Grade 3 Social Studies
6 units matched to the NWT Curriculum. Kids see this subject as “Our World”.
Big Ideas
- Learning about Indigenous peoples nurtures multicultural awareness and respect for diversity.
- People from diverse cultures and societies share some common experiences and aspects of life.
- Indigenous knowledge is passed down through oral history, traditions, and collective memory.
- Indigenous societies throughout the world value the well-being of the self, the land, spirits, and ancestors.
Units
Unit 1
Maps & Globes
Naming continents and oceans, using north, south, east and west on a simple town map, and reading map features such as a legend (key), compass rose and scale.
Learning standard: Mapping: continents, oceans, cardinal directions and map features
Unit 2
Needs Around the World
Everyone needs food, water, shelter and clothing. How people in different places meet these needs using what the land and climate offer, and why caring for the land matters.
Learning standard: How people meet their basic needs in different places; relationships between people and the land
Unit 3
Cultures of the World
What culture means, how cultures differ (language, food, celebrations) and what people everywhere share, plus the rights and responsibilities of global citizens.
Learning standard: Diversity of world cultures; common experiences of people around the world; rights and responsibilities of global citizens
Unit 4
First Peoples
First Nations, Métis and Inuit in Canada today: many distinct Nations and languages, Elders as knowledge keepers, and how oral history and traditions pass knowledge between generations. Includes short reading passages.
Learning standard: Cultural characteristics and ways of life of local First Peoples; knowledge passed down through oral history, traditions and collective memory
Unit 5
Indigenous Peoples of the World
Indigenous peoples around the world today, such as the Māori of Aotearoa New Zealand, the Sámi of northern Europe and Inuit of the Arctic: their homelands, languages and connections to the land, and what they share with Indigenous peoples in Canada.
Learning standard: Cultural characteristics and ways of life of Indigenous peoples around the world; relationships between people, the land and ancestors
Unit 6
Our Territory: The NWT
NWT schools add local knowledge to the adapted BC curriculum. This unit covers where the Northwest Territories is, its capital, big lakes and rivers, communities and 11 official languages. Present tense, living communities.
Learning standard: Northwest Territories · places, communities and official languages of the Northwest Territories
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