Description

Ontario Grade 5 Social Studies Units

Teach Grade 5 social studies without building it from scratch. Choose the unit you need from the list: each one is a complete, inquiry-based unit aligned to the Ontario Grade 5 Social Studies curriculum, with lesson plans, activities and assessments ready to go.

Use a unit as your full plan for that strand, as extra material alongside your own lessons, or as review before an assessment.

Interactions of Indigenous Peoples and Europeans

Strand: Heritage and Identity

Students learn about 10 Indigenous groups before contact, their interactions with each other and with Europeans before 1713, and the effects of that contact.

What’s included

• Detailed teacher notes and lesson plans
• Map reading and comparison of Indigenous groups
• Lessons on European explorers and settlement
• Historical timeline activity
• Guided research article, task cards and curated research links
• Designed to run in 8–10 weeks

Why teachers use it

• Saves you hours of lesson planning and prep
• Ready to teach: every lesson is laid out for you
• Keeps students engaged through hands-on inquiry
• Built-in assessments to track student progress
• Aligned to the Ontario Grade 5 Social Studies curriculum

Role of Government and Responsible Citizenship

Strand: People and Environments

Students learn how Canadian government works and what responsible citizenship looks like, through elections, case studies and real-life examples.

What’s included

• Election dramatizations
• Original student-friendly texts
• Case studies and real-life examples
• Hands-on and collaborative learning tasks
• Exit cards, comprehension questions and tests
• Inquiry projects

Why teachers use it

• Saves you hours of lesson planning and prep
• Ready to teach: every lesson is laid out for you
• Keeps students engaged through hands-on inquiry
• Built-in assessments to track student progress
• Aligned to the Ontario Grade 5 Social Studies curriculum

Want both units?

The Ignited Teaching membership includes both Grade 5 social studies units, plus every other subject and grade from 3 to 6. See membership options →