Agriculture: The Heart of Saskatchewan's Past, Present, and Future:

an instructional resource for Grade 4 Social Studies

alt Agriculture 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 a black and white version and a colour version. They can be accessed through the following links:

Download Complete Resource in Colour Version 1.1

Download Colour Version (smaller)

Download Black and White Version

Please note: Version 1.1 of the Heart of Saskatchewan is indeed the newest version of the document. Page 34 and 43 of the original document contained an error in which the word "peas" was misspelled and should have read "pigs".
We appreciate your understanding in correcting this error on any old versions of this document.

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 new Grade 4 Social Studies 2010 Curriculum:

Overview and Outcomes Summary

Resource Tools

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

Activities Rubric

Journal Rubric

Poster Rubric

Individual Lesson Plan Downloads

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

Handouts are available in Microsoft Word format for easy editing displayed directly to the right of the corresponding lesson plan:

Lesson and Handout	Corresponding Editable Handout	Lesson and Handout	Corresponding Editable Handout
Background & Activity		Lesson 11
Lesson 1		Lesson 12
Lesson 2	2.2 Farming in Saskatchewan Handout & Answer Key	Lesson 13
Lesson 3		Lesson 14
Lesson 4	4.3 Foods from Land Matching Handout & Answer Key 4.4 First Nations Word Search Handout & Answer Key	Lesson 15
Lesson 5	5.6 Poster Rubric	Lesson 16	16.2 Sask Agricultural Economy Questions
Lesson 6	6.1 Cultural Groups in Saskatchewan Handout	Lesson 17	17.1 Reflection on Stewardship Handout
Lesson 7	7.3 Guiding Questions	Lesson 18
Lesson 8		Lesson 19
Lesson 9		Lesson 20
Lesson 10		Lesson 21	21.1 Exit Slips