Grade 4 Self, Community, and Place Part C Resources

Part C: Self, Community, and Place Resources

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LESSON RESOURCES

Office of the Treaty Commissioner – www.otc.ca
https://web.archive.org/web/20180415170110/https://wdm.ca/saskinnovations.htm
The Great Inventors and Inventions of Saskatchewan
http://www.cbc.ca/player/Radio/Local+Shows/Saskatchewan/ID/2280499380/ (link no longer active)
First Nations Art Gallery of Saskatchewan https://web.archive.org/web/20190217200446/http://www.sicc.sk.ca/first_nations_arts_gallery.html
Prominent Indigenous People of Saskatchewan https://web.archive.org/web/20161206004710/http://www.sicc.sk.ca/archive/faces/index.html
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/those-who-served/aboriginal-veterans/native-soldiers
The Virtual Keeping House: A First Nations Gallery https://web.archive.org/web/20190205111845/http://www.sicc.sk.ca/virtual_keeping_house.html
Collections of archival photos and documents about the First Nations and Métis people of Saskatchewan. http://scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/
Collection of First Nations and Métis resources https://web.archive.org/web/20180322045424/http://schools.spsd.sk.ca/curriculum/blog/category/first-nations/
Inventory of Digitization Projects https://web.archive.org/web/20180322045424/http://schools.spsd.sk.ca/curriculum/blog/category/first-nations/
Local museums
http://library.usask.ca/education/files/Guides/saskauthors.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20110529221805/http://www.clubsask.com/famousfolks.htm
Canadian Character Education – Grades 3-4 – Popular Teaching Resources
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/saskatchewan-top-ten-weather-1.4184186
Information on the Metis People:
- http://www.metismuseum.ca – retrieved Nov. 2017
- http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/sgc-cms/expositions-exhibitions/batoche/html/about/index.php – retrieved Nov. 2017
- http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/metis/ – retrieved Nov. 2017
- http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-metis-michif-herriot-ste-madeleine-1.3849157 – retrieved Nov. 2017
- http://www.metismuseum.ca/media/db/00725 – retrieved Nov. 2017
- http://firstpeoplesofcanada.com/fp_metis/fp_metis1.html – retrieved Nov. 2017
- http://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/exhibit_aftermath – retrived Nov. 2017
- https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/aboriginal-heritage/metis/Pages/introduction.aspx – retrieved Nov. 2017
- http://firstpeoplesofcanada.com/fp_metis/fp_metis_origins.html – retreived Nov. 2017
- https://web.archive.org/web/20180309000822/https://ammsa.com/community-access/footprints
- https://gdins.org/metis-culture/veterans-monument/

CROSS CURRICULAR CONNECTIONS

Language Arts

Themes
- Social, Cultural, and Historical: Students will:
  - examine the relationships with others, their community, and the world
  - consider the social and historical context
  - explore their connections in families, schools, groups, and communities and to understand the diverse needs and wants of others
  - show concern for other people in their relationships, groups, and communities.
- Environmental and Technological: Students will:
  - explore the elements of the natural and constructed worlds and the role of technology and related developments in their society
  - explore the needs and characteristics of living things; properties of objects and materials; the five senses; and daily seasonal changes.
- Personal and Philosophical: Students will:
  - believe in their own self-worth and to feel that they have control over the things that happen to them
  - focus on self-image and self-esteem
  - reflect on self and life, and on their beliefs and values and those of their society.
- Communicative: Students will:
  - consider the role of communication in their lives and the technologies and strategies that help people become effective communicators.
  - practice the skills to interact effectively with others.

Treaty Education

TR4: Analyze how relationships are affected when treaty promises are kept or broken.
HC4: Explore the historical reasons why people entered into treaty.
TPP4: Examine the objectives of the First Nations and British Crown’s representatives in negotiating treaty.

Health

Understanding, Skills, and Confidences

USC4.3: Examine healthy interpersonal skills and determine strategies to effectively develop new relationships and/or negotiate disagreements in relationships
USC4.4: Determine basic personal responsibility for safety and protection in various environments/situations
USC4.5: Examine how identity (i.e., self-concept, self-esteem, self-determination) is influenced by relationships that are formed with others.

Decision Making

DM4.1: Investigate the importance of personal responsibility and communication in making informed decisions related to healthy eating and physical activity, prevention/ management of health challenges, negotiating disagreements, safety and protection, personal identity, and stressors.

Action Planning

AP4.1: Design and apply, with guidance, two four-day action plans that require communication related to healthy eating and physical activity, prevention/ management of health challenges, negotiating disagreements, safety and protection, personal identity, and stressors.

Science

Life Science: Habitats and Communities (HC)

HC4.1 Investigate the interdependence of plants and animals, including humans, within habitats and communities. [CP, SI]
HC4.3 Assess the effects of natural and human activities on habitats and communities, and propose actions to maintain or restore habitats. [CP, DM]

Earth and Space Science: Rocks, Minerals, and Erosion (RM)

RM4.2 Assess how human uses of rocks and minerals impact self, society, and the environment. [DM]
RM4.3 Analyze how weathering, erosion, and fossils provide evidence to support human understanding of the formation of landforms on Earth. [CP, SI, TPS]

Cross-Cultural Science & Technology Units (CCSTU) Project: http://www.usask.ca/education/ccstu/welcome.html