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Grade 4 Social Studies Resource

Agriculture: The Heart of Saskatchewan's Past, Present, and Future: an instructional resource for Grade 4 Social Studies

altAgriculture in the Classroom is proud to share the the instructional resource, "Agriculture: The Heart of Saskatchewan's Past, Present and Future" with educators across the province.

Developed in consultation with teachers, this 21 lesson unit provides the outcomes & indicators, activities and evaluation tools Saskatchewan teachers need to teach this interesting and vital topic in their classrooms.
 

Complete Resource

This resource is available in currently available in colour! (Note: it's a large file so will take some time to download - but it's large because we wanted to make a resource that you wouldn't have to search elsewhere for background information or hand-outs! This resource contains everything you need to successfully meet many of the outcomes in Grade 4 Social Studies!) 

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Resource Overview

The unit overview and lesson plans/outcomes matrix explains how this resource is set up and how it connects the outcomes and
indicators to the renewed Grade 4 Social Studies Curriculum:

Overview and Outcomes Summary

Book and Website Recommendations

Resource Tools

The assessment tools are also available in Microsoft Word format for easy editing:

Assessment Rubrics (pdf)

Journal Rubric (word)

Poster Rubric (word)

Activities Rubric (word)

Individual Lesson Plan Downloads

The resource is also available to download by individual lesson plan.

Some of the student handouts are available in Microsoft Word format for easy editing. These are displayed directly to the right of the corresponding lesson plan:
 


Lesson and Handout Corresponding Editable Handout Lesson and Handout   Corresponding Editable Handout
Background & Introductory Activity   Lesson 11: Grains of Saskatchewan    
Lesson 1: What is Farming   Lesson 12: Saskatchewan Grain Elevators    
Lesson 2: Agriculture in Saskatchewan 2.2 Farming in Saskatchewan Handout & Answer Key Lesson 13: Early Tools of Agriculture    
Lesson 3: Geography in Saskatchewan   Lesson 14: The Farm Equipment Explosion    
Lesson 4: First Nations in Saskatchewan

4.3 Foods from Land Matching Handout& Answer Key

4.4 First Nations Word Search Handout & Answer Key

Lesson 15: Types of Farms in Saskatchewan    
Lesson 5: Metis Agriculture in Saskatchewan   Lesson 16: Saskatchewan's Agriculture Economy   16.2 Sask Agricultural Economy Questions
Lesson 6: The Settler of Saskatchewan 6.1 Cultural Groups in Saskatchewan Handout Lesson 17: Stewardship: The Responsibility of Taking Good Care of the Resources Entrusted to Us   17.1 Reflection on Stewardship Handout
Lesson 7: Early European Agriculture in Saskatchewan 7.3 Guiding Questions Lesson 18: Farm Stewardship in Saskatchewan    
Lesson 8: Home Sweet Home: Settlements in Saskatchewan   Lesson 19: A Visit to a Saskatchewan Grain Elevator    
Lesson 9: Early Beginnings of Wheat   Lesson 20: A Day in the Life of a Farmer    
Lesson 10: Wheat and the Settlement of Canada   Lesson 21: Where in the World   21.1 Exit Slips
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