Social Studies, Grade 4

Unit 1: Geography of Canada

Cluster 1: the shape of Canada — mapping its oceans, landforms, provinces, and territories, and describing its major geographic regions.

• Canada's place in the world
• Oceans, landforms, and waterways
• Provinces, territories, and capitals

• Canada's geographic regions
• What the regions are like

Unit 2: Living in Canada

Cluster 2: being Canadian — symbols and special days, citizenship (including Aboriginal and francophone citizenship), property, power and authority, how government works, and elected leaders.

• Symbols and monuments
• Days that matter

• Being a Canadian citizen
• Being an Aboriginal citizen
• Being a francophone citizen
• Democratic ideals

• Public and private property

• Power in our lives
• Handling conflict and misused power

• Why we have government
• Levels of government
• How government helps
• Manitoba's world connections
• My actions reach the world
• Media and how we see Canada

• Our elected leaders
• Elected Aboriginal representatives
• My community's representatives

Unit 3: Living in Manitoba

Cluster 3: our own province — Manitoba's geography and resources, caring for its environment, its cultural communities (Aboriginal, francophone, and many others), identity, and its artistic and significant places.

• Manitoba's geography
• Traditional knowledge of places
• Manitoba's natural resources

• Caring for Manitoba's environment
• Traditional relationships with the land
• The people of Manitoba

• Cultural communities in Manitoba
• Aboriginal communities in Manitoba
• Connections among Aboriginal communities
• Francophone communities in Manitoba
• Connections among francophone communities

• What shapes my identity
• Elders' teachings
• Cultural heritage and francophone identity

• Manitoban achievements
• Aboriginal achievements
• Francophone achievements
• Significant places in Manitoba

Unit 4: History of Manitoba

Cluster 4: Manitoba's story — early settlement and the Selkirk settlers' interactions with Aboriginal peoples, the people and events that shaped the province, the historical contributions of its communities, and how life has changed.

• Where people settled
• Selkirk settlers and Aboriginal peoples

• People and events of Manitoba

• Contributions of many communities
• Aboriginal contributions to history
• My identity and my community's history
• Francophone contributions to history
• My identity and francophone history

• Settlement's impact on Aboriginal communities
• How Manitoba life has changed

Unit 5: Canada's North

Cluster 5: a northern territory studied — its physical features and resources, how it and its place names have changed (including the creation of Nunavut), the peoples of the North, and northern ways of life including inuksuit.

• The land of the North
• Resources of the North

• Changing place names
• The creation of Nunavut
• Northern life over a century

• Aboriginal contributions in the North
• Languages and cultures of the North
• The people of the North

• The purposes of inuksuit
• Stories of the North