Grade Five Social Studies

1. Planning and Teaching the Course
2. Identity - Unit 1 Overview
   • Location and Physical Features
   • Canadian Symbols
   • Contemporary Canadian People
3. Heritage - Unit 2 Overview
   • Learning About the Past
   • Canada's First Peoples
   • Explorers, Fur Traders and the Métis Peoples
   • Building a Nation: Immigration, Confederation, the Canadian Pacific Railway, the Treaties, and the Wars
4. Interdependence - Unit 3 Overview
   • Canadian Resources and Industries
   • Agriculture and Related Industries
   • Canada's Economy
5. Decision Making - Unit 4 Overview
   • The Federal Government Makes Decisions
   • People Make Decisions