Outcome Chart - British Columbia - Social Studies Grade 4

Big Ideas

The pursuit of valuable natural resources has played a key role in changing the land, people, and communities of Canada.
Demographic changes in North America created shifts in economic and political power.

Overall Expectations:

Use Social Studies inquiry processes and skills to ask questions; gather, interpret, and analyze ideas; and communicate findings and decisions
Construct arguments defending the significance of individuals/groups, places, events, or developments (significance)
Ask questions, corroborate inferences, and draw conclusions about the content and origins of different sources (evidence)
Differentiate between intended and unintended consequences of events, decisions, or developments, and speculate about alternative outcomes (cause and consequence)
Construct narratives that capture the attitudes, values, and worldviews commonly held by people at different times or places (perspective)
Make ethical judgments about events, decisions, or actions that consider the conditions of a particular time and place (ethical judgment)

Specific Expectations

Students are expected to know the following:

• physiographic features and natural resources of Canada