• Age: 18
• Grade: 12

Develop your students’ social studies knowledge, skills, and attitudes with this expanded and revised edition of Hands-On Social Studies for Ontario, Grade 1. With a year’s worth of hands-on, minds-on activities, this resource conveniently includes everything both teachers and students need.

Hands-On Social Studies for Ontario, Grade 1 is divided into two units:

1. Our Changing Roles and Responsibilities
2. The Local Community

Each unit:

• promotes active inquiry, problem solving, and decision making
• aligns with the new Ontario Social Studies curriculum (2023)
• follows the Growing Success document for assessment, evaluating, and reporting
• builds understanding of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis knowledges and perspectives
• develops knowledge of the six foundational concepts of social studies thinking

Save time and money with these stand-out features:

• all five components of the inquiry model
• opportunities for student self-reflection and for activating prior knowledge
• authentic assessment for, as, and of learning
• clearly defined learning goals supported by guided inquiry questions
• access to digital image banks and reproducibles (download instructions included in the appendix)

Perfect for teachers seeking a dynamic, curriculum-aligned resource, this revised edition ensures a well-rounded and engaging social studies experience for grade 1 students.

Jennifer E. Lawson, PhD, is the creator of the Hands-On books published by Portage & Main Press. As senior writer and editor for the series, she has contributed to more than 50 publications for teachers and students. Jennifer provides professional development workshops for educators locally, nationally, and virtually, and is a Workplace Wellness Advisor. Her most recent book is a collective effort called Teacher, Take Care: A Guide to Well-Being and Workplace Wellness for Educators. She is also one of the founders of Mission to Mexico, an organization that supports schools in some of the most impoverished communities in Puerto Vallarta. Throughout her extensive career in education, Jennifer has worked as a classroom teacher, resource and special education teacher, consultant, principal, university instructor, and school trustee. She lives with her family in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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Jerica Fraser is a Rotinonhsión:ni (Kanien’kehá:ka) educator. Throughout her career, she has focused on anti-racism and anti-oppressive education not only in her classroom, but in the education system as a whole. She writes and collaborates on Indigenous-focused curriculum and workshops as well as courses for educators. She has her Master’s in Education with a focus on social justice and Indigenous health studies. Jerica is passionate about learning and reclaiming the languages of her grandparents and recently graduated from the Mohawk Language and Culture program at Tsi Tyónnheht Onkwawén:na and Queen’s University. She looks forward to continuing her learning and teaching Kanien’kéha in the future.

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For over 20 years, Kellie Ierullo (she, her, hers) has been an educator with the Toronto District School Board including as a classroom teacher, special education teacher, and now as a teacher-librarian, technology chair and science/STEM lead educator. Kellie is passionate about helping teachers engage students through meaningful coding and STEM activities and encouraging students to move beyond navigating technology to creating it for themselves. Kellie lives in Woodbridge, Ontario with her family.

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