Self, Family, School SKILLS AND PROCESSES OF SOCIAL STUDIES -co-operative participation in groups and problem solving -gathering

and presenting information for solving problems or information for presentation -simple maps with cardinal directions, symbols, and legends

ELEMENTARY SOCIAL STUDIES: SOCIAL STUDIES COMPONENTS Communities Aboriginal Cultures Canada From Past and Present Exploration, and Colony to Country Contact -critical thinking -critical thinking -critical thinking -simple maps -maps and timelines -maps and timelines -gathering -gathering information, -gathering and information; presentation skills presenting citing sources -alternative information; primary appropriately; perspectives and secondary presentation skills -strategies to address a sources -chronological order problem or issue -defending a position responses to -plan of action to problems address a problem or issue -changes in communities over time -importance of Communities -cultural similarities and differences -characteristics of Canadian society -rights and responsibilities and the well-being of the community -roles and responsibilities of local governments -characteristics of Aboriginal cultures -early European exploration of BC and Canada -contact between Aboriginals and Europeans -key events and factors in the development of BC and Canada -immigration -significant individuals in BC and Canada

Canada and the World -critical thinking -graphs, tables, aerial photos, and various types of maps -credibility of sources -presentation skills -plan of action to address a problem or issue -Canadian identity and how individuals experience cultural influences -comparing Canada with other countries -artistic expression and culture -federal government systems -justice system -equality and fairness; rights and responsibilities -role of Canada in the world -Canadas economic relationships -communications technologies in Canada -technology in other countries -relationship between cultures and their environments -factors affecting settlement patterns and population distribution

Ancient Civilizations -critical thinking -graphs, timelines, maps -compiling information, range of sources -presentation skills -defending a position on an issue -civilization in ancient cultures -social roles in ancient cultures -influences of ancient societies on present-day cultures

IDENTITY, CULTURE, AND SOCIETY

GOVERNANCE

-concept of changes in their lives -similarities and differences among families -social structures: ways people work together in groups and ways individuals contribute to a community -symbols of Canada -personal identity language and cultural characteristics -roles and responsibilities at home and at school -purpose of classroom and school rules -roles, responsibilities, and rights within the class and school -how decisions are made in groups -human needs; how basic needs are met -types of work in the school and community -purpose of money - ways technology is use and how it affects individuals and schools -natural and human-built characteristics of environments and how it affects daily life and affects human activities -responsibility and ways to care for environment -recognizing maps of landforms and bodies of water in BC and Canada

-Aboriginal governance structures -governance in early European settlements in Canada

-Confederation -levels and responsibilities of government -First Nations governance

-rules, laws, and government in ancient civilizations -effect of ancient laws and government on Canada -technology and exchange in ancient societies -ancient communications

ECONOMY AND TECHNOLOGY

-how needs and wants are met in communities -how technology affects individuals and communities past and present -landforms and bodies of water in BC and Canada -provinces and territories -responsibility for the environment -effect of environment on early settlement

-bartering, money -Aboriginal technologies -factors affecting exploration; technologies used -exchange between Aboriginal peoples and Europeans -location of hemispheres, continents, oceans, Aboriginal groups -place names -Aboriginal relationship with the land

-resources and economic development -transportation systems

HUMAN AND PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT

-physical regions of Canada, location of natural resources -sustainability -environmental effects of settlement in early BC and Canada

-effect of environment on ancient civilizations -effect of humans on the environment in ancient civilizations

Windsor House Alternate School Gulf Islands School District #64, Oct. 2011