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UPDATED TO MEET THE 2018 CURRICULUM

Teach your split grade 4 and grade 5’s with this inquiry-based split grade unit on Indigenous people and Europeans and Early societies. Teach two separate curriculums during one period with this complete unit in an easy and manageable way.

Grade 4

1) Identify and locate the major early societies on a map and timeline.

2)Compare the daily life of two or more early societies.

3) Identify the environmental features in early societies

4) Identify how the environment impacts the daily life of early societies.

Grade 5

This unit includes two small inquiry activities and a consolidation activity.

1) Students will research about a First Nations Community in the Great Lakes region or Eastern Canada.

2) Students will research ways in which Europeans had contact with the First Nations

3) students will look at the benefits and consequences of contact with the First Nations

Lessons are primarily inquiry based with some direct instruction activities. All inquiry activities are designed to meet your students comfort level with inquiry. These can easily be completed as a whole group, small group or individually.

Other Activities Include

Original shared/model reading activity on the Haudenosaunee,

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This unit is included in a bundle with my grade 5 unit. If you are interested in my combined 4/5 unit please see this here.

4/5 Combined Unit.

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NOTE to BUYERS:

due to the inquiry nature of this product many research materials that are referenced are from online sources. Due to copyright issues I cannot include them in this product. Links are provided for easy reference. Teachers are encouraged to download and print these resources and to utilize the many materials that are already in your schools from grades 3 and 6 and from local and school libraries.

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Other Grade 5 Resources

4/5 Long Range Plans.

Social Studies Through Inquiry: Government.

Mastering Math Sheets: Addition and Subtraction.

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⭐Meets the 2023 Curriculum Requirements!!⭐