Connections Canada Outlooks 5:

Outlooks 5: Connections Canada is a British Columbia social studies textbook for Grade 5, published by Oxford University Press, written by Daniel Francis, focusing on Canadian geography, history, and communities through project-based learning, aligned with BC’s curriculum, designed to build research and critical thinking skills.

Key Aspects:

Curriculum Alignment: Specifically created for British Columbia’s Grade 5 Social Studies curriculum (IRP).
Content: Explores Canadian places, communities, and geography, addressing why people settle where they do and locations of capitals.
Approach: Uses project-based learning, encouraging students to research, design, and build, developing 21st-century skills.
Authorship: Written by Daniel Francis, a BC-based writer and historian, and published by Oxford University Press.