Grade 3 Social Studies
6 units matched to the Nunavut Curriculum. Kids see this subject as “Our World”.
Learning focus
- Nunavusiutit: heritage and culture, history, geography, environmental science, and civics and economics, with a focus on Nunavut and its links to Canada and the circumpolar world.
- Inuuqatigiit, the curriculum from the Inuit perspective, shapes how the strand is taught.
- Skills of inquiry, working with others and respecting different points of view.
Units
Unit 1
Our Territory: Nunavut
Covers Nunavut's regions, capital, communities, symbols and landscape. Some names are written in Inuktitut. Nunavut-only content, written from Government of Nunavut sources.
Approved guide: Elementary Social Studies (NWT, 1993), Geography · Nunavut's regions, communities, symbols and landscape
Unit 2
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.
Approved guide: Elementary Social Studies (NWT, 1993), Civics and economics · leadership in groups, resolving conflict and dealing with bullying
Unit 3
Maps of Our World
Practises the equator and the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, the continents and oceans, and reading maps, aerial photographs and satellite images with a title, legend, compass rose and the four cardinal directions.
Approved guide: Elementary Social Studies (NWT, 1993), Geography · the equator and hemispheres, continents and oceans, map tools and cardinal directions
Unit 4
Communities Around the World
Practises daily life in communities around the world: homes, food, work and technology that suit the land and weather, cultural expression, respectful language about differences and how media can show only part of a place.
Approved guide: Elementary Social Studies (NWT, 1993), History · ways of life, culture and how land and resources shape work, goods and homes
Unit 5
Working Together Fairly
Practises group skills: sharing ideas, decisions and responsibilities, being fair and respectful, considering other people's views, listening actively and choosing ways to present information.
Approved guide: Elementary Social Studies (NWT, 1993), Civics and economics · collaborating, interacting fairly, listening to perspectives and presenting information
Unit 6
Ask, Find & Record
Practises the first steps of social studies research: gathering information from oral, visual, material, print and electronic sources, organizing and recording it in charts and maps, naming sources, choosing tools and forming research questions.
Approved guide: Elementary Social Studies (NWT, 1993), Heritage and culture · gathering and recording information, using tools and forming research questions
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