Alberta - Grade 4 - Social Studies - Lessons/Workbook Mega Bundle
This mega bundle provides everything you need to teach all units in the Grade 4 Alberta 2024 Social Studies Curriculum. With your purchase, you will receive lesson slides that follow the 3-Part lesson format, engaging your students from start to finish. You will also receive the workbooks, which contain fun activities and worksheets for your students to demonstrate their understanding.
Time and Place Unit
Workbook
Some of the concepts that are covered:
- Understanding Political Boundaries
- Activity: Comparison of Historical Maps of Canada
- Reasons for European Exploration
- European Explorers: John Cabot, Jacques Cartier, Samuel de Champlain
- Story: Why My Settlements Failed By Jacques Cartier
- Case Study: Permanent French Settlements Port-Royal and Montreal
- Activity: Settlement Building Challenge
- Role-Play: Early Settlements
- Building Alliances: A Letter from Samuel de Champlain
- Imperialism and Colonization
- French Colonies and British Colonies
- Story: The Lavigne Family's Adventure in Quebec
- Alliances and Treaties Between First Nations
- Role-Play: First Nations and Europeans
- Colonies and Home Countries
- Blog Post: Perspectives on Colonization
- Timeline: French Colonies in Canada
- Activity: Timeline of French Colonies
- Why Colonists Came to the New World
- Case Study: Colonists and Educational Systems
- Snowman – Colonial Vocabulary
- The Fur Trade
- Two Row Wampum Belt
- Spelling Bee: Colonial Terms
- Shifting Control: From France to Britain in Canada
- Story: The French Colonists under British Rule
- The Royal Proclamation of 1763
- The Quebec Act
- Blog Post: Impact of Proclamation and Act
- Fact Sheet: Wars and Treaties in Europe
- Treaty of Paris, 1763
- Memory Game: Acts and Treaties of Canada
- Newspaper Article: Loyalists and the War
- Impact of Loyalists on Canada
- Four Corners Activity: Loyalists and Immigration
- Mapping: Migration and Immigration to Canada
- Newspaper Article: War of 1812
- Fact or Fiction – European Exploration
- Confederation and Nation Building
- Activity: Confederation Debate
- Unit Test
- Answer Pages For All Activities
Systems Unit
Workbook
Some of the concepts that are covered:
- Introduction to Canadian Government
- Activity: Canadian Government Timeline
- British North America Act of 1867
- Case Study: Mary Simon and Her Roles
- Leading Canada: A Letter from Justin Trudeau
- Role-Play: Prime Minister and Governor General
- Federal Government
- Provincial Government
- Chart: Federal & Provincial Government Roles
- Blog Post: Language Rights in Canada
- Four Corners Activity: Language Rights
- Story: How Canada Became a Democracy
- Fact or Fiction – Canada’s Democracy
- Memory Game: Canadian Government
- The Fur Trade
- The Hudson’s Bay Company
- Voyageurs - Northwest Trading Company
- Newspaper Article: Expanding the Fur Trade
- Story: A Day at the Trading Post
- Activity: Trading Post Creation
- Fact Sheet: Roles in the Fur Trade
- Role-Play: The Fur Trade
- Case Study: Thanadelthur's Role in the Fur Trade
- Cultural Exchange and Knowledge Sharing
- Story: Little Eagle and the Strange Sickness
- Interview: Reliance on European Goods
- Word Search – Trading Goods
- Blog Post: Fur Trade and Changes in Ways of Living
- Fact or Fiction – Exploring the Fur Trade
- Economic Growth from the Fur Trade
- Spelling Bee: The Fur Trade
- Unit Test
- Answer Pages For All Activities
Citizenship Unit
Workbook
Some of the concepts that are covered:
- What is Citizenship?
- Activity: Mock Citizenship Test Simulation
- Mock Citizenship Test
- Story: Sarah's Journey of Belonging in Canada
- Pictionary – Citizenship Responsibilities
- Story: Lily's Active Participation in Society
- Story: Lily's Active Participation in Society
- Simulate Active Citizenship - Electing Class President
- Role-Play: Community Helpers
- Rights and Responsibilities
- Matching Game: Rights and Responsibilities
- Blog Post: Respecting Others' Rights
- Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms
- Four Corners Activity: Rights and Responsibilities
- Role-Play: Respecting Rights
- How Non-Violent Protests Changed Canada
- Case Study: The 2017 Anti-Islam Rally in Toronto
- Newspaper Article: Loss of Freedom
- Timeline: Rights and Freedoms in Canada
- Fact Sheet: How to Stop Discrimination and Inequality
- Fact or Fiction – Discrimination and Inequality
- Case Study: Viola Desmond and the Fight for Equal Rights
- Word Search – Rights, Freedoms & Responsibilities
- Unit Test
- Answer Pages For All Activities
Google Lesson Slides
Google Slides Lessons! Alberta Social Studies, Grade 4. This mega bundle also gives you access to all 3 of the Google Slides lessons. Click on the individual units to see a full preview of the Google Slides lessons.
We have structured these lessons to follow the popular 3-Part Lesson format. By using these lessons, you will be provided with learning goals, discussion questions, relevant YouTube videos, interactive slides, exit cards, and more. Check out the variety of activities you'll receive below.
Part 1: Minds On!
- Learning Goals
- Discussion Questions
- Polls/Surveys
- Picture Prompts
- Jokes and Riddles
- Relevant Quotes
Part 2: Action!
- Interactive Activities
- Drag and Drop
- Fill in the Blanks
- Matching
- Sorting
- Polls/Surveys and Graphing
- Embedded YouTube Videos
Part 3: Consolidation
- Exit Cards
- 3-2-1 Reflections
- One Word Reflections
- Act It Out!
- Quick Draw
- One Sentence Summary
After purchasing this resource, you will be able to download copies of the Google Slides for the three different units to your Google Drive. From there, you can complete these lessons with your class, and/or assign these slides in Google Classroom.