Grade 5 Social Studies
5 units matched to the Nova Scotia Curriculum.
Learning focus
- Investigate how we learn about the past. Learners will investigate how we learn about the past, with a focus on Acadians, African Nova Scotians, Gaels, Mi’kmaq, and additional cultures.
- Investigate how environment influenced the development of an ancient society. Learners will investigate how environment influenced the development of an ancient society.
- Investigate the diverse societies of First Nations and Inuit, in what later became Canada. Learners will investigate the diverse societies of First Nations and Inuit, in what later became Canada.
- Investigate decision-making practices in First Nations and Inuit societies in what later became Atlantic Canada. Learners will investigate decision-making practices in First Nations and Inuit societies in what later became Atlantic Canada.
- Analyse interactions between British and French and First Nations and Inuit in what later became Atlantic Canada. Learners will analyse interactions between British and French and First Nations and Inuit in what later became Atlantic Canada.
Units
Unit 1
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.
Learning outcome: Investigate how we learn about the past · how historians and archaeologists use evidence
Unit 2
Land and Water
How the Nile, the Tigris and Euphrates, the Andes, the Greek coast and the lakes of Mexico shaped farming, homes, tools and trade, and how droughts and floods created challenges.
Learning outcome: Investigate how environment influenced the development of an ancient society · how land and water shaped an ancient society
Unit 3
Rise and Fall
Food surplus, rivers, trade and strong leaders helped civilizations rise. Drought, invasion, fighting inside and worn-out farmland could lead to decline, usually through several causes together.
Learning outcome: Investigate how environment influenced the development of an ancient society · how ancient societies grew and declined
Unit 4
Deciding Together
Practises how First Nations and Inuit societies in what later became Atlantic Canada made decisions, including Mi’kmaw governance, consensus and the role of Elders. Content is light, in the present tense, and will be reviewed with community partners.
Learning outcome: Investigate decision-making practices in First Nations and Inuit societies in what later became Atlantic Canada · how Mi’kmaw and Inuit communities decide together: Elders, consensus, sharing and the seasons
Unit 5
Meeting in Atlantic Canada
Practises how British, French, First Nations and Inuit peoples interacted in what later became Atlantic Canada: trade, rivalry, the Peace and Friendship Treaties, and the Expulsion of the Acadians. Questions are neutral and factual, and show that groups saw events differently.
Learning outcome: Analyse interactions between British and French and First Nations and Inuit in what later became Atlantic Canada · trade, treaties, rivalry and the Acadians, seen from more than one point of view
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