Outcome Chart - Atlantic Provinces - Social Studies K-3
Citizenship, Power and Governance
Students will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of the rights and responsibilities of citizenship and the origins, functions and sources of power, authority and governance.
- recognize that certain attitudes may lead to prejudice and stereotyping
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- Representing Ourselves Online
- Rules of the Game
- Talking to Kids about Gender Stereotypes
- Talking to Kids about Racial Stereotypes
Culture and Cultural Diversity
Students will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of the concept of culture, the diversity of culture, and views of the world, recognizing the similarities and differences resulting in various cultural perspectives.
- give examples of how culture is preserved and transmitted
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- Comparing Real Families to TV Families
- Introducing TV Families
- Once Upon a Time
- Prejudice and Body Image
- Thinking About Television and Movies
- TV Stereotypes
Teacher/Parent Guides
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- Talking to Kids about Gender Stereotypes
- Talking to Kids about Racial Stereotypes
- Talking to Kids about the News
Global Connections
Students will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of global connections and the causes, consequences and possible solutions to global issues.
- give examples of the effects of changing technologies on the global community explain how individual personal actions can influence global issues
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Groups and Institutions
Students will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of how groups and institutions are formed, what controls and influences them, how they interact with individuals and cultures, and how they are maintained and changed.
- give examples of how groups and institutions influence people and society give examples of how people influence groups and institutions
Lessons
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- Co-Co’s Adversmarts
- Comparing Real Families to TV Families
- Facing TV Violence: Consequences and Media Violence
- Facing TV Violence: Counting and Discussion Violence on the Screen
- Facing TV Violence: Rewriting the Script
- Introducing TV Families
- Looking at Food Advertising
- Looking at Newspapers: Introduction
- Packaging Tricks
- Prejudice and Body Image
- Representing Ourselves Online
- Rules of the Game
- Thinking About Television and Movies
- TV Stereotypes
- Villains, Heroes and Heroines
Teacher/Parent Guides
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- Managing Superhero Play
- Talking to Kids about Advertising
- Talking to Kids about Gender Stereotypes
- Talking to Kids about Media Violence
- Talking to Kids about Racial Stereotypes
- Talking to Kids about the News
Individual Development and Identity
Students will be expected to demonstrate how personal development and identity are shaped by society and how individuals help shape society.
- give examples of advertising and propaganda that can affect individuals and the decisions they make give examples of how the influence of peers can affect personal decisions
Lessons
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- Adversmarts: Introduction to Food Advertising Online
- Co-Co’s Adversmarts
- Comparing Real Families to TV Families
- Facing TV Violence: Consequences and Media Violence
- Facing TV Violence: Counting and Discussion Violence on the Screen
- Facing TV Violence: Rewriting the Script
- Introducing TV Families
- Looking at Food Advertising
- Looking at Food Advertising
- Looking at Newspapers: Introduction
- Packaging Tricks
- Packaging Tricks
- Prejudice and Body Image
- Representing Ourselves Online
- Rules of the Game
- Teaching TV: Television as a Story Teller
- Thinking About Television and Movies
- TV Stereotypes
- Villains, Heroes and Heroines
- Villains, Heroes and Heroines
Individuals, Societies and Economic Choices
Students will be expected to demonstrate the ability to make economic choices as individuals and as members of society based on their understanding of economic concepts, principles and systems.
- distinguish between needs and wants and give examples that show scarcity and choice govern our economic decisions recognise the importance of being informed consumers
Lessons
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- Adversmarts: Introduction to Food Advertising Online
- Adversmarts: Introduction to Food Advertising Online
- Buy Nothing Day
- Can You Spot the Ad?
- Co-Co’s Adversmarts
- Packaging Tricks
Teacher/Parent Guides
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People, Place and Environment
Students will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of the interactions among people, places and the environment.
- describe the communications and transportation systems in their community used to move goods, people and ideas
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