Social Studies, Grade 6
Ontario · Grade 6 · Social Studies — the complete curriculum-aligned outline, taught skill by skill by MapleMind's AI tutor.
Unit 1: Heritage and Identity: Communities in Canada, Past and Present
How various groups and communities — including First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities and settler/newcomer groups — have contributed to Canadian identities and to the goal of inclusiveness; the traditional and treaty territory of one's own community, reasons for migration, life in settler communities, types of communities, significant events in the histories of Indigenous, settler, and Jewish communities, interactions among communities, key differences between communities, changes within one's own community, and the fundamental elements of Canadian identities.
- How features shape a country's identity
- First Nations, Métis, and Inuit contributions
- Settler and newcomer contributions
- Building an inclusive Canada
- Traditional and treaty territory
- Why people migrated to Canada
- Life in settler and newcomer communities
- Types of communities and their contributions
- Histories of Indigenous communities
- Histories of settler and newcomer communities
- History of Jewish communities in Canada
- Interactions between communities
- Differences between communities
- Changes within my community
- Fundamental elements of Canadian identities
Unit 2: People and Environment: Canada's Interactions with the Global Community
Why international cooperation matters and how effective Canadian and citizen actions abroad have been; why Canada participates in international accords and organizations; responses of governments, NGOs, and citizens to global issues; why some environmental issues require global cooperation; Canada's involvement in world regions including its responses to disasters and to human rights violations during and since the Holocaust; and the political, social, economic, and environmental effects of Canada's global interactions, including locating significant countries and regions.
- Why Canada joins international accords
- Responses to a global issue
- Environmental issues that cross borders
- How Canada interacts with other nations
- Canada's international accords and organizations
- Groups through which Canadians act globally
- Responses to disasters and emergencies
- Canada, the Holocaust, and human rights
- Effects of Canada's interactions on regions
- Locating countries Canada connects with
- Canada's economic relationships
- Economic effects on Canada
- Environmental effects of Canada's interactions
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