Grade 3 Social Studies
9 units matched to the New Brunswick Curriculum. Kids see this subject as “Our World”.
Learning focus
- Geography: Methods and Tools. Locate New Brunswick in the Atlantic region, Canada, North America, and the world.
- Geography: Places and Regions. Use evidence to investigate major physical features, climates, and vegetation of New Brunswick and the Atlantic region.
- Geography: Human Systems and Interactions. Describe Wabanaki Peoples’ relationships with the natural environment.
- History: Events and Peoples. Research the diverse peoples in New Brunswick, including first and founding peoples.
- History: Sources and Methods. Illustrate how the diversity of New Brunswick has changed over time.
- Civics: Power and Governance. Describe the purpose, function, and structure of governments.
- Civics: Rights and Responsibilities. Describe the rights and responsibilities of citizens.
- Civics: Civic Engagement. Describe how citizens participate in public decision-making.
- Wabanaki: Treaty Education. Describe the Peace and Friendship treaties and discuss their importance.
- Wabanaki: Reconciliation. Discuss the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action.
- Economics: Sustainability. Discuss New Brunswick’s natural resources.
Units
Unit 1
Maps & Globes
Naming continents and oceans, using north, south, east and west on a simple town map, and reading map features such as a legend (key), compass rose and scale.
Skill descriptor: Geography: Methods and Tools · using maps and globes to find places
Unit 2
My Province: New Brunswick
Practises where New Brunswick is in the Atlantic region and Canada, its major physical features, climate and vegetation, landmarks, and the ideas of urban and rural. It follows the Grade 3 social studies skill descriptors on places and regions in the New Brunswick curriculum.
Skill descriptor: Geography: Places and Regions · New Brunswick's location, physical features, climate, vegetation and landmarks, and urban and rural places
Unit 3
Wabanaki Nations of New Brunswick
Practises where the Wolastoqey, Mi'kmaq and Peskotomuhkati nations have their homelands in New Brunswick and how Wabanaki Peoples relate to the natural environment. The content is light, in the present tense, and needs review by Wabanaki partners.
Skill descriptor: Geography: Human Systems and Interactions · Wabanaki Peoples' homelands in New Brunswick and their relationships with the natural environment
Unit 4
The Peoples of New Brunswick
Practises the diverse peoples of New Brunswick, including the first and founding peoples, and how the province's diversity has changed over time. It follows the Grade 3 social studies skill descriptors on events and peoples and on sources and methods.
Skill descriptor: History: Events and Peoples · the diverse peoples of New Brunswick, including first and founding peoples, and how diversity has changed over time
Unit 5
Groups, Leaders & Getting Along
Practises formal and informal leadership, fair group decisions, peaceful ways of solving conflicts and what to do about bullying, including respect for the teachings of Elders and community members.
Skill descriptor: Civics: Power and Governance · groups, leaders and getting along
Unit 6
Governments in New Brunswick
Practises the purpose, function and structure of municipal, provincial and federal governments. It follows the Grade 3 social studies skill descriptor on power and governance in the New Brunswick curriculum.
Skill descriptor: Civics: Power and Governance · the purpose, function and structure of governments
Unit 7
Citizens Take Part
Practises the rights and responsibilities of citizens and how citizens take part in public decisions. It follows the Grade 3 social studies skill descriptors on rights and responsibilities and on civic engagement in the New Brunswick curriculum.
Skill descriptor: Civics: Rights and Responsibilities · the rights and responsibilities of citizens, and how citizens take part in decisions
Unit 8
Treaties & Reconciliation
Practises the Peace and Friendship treaties between the Wabanaki Nations and the Crown and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action. The content is light, in the present tense, and needs review by Wabanaki partners.
Skill descriptor: Wabanaki: Treaty Education · the Peace and Friendship treaties and why they matter, and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action
Unit 9
Natural Resources of New Brunswick
Practises New Brunswick's natural resources, such as forests, fish, farmland, minerals and water power, and what renewable and sustainable mean. It follows the Grade 3 social studies skill descriptor on economics and sustainability in the New Brunswick curriculum.
Skill descriptor: Economics: Sustainability · New Brunswick's natural resources, renewable and non-renewable resources, and using them sustainably
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