Outcome Chart - British Columbia - Social Studies Grade 4

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the British Columbia, Grade 4 Social Studies curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Curricular Competencies

Students will develop competencies needed to be active, informed citizens:

Use Social Studies inquiry processes (ask questions, gather, interpret and analyze ideas, and communicate findings and decisions)
Construct an argument defending the significance of individuals/groups, places, events, and/or developments (significance)
Ask questions and corroborate inferences about the content and origins of different sources (evidence)
Determine continuities, changes, patterns, and trends between different time periods, places, and phenomena (continuity and change)
Determine multiple causes and consequences of an event, decision, or development (cause and consequence)
Explain different perspectives on past or present people, places, issues, and events (perspective)
Evaluate whether an event, decision, or action was fair from a particular perspective (ethical judgment)

MediaSmarts Resources

Avatars and Body Image

Behaving Ethically Online: Ethics and Empathy

Comparing Real Families to TV Families

CyberSense and Nonsense: The Second Adventure of the Three CyberPigs

Earth Day: Maps as Media

Facing TV Violence: Consequences and Media Violence

Facing TV Violence: Counting & Discussing Violence on the Screen

Facing TV Violence: Rewriting the Script

Girls and Boys on Television

Humour on Television

Introducing TV Families