Grade 5 Social Studies
8 units matched to the Newfoundland and Labrador Curriculum.
Learning focus
- 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.
- Culture and diversity. Students will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of culture, diversity, and world view, recognizing the similarities and differences reflected in various personal, cultural, racial, and ethnic perspectives.
- Individuals, societies and economic decisions. Students will be expected to demonstrate the ability to make responsible economic decisions as individuals and as members of society.
- Interdependence. Students will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of the interdependent relationship among individuals, societies, and the environment—locally, nationally, and globally—and the implications for a sustainable future.
- People, place and environment. Students will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of the interactions among people, places, and the environment.
- Time, continuity and change. Students will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of the past and how it affects the present and the future.
Units
Unit 1
Early Visitors to Newfoundland and Labrador
Your child learns who came to Newfoundland and Labrador long ago, why they came, and how historians use sources such as archaeology and maps to find out. It also reminds them that Indigenous peoples were already here and still are. This is practice, not a report-card mark.
Curriculum outcome: Time, continuity and change (by Grade 6) · early visitors and settlers to Newfoundland and Labrador and what they left behind
Unit 2
The Fishery and Outport Life
Your child learns about the cod fishery, outport life, resettlement and the 1992 cod moratorium, and thinks about fair, sustainable economic choices such as quotas. This is practice, not a report-card mark.
Curriculum outcome: Individuals, societies and economic decisions (by Grade 6) · the fishery, outport life and how economic decisions changed communities
Unit 3
Levels of Government
Federal, provincial/territorial, municipal and Indigenous governments: who leads them, what each looks after, and how they're funded.
Curriculum outcome: Citizenship, power and governance (by Grade 6) · what municipal, provincial and federal governments do
Unit 4
Making Laws
How a bill becomes law in Parliament, elections and ridings, local bylaws, and how young people can take part in democracy.
Curriculum outcome: Citizenship, power and governance (by Grade 6) · how laws are made, elections and taking part
Unit 5
Rights & Freedoms
The main parts of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, applying them to real situations, and the responsibilities that come with rights.
Curriculum outcome: Citizenship, power and governance (by Grade 6) · the Charter, rights and responsibilities
Unit 6
Immigration & Multiculturalism
Push and pull factors, refugees and citizenship, Canada's multiculturalism policy, and a reading about a family's new start in Canada.
Curriculum outcome: Culture and diversity (by Grade 6) · newcomers to Canada and how they shape communities
Unit 7
Learning from the Past
An age-appropriate, factual look at the Chinese Head Tax, the Komagata Maru, the internment of Japanese Canadians and residential schools, with a focus on apologies, redress and reconciliation. No graphic detail.
Curriculum outcome: Time, continuity and change (by Grade 6) · how historians use evidence and thinking concepts to answer questions about the past
Unit 8
Regions & Resources
The natural resources and industries of Canada's regions, how they shape regional identity, and First Peoples' land rights and title.
Curriculum outcome: Interdependence (by Grade 6) · how resources shape Canada's regions
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