Grade 1 Social Studies
6 units matched to the New Brunswick Curriculum. Kids see this subject as “My World”.
Learning focus
- Literacies and Communications: Communicative Practices. Examine how language learning is beneficial.
- Literacies and Communications: Multimodal Literacies. Refer to environmental print in multiple languages.
- Literacies and Communications: Literate Identities. Demonstrate being a reader, writer, and communicator in multiple languages.
- Well-Being: Emotional Health and Positive Identities. Explore activities that foster enjoyment and well-being.
- Well-Being: Belonging and Interconnectedness. Define and express needs, wants, and choices.
- Well-Being: Physical Health and Active Participation. Analyze personal safety and healthy practices.
- Play and Playfulness: Imagination and Creativity. Practise using flexible and fluid thinking in new and familiar situations.
- Play and Playfulness: Exploration and Problem Solving. Negotiate, compromise, and work together.
- Play and Playfulness: Play and Inquiry. Engage in activities that introduce elements of risk, novelty, and the unknown.
- Diversity and Social Responsibility: Inclusiveness and Equity. Honour differences and uniqueness.
- Diversity and Social Responsibility: Democratic Practices. Act as responsible and responsive community members.
- Diversity and Social Responsibility: Sustainable Futures. Recognize patterns in nature.
Units
Unit 1
Different & Alike
How families, languages, cultures and celebrations differ, what we all share, and how to show respect for each other.
Skill descriptor: Diversity and Social Responsibility: Inclusiveness and Equity · honouring differences and what makes our families and communities unique
Unit 2
Respect & Inclusion
Sharing, taking turns, listening, including others, and showing respect for people, belongings and the places we share.
Skill descriptor: Diversity and Social Responsibility: Inclusiveness and Equity · including others and treating people and the environment with respect
Unit 3
My Community
Community helpers and places, plus rights, rules, roles and responsibilities at home, at school and in the community.
Skill descriptor: Diversity and Social Responsibility: Democratic Practices · roles and responsibilities in the community
Unit 4
Community Services
Jobs that serve the community (fire, health, sanitation, libraries, transit) and services the government or community provides for everyone.
Skill descriptor: Diversity and Social Responsibility: Democratic Practices · services and jobs that help the community
Unit 5
Our Land
Natural and human-made features, how the land shapes how we live, and caring for it by reducing, reusing and recycling.
Skill descriptor: Well-Being: Belonging and Interconnectedness · how natural features of the land are connected to us
Unit 6
Maps
Reading a simple map with north at the top, using north, south, east and west, map symbols and legends, and near and far.
Skill descriptor: Play and Playfulness: Exploration and Problem Solving · gathering evidence from simple maps and symbols
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