Learning Outcomes - Social Studies
The learning outcomes listed here are focused on the intermediate and the grade 10 social studies curriculum. You can access the most recent version from the B.C. Ministry of Education Curriculum Branch. Please refer back to this page for the full wording of the outcomes. In order to keep the lesson plans as compact as possible we have often only quoted the part of the outcome that is most important to the particular activity.
Grade 4
- locate and record information from a variety of sources
- demonstrate understanding of factors that influenced early European exploration of North America
- analyse how people interact with their environment, in the past and in the present
Grade 5
- explain ways people preserve and transmit culture
- demonstrate understanding of why immigrants come to Canada, the challenges they face, and their contributions to Canada
Grade 6
- research information using print, non-print and electronic sources
- describe
daily life, work, family structures and gender roles in Canada and
the world etc.
Grade 10
- assess the interaction between Aboriginal people and Europeans
- identify the influence of immigration on, and the contributions of immigrants to, the development of Canada
- identify and describe the effects of technological innovation on settlement and employment patterns within regions of Canada
- construct, interpret, and use graphs, tables, grids, scales, legends, contours, and various types of maps
- analyse how geography influenced the economic, historical, and cultural development of western Canada
- identify key local and provincial resource-development issues from 1815 to the present, considering the concepts of stewardship and sustainability
