Social Studies 1 Local Communities (Planning KDU) 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 Natural and human-made features of We shape the local Key Questions: processes and skills to: ask the local environment (natural environment and the How does the environment shape questions; gather, interpret, features: mountains, forests, local environment how we live and play? and analyze ideas; and waterways, local plants and animals; shapes who we are How does the rural environment communicate findings and human-made features: buildings, and how we live. differ from the urban decisions (Key skills: Recognize bridges, dams, dykes. Key Question: (Geography) environment? that maps are used to How does the rural environment differ How does your community represent real places; relate from the urban environment?) depend on the local environment? Relationships between a community pictorial representations to To what extent do activities in the and its environment their physical locations (e.g., a (natural resource community affect the place within the school, a industries; parks and other natural environment? neighbourhood park). Follow a areas; population growth and new path to a destination using a construction; water and sewage pictorial representation (e.g., treatment. Key questions: How does picture map); Demonstrate your community depend on the local active listening skills. Access environment? What effects do the information from audio, visual, activities in your community have on material, or print sources. the environment?) Collect information from Evidence of Experience (Show) personal experiences, oral sources, and visual representations. Use comparison to discover similarities and differences. With teacher prompts, make BIG IDEA What do we want students to DO? Content (& Elaborations) simple interpretations from (Understand…) information gathered (e.g., (Activities, lessons…) (Know)
Social Studies 1 Local Communities (Planning KDU) 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: Recognize that maps are used to represent real places; relate pictorial representations to their physical locations (e.g., a place within the school, a neighbourhood park). Follow a path to a destination using a pictorial representation (e.g., picture map); Demonstrate active listening skills. Access information from audio, visual, material, or print sources. Collect information from personal experiences, oral sources, and visual representations. Use comparison to discover similarities and differences. With teacher prompts, make simple interpretations from information gathered (e.g., We shape the local environment and the local environment shapes who we are and how we live. (Geography) Key Questions: How does the environment shape how we live and play? How does the rural environment differ from the urban environment? How does your community depend on the local environment? To what extent do activities in the community affect the environment? Natural and human-made features of the local environment (natural features: mountains, forests, waterways, local plants and animals; human-made features: buildings, bridges, dams, dykes. Key Question: How does the rural environment differ from the urban environment?) Relationships between a community and its environment (natural resource industries; parks and other natural areas; population growth and new construction; water and sewage treatment. Key questions: How does your community depend on the local environment? What effects do the activities in your community have on the environment?) Evidence of Experience (Show) BIG IDEA (Understand…) What do we want students to DO? (Activities, lessons…) Content (& Elaborations) (Know)
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