Social Studies

Grade 4:

News-sites for kids: 

Grade 5 Social Studies Resources: 


Click on the above link for access to our Grade 5 textbook!

Indigenous Education Resources links:
Walking Together
The Story of the Blackfoot People
Blackfoot Crossing: Our Culture
Blackfoot Digital Library

Historica Canada
Quiz: How Canadian Are You, eh?

Teaching Kids News

Today in Canadian History
Check out this site for events happening in the history of our great country! (Choose and click from the 'past episodes' in the left column.)

Online Culture Grams
This is an amazing site that allows you check out any place in the world! Go explore!

Letters from the Trunk

To check out video clips about any part of our great country, click on this link: Discovery Education

login: stmmh
password: student
Go to the Atlas Canada Interactive Map and click on any province or territory you may be interested in and then scroll through video clips to check out. Enjoy!

CG Kids Map of Canada Puzzle
This is a terrific challenge--if you can put the puzzle together, you get to move on to an even more challenging task: matching flags! Good luck!


Canadian Geographic Kids Games


Canada's National Parks:
Canada at it's Best
Parks Canada 1911-2011
Canada's National Parks
Parks Canada CanCan


Region Resources: 


Atlantic Region:
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia (Cape Breton Island)
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island


Arctic Region:
Look Up: Canada's North
The Territories
Arctic Artifacts

Check out the following clip explaining what inuksuit (plural form of inuksuk) are:

What is an inuksuk?

Create your own inuksuk online:
Inukshuk Creator


Canadian Shield Region:
The Canadian Shield in pictures
The Canadian Shield: student video project


Great Lakes St. Lawrence Lowlands Region:

Build a Longhouse
How a lock works
Locks Simulator
The Great Upper Canada Adventure

Treasure Hunt (Latitude and Longitude game)
Seigneurial System: A student video