🌎 Grade 4 Social Studies

Units

1. Unit 1

   🗺️Provinces, Territories & Capitals

   Practises locating Canada's provinces, territories and capital cities, naming the three oceans, Manitoba's neighbours, and using cardinal and intermediate directions on a map.

   Learning outcome: 4-KL-015, 4-KL-019, 4-S-207 · Manitoba's place in Canada, provinces, territories and capitals, and directions on a map

2. Unit 2

   ⛰️Canada's Regions

   Practises the geographic regions of Canada, such as the Western Cordillera, the Interior Plains and the Canadian Shield, what each is like, and major landforms and bodies of water.

   Learning outcome: 4-KL-016, 4-KL-017, 4-KL-018, 4-VL-005 · geographic regions of Canada, their landforms and climate, and major lakes, rivers and oceans

3. Unit 3

   🏛️Citizens & Governments

   Practises Canadian and Manitoba symbols, days important to Canadians and Manitobans, democratic ideals, and the municipal, provincial and federal levels of government and their leaders.

   Learning outcome: 4-KC-001, 4-KC-002, 4-KC-003, 4-KP-041, 4-KP-042, 4-KP-043 · symbols and special days, democratic ideals, and the purposes and levels of government

4. Unit 4

   🦬Manitoba's Land & Resources

   Practises Manitoba's geography: its lakes, rivers and cities, neighbours, natural resources, where people live, and caring for the environment.

   Learning outcome: 4-KL-020, 4-KL-021, 4-KL-022, 4-KL-023 · geographic features, natural resources and population of Manitoba, and environmental stewardship

5. Unit 5

   🎶Manitoba's Peoples & Cultures

   Practises the First Nations, Métis, Inuit, francophone and many other cultural communities of Manitoba, their languages, arts and festivals, and respectful ways to learn about one another.

   Learning outcome: 4-KI-005, 4-KI-006, 4-KI-007, 4-KI-008, 4-KI-010 · cultural communities in Manitoba, their artistic achievements, and First Nations, Métis, Inuit and francophone communities

6. Unit 6

   🛶Manitoba's Story

   Practises the story of how Manitoba grew: the fur trade, the Selkirk settlers, the Métis and Louis Riel, how the land shaped where people settled, and how life has changed.

   Learning outcome: 4-KL-026, 4-KL-027, 4-KH-033, 4-KH-035 · how the land shaped settlement, stories of the Selkirk settlers and people who shaped Manitoba, and change over time