Social Studies

This year in Social Studies our focus is on Canadian history, from the end of the last ice age until Confederation in 1867.  Yes, that is a HUGE expanse of time, but this is honestly one of my most favourite things to teach! In our first few classes we have talked a lot about what 'makes up' the subject of Social Studies, where we get our information from, and terminology we will be using in our class the entire school year.  A large part of our studies this year will be focused on Indigenous history and our First Nations, as these groups were here long before Europeans ever set foot on this land. We discussed as a class which words we will not be using, and why we shouldn't use them (not only because of the racist overtones, but also because of the historical inaccuracies).  It was an interesting discussion!  Ask your child what big word we're going to be using this year!

Our first area of study, as we'll move chronologically, will be the last ice age! We're activating what we already know (or we think we know) about the ice age; we had a good laugh about the kids not just relying on the movie Ice Age for their information!

Our various sources of information

Our ice age graffiti exercise