Outcome Chart - Saskatchewan - Social Studies 6

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Saskatchewan, Grade 6 Social Studies curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Examine the local, indigenous, and global interactions and interdependence of individuals, societies, cultures, and nations

Overall Expectations

Evaluate and represent personal beliefs and values by determining how culture and place influence them.

Develop an understanding that global interdependence impacts individual daily life in Canada and a selection of countries bordering the Atlantic Ocean

Specific Expectations

Research ways in which cultural traditions, celebrations, art, music, literature, drama, and sport have influenced intercultural understanding

Become aware and describe the role of key international agencies in protecting human welfare, especially that of children and youth (e.g., United Nations, UNICEF, UNESCO, Amnesty International, Médecins sans frontières, United Nations High Commission for Refugees, international indigenous organizations, faith-based international development organizations)

Lessons

Activity One: Looking Through the Lenses

Activity Two: Whose Lenses? How Mass Media Portray Global Development

Activity Three: Adjusting the Focus

Media Literacy for Development & Children's Rights