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Free Grade 3 Social Studies Lesson: Who Came to Live in Upper Canada

Introduce your students to the early settlers of Upper Canada with this engaging lesson from our Early Settlers of Upper Canada curriculum map. Students investigate who came to settle in the region, where they lived, and how they interacted with First Nation peoples and French settlers.

What’s Included:

  • Full lesson plan
  • Answer key
  • Teacher instructions
  • Inquiry‑based activities

Skills Covered:

  • Identifying countries settlers came from
  • Locating areas of settlement
  • Using primary and secondary sources
  • Reading and interpreting graphs, charts, diagrams, and maps

This lesson helps students understand how early communities formed and how cultural interactions shaped life in Upper Canada.

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