Social Studies Resources
This list includes resources divided into the major categories covered in the Ontario Curriculum for Social Studies, History and Geography. Use the menu to browse the categories.
The following lesson planning resources cover more than one of the subjects:
- Hands on Social Studies Grade 1 | Grade 2 | Grade 3 | Grade 4 | Grade 5 | Grade 6
- Nelson Social Studies Grade 3 | Grade 4 | Grade 5 | Grade 6
- Ginn Social Studies Grade 1 | Grade 2
- Nelson Literacy Grade 2 | Grade 3 | Grade 4 | Grade 5 | Grade 6
- Tapestry Grade 4 | Grade 5 | Grade 6
- Social Studies Through Literature
Including lessons using the following picture books:
Subjects by Grade
| Grade | Strand A: Heritage and Identity | Strand B: People and Environments |
| 1 | Our changing roles and responsibilities | The local community |
| 2 | Changing family and community traditions | Global communities |
| 3 | Communities in Canada 1780-1850 | Living and working in Ontario |
| 4 | Early societies (3000 BCE-1500 CE) | Political and physical regions in Canada |
| 5 | First Nations and Europeans in New France and early Canada | The role of government and responsible citizenship |
| 6 | Communities in Canada, past and present | Canada in the global community |
| Grade | Geography | History |
| 7 | Physical patterns in a changing world | New France and British North America, 1713-1800 |
| Natural resources around the world: use and sustainability | Canada, 1800-1850: conflict and challenges | |
| 8 | Global settlement: patterns and sustainability | Creating Canada, 1850-1890 |
| Global inequalities: economic development and quality of life | Canada, 1890-1914: a changing society |