Outcome Chart - Alberta - Social Studies Grade 5
Canada: Shaping an Identity
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the events and factors that have changed the ways of life in Canada over time and appreciate the impact of these changes on citizenship and identity.
Lessons that meet grade Five expectations
- Media Minute Introduction: What is media anyway?
- Media Minute Lesson 2: Media are constructions
- Once Upon a Time - Lesson
- Stay on the Path Lesson One: Searching for Treasure
- Stay on the Path Lesson Two: All That Glitters is Not Gold
- Stay on the Path Lesson Three: Treasure Maps
- Stay on the Path Lesson Four: Scavenger Hunt
- Violence in Sports - Lesson
- What Students Need to Know about Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy - Lesson
Skills and Processes
Dimensions of Thinking
Students will develop skills of critical thinking and creative thinking to:
- analyze significant local and current affairs from a variety of sources, distinguishing between fact and opinion
- evaluate ideas, information and positions from multiple perspectives
- seek responses to inquiries from various authorities through electronic media and recognize that information serves different purposes and that data from electronic sources may need to be verified to determine accuracy or relevance for the purpose used
Research
Students will apply the research process to:
- cite references as part of research
- access and retrieve appropriate information from the Internet by using a specific search path or from given uniform resource locators (URLs)
Communication
Students will demonstrate skills of oral, written and visual literacy:
- identify and distinguish points of view expressed in electronic sources on a particular topic
extend the scope of a project beyond classroom collaboration by using communication technologies, such as the telephone and e-mail
Citizenship Learning
It is expected that students will:
- Demonstrate fairness and respect in their interactions with others
Respect the rights, opinions, and perspectives of others
- Introduction to Cyberbullying: Avatars and Identity
- Stay on the Path Lesson Four: Scavenger Hunt
- Understanding the Internet: Communication and Social Media
Dimensions of Thinking
Overall Expectations
5.S.3 develop skills of geographic thinking
Specific Expectations
construct graphs, tables, charts and maps to display geographic information
use historical maps to make meaning of historical events and issues
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