Grade 8 Social Studies
3 units matched to the Nunavut Curriculum.
Learning focus
- Nunavusiutit: heritage and culture, history, geography, environmental science, and civics and economics, with a focus on Nunavut and its links to Canada and the circumpolar world.
- Inuuqatigiit, the curriculum from the Inuit perspective, shapes how the strand is taught.
- Skills of inquiry, working with others and respecting different points of view.
Units
Unit 1
Making Nunavut
Covers the timeline from the land claims talks to the new territory in 1999. Light on detail and in the present tense where possible; it needs review by Inuit partners.
Approved guide: Junior Secondary Social Studies (NWT, 1993), History · the history of how Nunavut was created
Unit 2
Being a Historian
Telling primary from secondary sources, fact from opinion and bias, reading timelines and maps, and checking where information comes from.
Approved guide: Junior Secondary Social Studies (NWT, 1993), History · historical sources and evidence, timelines, maps, and fact from opinion
Unit 3
Sources & Evidence
Children practise choosing and judging sources, reading artifacts and art, comparing accounts and drawing conclusions from evidence.
Approved guide: Junior Secondary Social Studies (NWT, 1993), History · choosing, organizing and interpreting sources, planning research, context, evidence and changing interpretations
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