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 |
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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 |
Resources and Wealth |
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Overall Expectations Contribute to initiating and guiding change in local and global communities regarding environmental, social, and economic sustainability. Specific Expectations Represent through visual art, music, dance, writing, or other representation the contribution of individuals and communities to initiate change that supports sustainability. Investigate how individual local consumer choices may affect people elsewhere in the world (e.g., child labour, enslavement, sweat shops, consumption of scarce resources, prosperity through employment). Develop an action plan for harmonizing one’s personal lifestyle with collective needs regarding social, environmental, and economic sustainability. |
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