Grade 6 Social Studies
16 units matched to the Prince Edward Island 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
Island Time Lines
Practises reading and building time lines to place selected events of the Contemporary/European period of Prince Edward Island history in order.
Curriculum outcome: 6.1.1 · placing selected events of the Contemporary/European period of Island history on a time line
Unit 2
What Is Culture?
Practises the idea of culture and the role it plays in people’s lives, how the world can be divided into cultural regions, and why understanding other cultures matters.
Curriculum outcome: 6.1.1; 6.1.2; 6.1.3 · what culture is, major cultural regions of the world, and why cross-cultural understanding matters
Unit 3
People of Island History
Practises how people from many parts of the world are part of Prince Edward Island history, and how to research the historical contributions of one individual.
Curriculum outcome: 6.2.1; 6.2.2 · people from many parts of the world in Island history, and researching one person's contributions
Unit 4
Traditions Shape Culture
Practises how traditions influence the culture of a selected cultural region.
Curriculum outcome: 6.2.1 · how traditions influence the culture of a selected region of the world
Unit 5
Government & Culture
Practises how government influences the culture of a selected country, for example through laws, language and education.
Curriculum outcome: 6.2.2 · how government influences culture in a selected country
Unit 6
Global Challenges
Poverty and inequality, global environmental problems, and how individuals, governments, NGOs and the UN work together, including the Montreal Protocol as a cooperation success story.
Curriculum outcome: 6.3.1 · poverty, inequality and global problems, and how people and groups work together
Unit 7
Getting Around the Island
Practises how the modes of transportation on the Island have developed over time.
Curriculum outcome: 6.3.1 · how the modes of transportation on the Island developed over time
Unit 8
Cities & Migration
Push and pull factors, immigrants, refugees and internal migrants, how and why cities grow, and the challenges of rapid urbanization, with a short reading and a population table.
Curriculum outcome: 6.4.1 · why people move, newcomers to Canada and how cities grow
Unit 9
What Makes Canada, Canada?
Official languages, parliamentary democracy and the constitutional monarchy, multiculturalism, the Charter, built and physical features, and groups working for inclusion.
Curriculum outcome: 6.4.1 · official languages, multiculturalism, the Charter and what shapes Canadian identity
Unit 10
Island Decisions
Practises how past political decisions have affected present-day life on Prince Edward Island.
Curriculum outcome: 6.4.1 · how past political decisions have shaped present-day life on the Island
Unit 11
Island Economy Over Time
Practises the economic activities carried out on Prince Edward Island over time and how they have changed.
Curriculum outcome: 6.5.1 · the economic activities on the Island and how they have changed over time
Unit 12
Changing Island Lifestyles
Practises how the lifestyles of people on Prince Edward Island have changed over time.
Curriculum outcome: 6.6.1 · how the lifestyles of people on the Island have changed over time
Unit 13
Island Traditions & Big Events
Practises how Island cultural traditions influence life on Prince Edward Island today, and the importance of a significant event of Island history.
Curriculum outcome: 6.7.1; 6.7.2 · the cultural traditions of the Island today, and a significant event of Island history
Unit 14
Trade & Globalization
Imports and exports, market, command, traditional and mixed economies, supply and demand, tariffs and trade disputes, and the benefits and costs of globalization, presented from several points of view.
Curriculum outcome: 6.1.4; 6.2.3 · imports, exports, trade, economic systems and a more connected world
Unit 15
Helping Around the World
How governments, NGOs and citizens respond to disasters and global issues, the Montreal Protocol and Paris Agreement, refugees, and a factual look at Canada's response to the MS St. Louis in 1939.
Curriculum outcome: 6.3.2 · how people and governments respond to disasters, refugees and rights around the world
Unit 16
Human Rights Around the World
Practises what human rights are and looks at selected examples of human rights issues around the world.
Curriculum outcome: 6.3.2 · what human rights are and selected human rights issues around the world
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