BC Social Studies Grade 5 Full Year Bundle

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Grade 5 – British Columbia (BC) Social Studies Curriculum – Canadian Issues and Governance. This product was created to cover the elaborations and big ideas in the British Columbia (BC) Social Studies Grade 5 Curriculum – Canadian Issues and Governance.

There are 256 activity sheets that cover the learning standards in the social studies curriculum. This unit contains readings, assignments, hands-on activities, fill in the blanks, multiple choice, true/false, and more!

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Some of the concepts that are covered:

• Canada’s changing identity
• Multiculturalism in Canada
• Canada – A Peacekeeping Nation
• Immigration to Canada – Push and Pull Factors
• Clifford Sifton – Immigration to Canada
• Immigration Act – 1905
• Chinese Head Tax and the Chinese Railroad Workers – The Last Spike
• Anti-Asian Riots
• Canada – Changing Populations in Provinces and Cities
• Activity – Graphing population changes
• The Numbered Treaties
• First Nations loss of land
• Indian Act – Indian Status and the impact of the Indian Act
• Residential Schools – Impact on survivors
• Activity – Role play about Residential Schools
• Intergenerational trauma from Residential Schools
• What is reconciliation?
• Discrimination – Komagata Maru, Japanese internments and Doukhobours in Canada
• Citizenship and mock citizenship test
• Rights and responsibilities in Canada
• Charter of Rights and Freedoms
• Collective rights – Indigenous rights and Language rights
• Metis National Council
• Representative Democracy versus Direct Democracy
• Activity – acting out representative versus direct democracy
• Participation in democracy
• Levels of government
• Activity – sorting responsibilities
• Activity – plan of action: letter to the municipal government
• Provincial government – leaders and their responsibilities
• Federal government – leaders and their responsibilities
• Election process – federal and provincial
• Political parties in Canada
• Indigenous self-governments
• Governments wanting input from citizens
• Taking action – protest movements
• Land-use claims – Indigenous issues
• Coastal GasLink Pipeline
• Natural resources in Canada and BC
• Resource towns in Alberta and in BC
• Economic sectors – primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary sectors
• 3 Unit Tests
• Answer pages for all activities

This is a comprehensive unit that will save you hours of planning! It has been tested and found effective in helping students achieve the learning standards in the social studies curriculum.