Social Studies Grades K-4

Click on one of the picture galleries to learn about the fields and gardens, old buildings, trades and customs.

Bella Morrisseau Whiskeyjack, a nine-year-old from the Saddle Lake Cree First Nation in Alberta, shares her story about Treaty 6 and life on the reserve.

Resources for students to explore three Canadian communities. If you click the links, there is a sign-in prompt -- but you can bypass the sign-in by clicking the image instead and you will be able to access all the Google slides associated with that image

The flag of Nunavut has one on it and if you visit northern Canada, you’ll probably run into quite a few of them. It's an inukshuk (say "i-NOOK-shook") and you might be surprised at the many uses Inuit people have for them.

A 2.5 minute animated video from CBC Kids News that explains what the word Indigenous means and how we use it.

Gabrielle and Elise help you learn the provinces of CANADA! Using glitter and Play-Doh, they make the most sparkly Canadian map in the World!

In this episode of My Canada, we learn about Inukshuit (plural for Inukshuk).

In this episode of My Canada, we learn how to read a map

A fun little video that teaches students the names of the provinces and territories in Canada

Learn about the people who live in the Northern part of Canada. You'll also learn about geography and characteristics of their environment.

Bebe and Mo visit Canada's Territories where they build an inukshuk with inuk sculptor Naulaq, while Gavin visits his friend Bella the beluga in the Northwest Territories.

A lesson plan for K-4 students from the Rupertsland Institute that uses Bannock as the medium for exploring Métis ideas of identity and community

A lesson plan for early elementary students from the Rupertsland Institute that explores Métis ideas of identity and community

Four days before having to leave her family and home for residential school, Shi-Shi-Etko learns how important it is to hold on to her memories.

In this video we will learn all about the different types of communities for kids. We will learn about Urban, Suburban and Rural communities and learn how to identify the characteristics of each kind of community.

Learn about three types of areas where people live: urban, suburban and rural communities. Learn the differences between these communities and discover what type of community YOU live in!

A lesson plan from Ontario for teaching students about the characteristics of rural and urban communities.

Being a blacksmith was a very important job in Canada a long time ago. Blacksmiths could make things out of metal and they could fix things that were broken.

What kept people busy a long time ago? What type of things did people have to do that we don't do anymore?

This site encourages you to engage in the process of setting up a pioneer camp site.

Chef Jonathan Collins visits the Kortright Centre to gain a firsthand experience of maple tapping and how sap turns into syrup.

Let's take a trip back in time and learn about what life was like for kids way back in the 1800s. What kind of challenges did those kids have? Would you have wanted to be a kid 150 years ago?

Learn about how the job of farmers in Canada a long time ago. They had to clear the land and get it ready for growing crops.

Lesson activities and projects for students to explore a Canadian community from long ago. If you click the links, there is a sign-in prompt -- but you can bypass the sign-in by clicking the image instead and you will be able to access all the Google slides associated with that image

Learn about how early settlers in Canada made different types of bread that they ate.

Caleb Musgrave demonstrates how to gather maple sugar the traditional Anishinaabe way.

This 30 minute video introduces students to what life was like in Ontario for settlers in the early years of Canada

In this video, you'll learn about wampum which is a type of picture used to help people remember rules they make. Wampum has been used in Canada for a very long time!

In this short film, you will see what it was like for children to live in Canada more than 100 years ago