Social Studies, Grade 5
Ontario · Grade 5 · Social Studies — the complete curriculum-aligned outline, taught skill by skill by MapleMind's AI tutor.
Unit 1: Heritage and Identity: First Nations and Europeans in New France and Early Canada
Interactions among Indigenous peoples, among Europeans, and between Indigenous and European people prior to 1713 in what would eventually become Canada: the positive and negative consequences of contact, ways different parties benefited from each other, connections to present-day issues, the major Indigenous nations, motives for exploration, the institutions of New France, the fur trade, the ethnogenesis of the Métis, significant differences among peoples, and the effects of European conflicts.
- Positive and negative consequences of contact
- How different parties benefited from each other
- How early interactions connect to today
- Major Indigenous nations at contact
- Interactions before Europeans arrived
- Why Europeans explored and settled
- The institutions of New France
- Interactions between Indigenous peoples and Europeans
- The birth of the Métis people
- Differences among peoples and why
- Effects of European conflicts
Unit 2: People and Environment: Government and Responsible Citizenship
How governments in Canada — including First Nations, Métis, and Inuit governments — respond to social and environmental issues, and how citizens can plan action; the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, the jurisdiction and shared responsibilities of the different levels of government, Indigenous governance structures, public consultation, the duty to consult and accommodate, government and citizen action on issues, and why different groups hold different perspectives.
- How well governments address issues
- A plan of action for a social issue
- A plan of action for an environmental issue
- Rights and responsibilities of citizenship
- What each level of government does
- First Nations, Métis, and Inuit governments
- Shared responsibility across governments
- How governments hear from the public
- The duty to consult and accommodate
- Government action to solve issues
- Why groups see issues differently
- How citizens take action
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