Grade 1 · Social Studies · Unit 10 of 13
Places We Care For
Where we live, landmarks, simple maps and looking after nature.
What your child practises
Practises describing where a home is, reading and making simple maps, naming local landmarks including Indigenous and francophone ones, and caring for nature and community places.
Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: 1-KL-013, 1-KL-016A, 1-KL-016F, 1-VL-007, 1-VL-007A, 1-VL-008, 1-S-103, 1-S-205, 1-S-206, 1-S-207 · addresses and relative location, simple maps, local landmarks, and caring for nature and community places
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
The Golden Boy sits on top of the Manitoba Legislative Building in…
- Churchill
- Brandon
- Winnipeg
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Winnipeg
Hint: It is a famous landmark in Winnipeg.
Question 2
The Forks in Winnipeg is where two rivers meet. They are the Red River and the…
- Nile River
- Assiniboine River
- Thames River
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Assiniboine River
Hint: The Forks has been a meeting place for a very long time.
Question 3
A landmark is…
- a game
- a kind of cloud
- a place that is easy to recognize
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a place that is easy to recognize
Hint: A tall tower or a park can be a landmark.
Question 4
A map uses pictures and symbols to show…
- a sound
- a taste
- a place
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a place
Hint: Maps show places from above.
Question 5
Your home is across from the school. This tells…
- its colour
- its price
- its relative location
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its relative location
Hint: Relative terms describe where things are.
Question 6
On a map, up is often shown as…
- the road
- north
- the bus
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north
Hint: Many maps have north at the top.