum. Kids see this subject as “Our World”.
Learning focus
- Geography: Places and Regions. Explain the importance of major physical features of the world.
- Geography: Human Systems and Interactions. Describe the relationship between humans and the physical environment.
- History: Events and Peoples. Describe the stories of various explorers of land, ocean, space, and ideas.
- History: Sources and Methods. Use primary and secondary source evidence to examine explorations and discoveries.
- Civics: Power and Governance. Describe the political landscape of Canada.
- Civics: Civic Engagement. Discuss contributions to the development of Canada made by citizens and residents.
- Wabanaki: Identity. Discuss Wabanaki cultures and traditions.
- Economics: Systems. Outline population patterns, communication and transportation networks, and employment across Canada.
Units
Unit 1
Canada’s Landform Regions
Practises Canada's seven physiographic regions, including the Appalachian Region where New Brunswick sits, and the major physical features of the world. It follows the Grade 4 social studies skill descriptors on places and regions in the New Brunswick curriculum.
Skill descriptor: Geography: Places and Regions · the importance of major physical features of the world and Canada's seven physiographic regions
Unit 2
Provinces & Regions
Canada's 10 provinces and 3 territories and their capitals, and its physical regions (like the Cordillera, Interior Plains and Canadian Shield) and their natural resources.
Skill descriptor: Civics: Power and Governance · Canada's provinces, territories and regions, and the political landscape of Canada
Unit 3
People & the Land
How rivers, deserts, mountains, forests and Arctic seasons shaped food, homes and travel for societies such as ancient Egypt, Greece, the Haudenosaunee and the Inuit, and how to investigate this with maps and evidence.
Skill descriptor: Geography: Human Systems and Interactions · how people use the land and are affected by the physical environment
Unit 4
Wabanaki Lands & Waters
Practises the districts of Mi’kma’ki and the traditional territories of the Wolastoqiyik and Peskotomuhkatiyik, and Wabanaki Peoples’ relationships with the natural environment. The content is light, in the present tense, and needs review by Wabanaki partners.
Skill descriptor: Geography: Places and Regions, Wabanaki: Identity · the districts of Mi’kma’ki, Wolastoqiyik and Peskotomuhkatiyik territory, and Wabanaki relationships with the land
Unit 5
Explorers & Discoveries
Practises the stories of explorers of land, ocean, space and ideas, how to use primary and secondary sources, and the impact of European exploration. It follows the Grade 4 social studies skill descriptors on history in the New Brunswick curriculum.
Skill descriptor: History: Events and Peoples, History: Sources and Methods · the stories of explorers, evidence from sources, and the impact of European exploration over time
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