Social Studies 5 Canadian Issues and Governance (Planning KDU) (*Note: Big ideas are grouped please adjust to teaching preferences) – CORE COMPETENCIES CORE COMPETENCIES CORE COMPETENCIES COMMUNICATION THINKING (CRITICAL/CREATIVE) (PERSONAL/SOCIAL) CURRICULAR COMPETENCIES BIG IDEA What do we want students to DO? Content (& Elaborations) (Understand…) (Activities, lessons…) (Know) Use Social Studies inquiry processes and Key questions: Resources and economic development Natural resources skills to: ask questions; gather, What are the potential in different regions of Canada (Use continue to interpret, and analyze ideas; and consequences of non-sustainable maps to describe the location of the economy and communicate findings and decisions practices in resource use? natural resources in Canada in identity of (Key skills: State a hypothesis about a Is Canada’s role in climate change relation to characteristics of physical different regions selected problem or issue; Use enough? geography (fish on the coasts, of Canada inference, imagination, and pattern mineral resources in the Canadian identification to clarify and define a Shield); Identify significant natural problem or issue; Compare a range of resources in BC and Canada, points of view on an issue; Summarize including: fish and marine resources; information and viewpoints about a forests; minerals (diamonds, gold, problem or issue; Use latitude, longitude, and intermediate directions asbestos, tin, copper); energy to locate major geographic features in resources (natural gas, petroleum, BC and Canada; Describe a selected coal, hydro). Key questions: What place in Canada using both absolute natural resources are most important and relative location; Use keys and to the economy of your community? legends to interpret maps (resources, How has technology affected the economic activities, transportation discovery, extraction, processing, and routes, capital cities, population); marketing of selected natural Recognize that different types of maps resources?) represent particular types of information (thematic maps show First peoples land ownership and use information such as resource (treaties; burial grounds; housing; distribution; topographic maps show hunting and fishing; land claims elevation; political maps show disputes. Key questions: How do First provincial boundaries); Create maps to Peoples balance economic represent aspects of a specific place development with traditional uses of
Social Studies 5 Canadian Issues and Governance (Planning KDU) (*Note: Big ideas are grouped – please adjust to teaching preferences) CORE COMPETENCIES COMMUNICATION CORE COMPETENCIES THINKING (CRITICAL/CREATIVE) CORE COMPETENCIES (PERSONAL/SOCIAL) CURRICULAR COMPETENCIES BIG IDEA (Understand…) What do we want students to DO? (Activities, lessons…) Content (& Elaborations) (Know) Use Social Studies inquiry processes and skills to: ask questions; gather, interpret, and analyze ideas; and communicate findings and decisions (Key skills: State a hypothesis about a selected problem or issue; Use inference, imagination, and pattern identification to clarify and define a problem or issue; Compare a range of points of view on an issue; Summarize information and viewpoints about a problem or issue; Use latitude, longitude, and intermediate directions to locate major geographic features in BC and Canada; Describe a selected place in Canada using both absolute and relative location; Use keys and legends to interpret maps (resources, economic activities, transportation routes, capital cities, population); Recognize that different types of maps represent particular types of information (thematic maps show information such as resource distribution; topographic maps show elevation; political maps show provincial boundaries); Create maps to represent aspects of a specific place Natural resources continue to the economy and identity of different regions of Canada Key questions: What are the potential consequences of non-sustainable practices in resource use? Is Canada’s role in climate change enough? Resources and economic development in different regions of Canada (Use maps to describe the location of natural resources in Canada in relation to characteristics of physical geography (fish on the coasts, mineral resources in the Canadian Shield); Identify significant natural resources in BC and Canada, including: fish and marine resources; forests; minerals (diamonds, gold, asbestos, tin, copper); energy resources (natural gas, petroleum, coal, hydro). Key questions: What natural resources are most important to the economy of your community? How has technology affected the discovery, extraction, processing, and marketing of selected natural resources?) First peoples land ownership and use (treaties; burial grounds; housing; hunting and fishing; land claims disputes. Key questions: How do First Peoples balance economic development with traditional uses of