Social Studies, Grade 5

Unit 1: Introduction

Understanding how we learn about the past - the process of historical inquiry using primary sources, the discipline of archaeology, and the value of oral tradition and story-telling.

• Primary sources and historical inquiry
• The work of archaeology
• Oral tradition and story-telling

Unit 2: Environment

Explaining how environment influenced the development of an ancient society - locating the society geographically and examining how a significant geographic feature contributed to its development.

• Locating an ancient society
• How a geographic feature shaped a society

Unit 3: Social Structure

Explaining the importance of social structure in a society from the middle ages - illustrating the social structure and comparing the lifestyles associated with different roles within it.

• Illustrating a society's social structure
• Comparing lifestyles of different roles

Unit 4: Decision-Making

Understanding the diverse societies of First Nations and Inuit in what later became Canada, and examining the decision-making practices of First Nations and Inuit societies in what later became Atlantic Canada.

• Diversity of First Nations and Inuit societies
• Adapting to the environment

• Roles and how decisions were made
• Decisions about needs and resources

Unit 5: Interactions

Examining interactions between the British and French and First Nations and Inuit in what later became Atlantic Canada - both the beneficial and the devastating consequences, and the settlement and Deportation of the Acadians.

• Beneficial and devastating consequences of contact
• Acadian settlement and the Deportation

Unit 6: My Society

Illustrating the similarities and differences between past societies and your own society, using historical evidence about environment, social structure, decision-making, and interactions.

• Comparing past societies and my society