Social Studies, Grade 6

Unit 1: An Introduction to Culture

Introducing the concept of culture - exploring what culture is and its role in our lives, mapping the world's major cultural regions, analysing cross-cultural understanding, and examining factors creating a more global culture.

• The concept of culture
• The role of culture in our lives

• Mapping the world's cultural regions
• The importance of cross-cultural understanding
• Factors creating a more global culture

Unit 2: Environment and Culture

Examining the relationship between environment and culture - comparing climate and vegetation across physical regions, assessing how environment shapes a cultural region, and comparing resource use and sustainability between Canada and another country.

• Comparing climate and vegetation
• Culture and environment in a region
• Resources and sustainability

Unit 3: Some Elements of Culture

Examining how traditions, government, and economic systems influence culture - looking at how each shapes the way of life in a selected cultural region or country.

• How traditions influence culture
• How government influences culture
• How economic systems influence cultures

Unit 4: Expressions of Culture

Analysing how cultures express beliefs and values - through the arts, through language, literature, and theatre, and through sports and games in a selected cultural region.

• How the arts reflect beliefs and values
• Language, literature, and theatre
• Sports and games as culture

Unit 5: World Issues

Examining world issues - the effects of the distribution of wealth around the world, examples of human rights issues, and taking age-appropriate action as global citizens.

• The distribution of wealth
• Human rights issues around the world
• Acting as a global citizen

Unit 6: Canada: Reflections on a Multicultural Mosaic

Reflecting on how cultures from around the world - including First Nations, Inuit, Metis, and Acadian peoples - have contributed to the development of Canada's multicultural mosaic.

• Building Canada's multicultural mosaic