Grade 8 Social Studies
4 units matched to the New Brunswick Curriculum.
Learning focus
- Geography: Human Systems and Interactions. Describe, using primary and secondary sources, the living conditions for peoples living in British North America.
- History: Sources and Methods. Analyze the causes and consequences of Confederation.
- History: Events and Peoples. Research the lives of early Black inhabitants in the Atlantic region.
- Civics: Power and Governance. Develop a concept of empowerment.
- Civics: Rights and Responsibilities. Research the development of rights and social reform movements in Canada.
- Civics: Civic Engagement. Take age-appropriate action to demonstrate understanding of social, political, or cultural issues facing youth today.
- Wabanaki: Reconciliation. Describe the impact of contact and colonization on Wabanaki empowerment.
- Economics: Sustainability. Assess practices and commodities that lead to economic empowerment.
Units
Unit 1
New Brunswick & Confederation
Practises the causes and consequences of Confederation from a New Brunswick view, including the 1865 and 1866 elections. It follows the Grade 8 social studies skill descriptors on historical sources and methods in the New Brunswick curriculum.
Skill descriptor: History: Sources and Methods · the causes and consequences of Confederation
Unit 2
Early Black Communities
Practises the lives of early Black inhabitants in the Atlantic region, including Black Loyalists and Black refugees, and ideas about empowerment. It follows the Grade 8 social studies skill descriptors on history and empowerment in the New Brunswick curriculum.
Skill descriptor: History: Events and Peoples, Civics: Power and Governance · the lives of early Black inhabitants in the Atlantic region and ideas of empowerment
Unit 3
Wabanaki Governance & Empowerment
Practises how Wabanaki governance empowered Wabanaki Peoples and the effects of contact and colonization on that empowerment. The content is light, in the present tense, and needs review by Wabanaki partners. It follows the Grade 8 social studies skill descriptors on power and governance and on reconciliation in the New Brunswick curriculum.
Skill descriptor: Civics: Power and Governance, Wabanaki: Reconciliation · how Wabanaki governance empowered Wabanaki Peoples, and the impact of contact and colonization on that empowerment
Unit 4
Rights, Reform & Taking Action
Practises the idea of empowerment, the development of rights and social reform movements in Canada, and how young people can take age-appropriate action. It follows the Grade 8 social studies skill descriptors on empowerment, rights and civic engagement in the New Brunswick curriculum.
Skill descriptor: Civics: Rights and Responsibilities, Civics: Civic Engagement, Economics: Sustainability · empowerment, the development of rights and social reform movements in Canada, and taking action on youth issues
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