New Brunswick · Grade 4
Social Studies, Grade 4
New Brunswick’s Grade 4 social studies course, from Exploration to Exploring the Landscapes of Canada.
- Units
- 4
- Lessons
- 11
- Skills
- 19
- Provincial exam
- None
- Official curriculum
- curriculum.nbed.ca
Unit by unit
Every skill in the course, with its official code.
Unit 1 · 2 skills
Exploration
What Is Exploration?
What it means to explore
I can explain what exploration means and give an example of my own exploring.
Official code: 4.1.1
Types of exploration
I can describe different types of exploration: places, people, and ideas.
Official code: 4.1.1
The official wording · 2 outcomes
- 4.1.1
- Examine the concept of exploration
- 4.1.1
- Examine the concept of exploration
Key ideas
To explore is to look into or learn about something.
All people, including you, are explorers.
Exploring can mean finding something new to you, not just new to everyone.
Every exploration helps your understanding of the world grow.
Exploration comes in different types: places, people, and ideas.
Watch out for
- Thinking only famous explorers explore - everyone does.
- Thinking exploring means discovering something no one has ever seen.
- Thinking exploration is only about travelling - ideas count too.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Unit 2 · 5 skills
The Nature of Exploration
Stories of Explorers
Stories of many kinds of explorers
I can describe the story of an explorer of land, ocean, space, or ideas.
Official code: 4.2.1
Challenges explorers faced
I can identify a challenge an explorer faced and explain how they responded.
Official code: 4.2.1
Why People Explore
Knowledge, power, and wealth
I can name the main reasons that motivate exploration and explain that there is often more than one.
Official code: 4.2.2
The Impact of Exploration
Positive and negative consequences
I can give both a positive and a negative consequence of exploration for places, people, or ideas.
Official code: 4.2.3
Deepening our understanding of the world
I can explain how exploration over time has increased our understanding of the world.
Official code: 4.2.3
The official wording · 5 outcomes
- 4.2.1
- Examine the stories of various explorers of land, ocean, space, and ideas
- 4.2.1
- Examine the stories of various explorers of land, ocean, space, and ideas
- 4.2.2
- Analyze factors that motivate exploration
- 4.2.3
- Evaluate the impact of exploration over time
- 4.2.3
- Evaluate the impact of exploration over time
Key ideas
Explorers have explored land, ocean, outer space, and ideas.
Three main reasons motivate exploration: knowledge (curiosity), power, and wealth.
All explorations have impacts - some small, some very large.
Explorers come from the past and the present, and from all over the world.
Some explorations searched for wealth through resources or trade.
Watch out for
- Thinking all explorers explored land - some explored oceans, space, or ideas.
- Thinking every explorer had the same reason - reasons varied.
- Thinking exploration only had good results - it had harms too.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Unit 3 · 5 skills
Exploring Our World
The Physical Features of Our World
The continents and oceans
I can name and locate the seven continents and five oceans on a world map.
Official code: 4.3.1
Features, climate, and vegetation
I can name a major physical feature of a continent and describe its climate simply.
Official code: 4.3.1
Rivers, Islands, Mountains, and Oceans
Characteristics of physical features
I can describe the main characteristics of a river, island, mountain, or ocean and give an example.
Official code: 4.3.2
Humans and the Physical Environment
Benefits and challenges of the environment
I can describe a benefit and a challenge the physical environment gives humans.
Official code: 4.3.3
How humans affect the environment
I can explain how human activity affects the environment and what sustainability means.
Official code: 4.3.3
The official wording · 5 outcomes
- 4.3.1
- Examine major physical features of the world
- 4.3.1
- Examine major physical features of the world
- 4.3.2
- Describe the main characteristics of rivers, islands, mountains, and oceans
- 4.3.3
- Examine the relationship between humans and the physical environment
- 4.3.3
- Examine the relationship between humans and the physical environment
Key ideas
There are seven continents: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America.
A river has a source, tributaries, a mouth, and sometimes a delta.
The physical environment provides benefits humans need to live (water, food, resources).
There are five oceans: Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, Pacific, and Southern.
An island is land surrounded by water; a mountain is high, raised land.
Watch out for
- Mixing up continents and oceans.
- Thinking a river starts at the sea - it starts at its source and flows to its mouth.
- Thinking the environment only helps us - it also poses challenges.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Unit 4 · 7 skills
Exploring the Landscapes of Canada
Canada's Physical Landscape
Canada's six physical regions
I can name and locate Canada's six main physical regions on a map.
Official code: 4.4.1
Climate, vegetation, and resources by region
I can describe the climate, vegetation, or resources of one of Canada's regions.
Official code: 4.4.1
Canada's Human Landscape
Where Canadians live
I can explain where most Canadians live and why.
Official code: 4.4.2
Connections and making a living
I can explain how Canadians are connected and name ways people make a living.
Official code: 4.4.2
Canada's Political Landscape
Provinces, territories, and capitals
I can name Canada's provinces and territories and identify Ottawa as the capital of Canada.
Official code: 4.4.3
The federal government
I can describe how Canada's federal government is elected and how it makes laws.
Official code: 4.4.3
Symbols of Canada
Symbols associated with Canada
I can name symbols of Canada and explain what they represent about its landscapes.
Official code: 4.4.4
The official wording · 7 outcomes
- 4.4.1
- Describe the physical landscape of Canada
- 4.4.1
- Describe the physical landscape of Canada
- 4.4.2
- Examine the human landscape of Canada
- 4.4.2
- Examine the human landscape of Canada
- 4.4.3
- Describe the political landscape
- 4.4.3
- Describe the political landscape
- 4.4.4
- Examine symbols associated with Canada‘s landscapes
Key ideas
A region is an area with shared features.
Most Canadians live close to the southern border, along river valleys, and along coasts.
Canada is made up of provinces and territories.
Canada has official and unofficial symbols (beaver, maple leaf, hockey, moose).
Canada has six main physical regions.
Watch out for
- Thinking Canada looks the same everywhere - it has very different regions.
- Thinking Canadians are spread out evenly - most live in the south.
- Mixing up provinces and territories.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Plan the term
Pick your term and the days you study. Each unit gets its share of the weeks and comes back a week later for a review. The last two weeks go over the whole course.
The official curriculum
This page follows New Brunswick’s own curriculum for Social Studies, Grade 4.
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Questions about Social Studies, Grade 4
What is Social Studies, Grade 4?
New Brunswick’s Grade 4 social studies course: 4 units and 19 skills, from Exploration to Exploring the Landscapes of Canada.
What units are in Social Studies, Grade 4?
1. Exploration, 2. The Nature of Exploration, 3. Exploring Our World and 4. Exploring the Landscapes of Canada.
Is there a provincial exam for Social Studies, Grade 4?
No. New Brunswick gives no provincial exam for Social Studies, Grade 4.
What comes after Social Studies, Grade 4?
Social Studies, Grade 5.
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