Social Studies Contributors

Students will learn about Ancient China's terracotta army and a bit of Emperor Qin Shi Huang's reign by watching this 4 and a half minute TedEd video and answering 21 questions. The answers are included where appropriate.   Sample questions...

Students will review what they learned about American Imperialism completing 2 graphic organizers, identifying 6 images, answering 6 review questions, and completing 2 extension tasks.  The answers are included where appropriate and this would be...

Students will review the people, events, treaties, beliefs, and more from the Age of Absolutism (absolute monarchies) by completing this sorting chart, identifying 5 images, answering 6 questions, and completing a creative task.  The answers are...

Students will review what they learned about the beliefs, people, events, developments, and more from the groups of the early Americas (Olmec, Maya, Aztec, Inca, and smaller groups from the Andes) by completing two sorting charts, identifying 6 images,...

Geography of Ancient Civilizations(updated to the latest curriculum revisions in May 2025) is a unit created to align with Section 3 of “Time and Space” in the new Alberta Grade 5 social studies curriculum. It’s completely laid out...

Interpreting History (updated to the latest curriculum revisions in May 2025) is a unit created to align with Section 2 of “Time and Space” in the new Alberta Grade 5 social studies curriculum. It’s completely laid out with...

The Rise and Fall of Civilizations (updated to the latest curriculum revision in May 2025) is a unit created to align with Section 1 of “Time and Place” in the new Alberta Grade 5 social studies curriculum. It’s completely laid out...

Becoming Active Citizens(updated to the latest curriculum revisions in May 2025) is a unit created to align with Section 2 of “Citizenship” in the Alberta Grade 5 social studies new curriculum. It’s completely laid out with teacher...

Changing Civilizations is a resource about factors that contributed to changes in ancient civilizations. It’s completely laid out with teacher notes and a sequence of activities, so very little prep is required by the teacher...

Social Classes is a resource about how people were treated differently in ancient civilizations based on their social class or gender. It’s completely laid out with teacher notes and a sequence of activities, so very little prep is required by...

The Rise and Fall of Empires is a resource exploring reasons why ancient empires rose to power and then declined. It’s completely laid out with teacher notes and a sequence of activities, so very little prep is required by the teacher...

Environmental Changes is a resource that explores the impact of environmental changes on ancient societies. It’s completely laid out with teacher notes and a sequence of activities, so very little prep is required by the teacher...