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Discovering Ancient Civilizations!

  • Grade 4
  • Social Studies
  • Heritage and Identity

Description

In this activity, students discover different aspects of the life of the Incas and the first peoples of Canada. Students investigate to answer a question or questions about early peoples and ancient civilizations that lived before 1500 CE.

Learning goals

  • I use a variety of sources to find information about the first peoples of Canada or an ancient civilization.
  • I select relevant information to communicate the results of my investigation.

Vocabulary

  • way of life
  • social structure
  • nomad
  • sedentary
  • permanent housing
  • empire
  • first peoples
  • Indigenous
  • Haudenosaunee
  • Inuit
  • Cree
  • Algonquin
  • ancient civilization
  • investigation
  • presentation format
  • emperor
  • royal family
  • aristocracy
  • administrative classes
  • lower nobility
  • natural disaster
  • South America
  • north/south/east/west