Grade 3 students will compare ways of life among some specific groups in Canada around the beginning of the nineteenth century, and describe some of the changes between that era and the present day. Using the social studies inquiry process to investigate some of the major challenges that different groups and communities faced in Canada from around 1780 to 1850, and key measures taken to address these challenges. Students will identify some of the communities in Canada around the beginning of the nineteenth century, and describe their relationships to the land and to each other.