Social Studies, Grade 1

Unit 1: Groups

How people interact and belong: the importance of interactions between people, the similarity and diversity of social and cultural groups, and the rights and responsibilities of people within groups.

• Interactions and communication in our day

• Social and cultural groups

• Rights and responsibilities of people in groups
• Solving conflicts peacefully

Unit 2: Environments

The world around us: recognizing natural and constructed features, describing how people depend upon and interact with natural environments, and taking age-appropriate action to care for the environment.

• Telling natural from constructed features

• How people depend on natural environments

• Doing my part for the environment

Unit 3: Place and Time

Representing and changing places over time: using signs, symbols, direction, and scale on maps; how community life evolves; how the Mi'kmaq relationship with place on Epekwitk has changed; and how interactions between communities change over time.

• Signs, symbols, direction, and scale on maps

• Community life evolves over time

• The Mi'kmaq relationship with place, then and now

• How interactions between communities change

Unit 4: Needs and Wants

Understanding economics at a first-grade level: that all people have needs and wants, the factors that influence how they are met, and how communities depend on each other to exchange goods and services.

• Everyone has needs and wants

• What influences how needs and wants are met

• How communities depend on each other