Ontario - Grade 3 - Social Studies - Lessons/Workbook Mega Bundle

This mega bundle provides everything you need to teach all units in the Grade 3 Ontario 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.

Strand A: COMMUNITIES IN CANADA, 1780-1850

Workbook

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• Canada In The Early 1800s
• First Nations Communities
• Wigwam Shelter
• Activity: Build A Wigwam Shelter
• The Mohawk Community
• Longhouse Shelter
• Transportation - Canoes
• Activity – Making A Haida Canoe
• First Nation - Ojibwe
• Story: Lily And The Dreamcatcher
• Activity: Create Your Own Dreamcatcher
• Inuit Communities In Canada
• Labrador Inuit
• Inuit Travel Methods
• French Settlers
• English Settlers In BNA
• Irish Settlers
• The Métis Community
• Métis Daily Life
• The Importance of the Buffalo
• Then and Now – A Community Comparison
• African Canadians
• Freedom and Settlement in Grey County
• The Fur Trade: English vs. French
• Nomadic Settlements
• How Settlers Chose Where To Live
• Cities In Early Canada
• Life As A Settler
• Surviving The Winter: Robert's First Winter
• Smallpox – Challenge for the First Nations
• Conflict – Black Loyalists in Nova Scotia
• Scurvy – How First Nations Helped Settlers
• Role-Play: Conflict And Cooperation In Early Canada
• Treaties
• Newspaper Article: First Nations Sign Land Deal
• Two Row Wampum Belt
• Activity – Making A Wampum Belt
• Four Corners: Life in Early Canada
• Environmental Effects – Clearing Fields, Land Ownership, Garbage and Sewage,
• Memory Game – Life In Early Canada
• Spelling Bee: Early History
• Unit tests
• Answer pages for all activities

Strand B: Living and Working in Ontario

Workbook

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• Ontario’s Communities And Regions
• Municipalities In Ontario
• Activity – Ontario Cities Profile
• Local Government On Reserves
• Role-Play: Local Leaders
• Reading Maps – Text Features
• Natural Resources
• What Are Landforms?
• Activity – Landform Pictionary
• Canadian Shield
• Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands
• Great Lakes
• Hudson Bay Lowlands
• Blog Post: Ontario’s Most Beautiful Nature Spots
• Four Corners: Living In Ontario
• Memory Game: Ontario’s Regions and Landforms
• The Economy – Goods And Services
• Jobs In Different Communities
• Manufacturing Jobs
• Newspaper Article: Ontario’s New EV Plant
• Researching Factories In Ontario’s Cities
• Comparing Jobs In Ottawa Vs Merrickville
• Jobs In Toronto
• Jobs In Dryden
• Comparing Jobs – Research Activity
• Case Study: The Port of Thunder Bay, Ontario
• Summer Jobs In Muskoka
• Word Search – Jobs In Ontario
• Different Land Uses
• Activity: Exploring Land Use In Ontario
• Map Reading: Ontario’s Population Density
• Where People Live In Ontario
• Case Study: Bkejwanong Territory
• Challenges Of City Planning
• Land Use In Toronto
• Comparing Cities - Use of Land - City
• Fact Or Fiction – Land Use
• Town Planning: Build A Community Model
• Story: Guardians Of The Land
• Debate: Building Homes Near Wetlands
• Memory Game – Land And Jobs
• Unit tests
• Answer pages for all activities

Google Lesson Slides

Google Slides Lessons! Ontario Social Studies, Grade 3. This mega bundle also gives you access to both 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.