Social Studies 5
British Columbia · Grade 5 · Social Studies — the complete curriculum-aligned outline, taught skill by skill by MapleMind's AI tutor.
Unit 1: Canadian Identity
Big Idea: Canada's policies for and treatment of minority peoples have negative and positive legacies. How Canadian identity has grown and changed over time, and how immigration has shaped — and continues to shape — who lives in Canada and how the country sees itself.
- How Canadian identity has changed
- How immigration to Canada has changed
Unit 2: Discrimination and Human Rights
Big Idea: Immigration and multiculturalism continue to shape Canadian society and identity. Learning honestly about four real, government-caused injustices in Canada's past — the Chinese Head Tax, the Komagata Maru incident, residential schools, and wartime internments — and how Canadians have responded by building stronger human rights protections.
- The Chinese Head Tax
- The Komagata Maru Incident
- Residential Schools
- Wartime Internments
- Human rights and responses to discrimination
Unit 3: Government in Canada
Big Idea: Canadian institutions and government reflect the challenge of our regional diversity. How Canada is governed at different levels, how each level is funded, and how Canadians take part in and are represented by their government.
- First Peoples, federal, provincial, and municipal government
- How Canadians participate in and are represented by government
Unit 4: Resources and Land
Big Idea: Natural resources continue to shape the economy and identity of different regions of Canada. How different regions of Canada use their resources to build their economies, and how First Peoples' relationship with the land is rooted in ownership and use that goes back long before Canada existed.
- Resources and economic development by region
- First Peoples land ownership and use
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