Social Studies, Grade 6

Unit 1: Building a Nation (1867 to 1914)

Cluster 1: how Canada was built between 1867 and 1914 — Confederation, treaties, immigration and Prairie settlement, Manitoba's entry, the railway, and the leaders of the era.

• The British North America Act
• Citizenship then and now
• Landforms and bodies of water
• Rupert's Land and the 1867 provinces

• Treaties and reserves
• Groups who immigrated to Canada
• How the government encouraged immigration
• Challenges new immigrants faced
• Life on a prairie homestead
• Agriculture and Canada's growth

• Manitoba's entry into Confederation
• Ritchot and Taché
• The 1885 Resistance
• The North West Mounted Police
• The gold rushes
• Building the Canadian Pacific Railway
• Provinces and territories join Canada
• Prime ministers, 1867 to 1914
• Aboriginal leaders, 1867 to 1914

Unit 2: An Emerging Nation (1914 to 1945)

Cluster 2: Canada from 1914 to 1945 — the two World Wars, the home front, the Winnipeg General Strike, women's changing roles and suffrage, and the Depression.

• Causes and events of the First World War
• Canada in the First World War
• Causes and events of the Second World War
• Canada in the Second World War
• First Nations, Inuit, and Métis in the war effort
• Remembrance Day

• The 1919 Winnipeg General Strike
• Changing roles for women
• The struggle for women's suffrage
• Prime ministers, 1914 to 1945
• Stories of the Depression
• The land and daily life
• Technology from 1914 to 1945

Unit 3: Shaping Contemporary Canada (1945 to Present)

Cluster 3: Canada since 1945 — its place in the world, Aboriginal and francophone rights, the Charter, democratic ideals, and modern change.

• Canada in world conflicts since 1945
• Global events that affected Canadians
• Canada and the United Nations
• Canada's connections to the world
• Prime ministers since 1945
• Industry and technology since 1945
• Canadian inventions and technologies

• Changes in Aboriginal rights
• The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
• The ideals of democracy
• Bilingual and multicultural policies
• The Affaire Forest
• Changes to francophone populations
• The Division scolaire franco-manitobaine

Unit 4: Canada Today: Democracy, Diversity, and the Influence of the Past

Cluster 4: Canada today — how Canada is governed, self-determination, inequities, Canadian identity, the arts, notable Canadians, and the land.

• Main features of Canadian government
• How Canadians elect governments
• Political parties in Canada
• Responsibilities of each level of government
• Our government representatives
• Representatives of my Aboriginal community
• First Nations, Inuit, and Métis self-determination
• Authority and democratic ideals

• What shapes personal and national identity
• Choices and francophone identity
• What defines Canada as a country
• How government protects Canadian identity
• Arts and media as expressions of identity
• Groups that contribute to identity
• Aboriginal organizations and rights
• Francophone organizations and rights
• Notable Canadians and their achievements
• Current issues in citizenship
• The land and First Nation, Inuit, or Métis identity
• Provinces, territories, and capitals
• The natural environment and life in Canada