Global Communities Social Studies Curriculum

About this curriculum

In this resource, students will learn about Global Communities. The resource covers the overall expectations of the Ontario Social Studies curriculum. Lesson topics cover the continents, oceans and other bodies of water, countries, equators, the environment, and daily life around the world. This resource includes detailed lesson plans with vocabulary, teacher talk to get kids thinking and activate their prior knowledge, during the lesson teacher talking prompts and wrap up lesson dialog and ideas. Section One: Setting the Foundation: The first section of this resource is setting the foundational skills for student research. There is a heavy focus on the use of infographics during the Foundation Setting. These are designed to assist students in building the knowledge needed with the use of graphics and text that contains key information. Becoming Explorers 5 lessons Explorer’s Map Observations An Introduction to Global Communities & Global Communities The Continents Bodies of Water & Basic Human Needs Equator and the Environment; Hemispheres and the Poles Extension Activities A) Math: Number Sense - #1 Fractions and Percent and #2 Ordinal Numbers Measurement: Temperature…