Grade 5 Social Studies
4 units matched to the Nunavut Curriculum.
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
The Land Claims Agreement
Covers the 1993 Nunavut Land Claims Agreement, the creation of the territory in 1999, and the roles of NTI and the wildlife and land boards. Present tense and light.
Approved guide: Inuuqatigiit (NWT, 1996), Civics and economics · the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement and the creation of Nunavut
Unit 2
Finding the Way on the Land
Practises Inuit land skills vocabulary and safe travel ideas such as telling someone your plan. Inuktut words vary by community. Children should only travel on the land with experienced family members.
Approved guide: Inuuqatigiit (NWT, 1996), Heritage and culture · traditional land skills and wayfinding, and travelling safely
Unit 3
Maps, Sources and Fair Thinking
Reading and building maps with latitude and longitude, telling primary from secondary sources and fact from opinion, comparing points of view, and working fairly with others.
Approved guide: Elementary Social Studies (NWT, 1993), History · map skills, historical sources, fact and opinion, and working fairly with others
Unit 4
Listen, Share and Solve Together
Listening to others, using language that respects diversity, supporting ideas with information, negotiating to reach agreement and presenting ideas in different ways.
Approved guide: Elementary Social Studies (NWT, 1993), Heritage and culture · respecting others, listening, respectful language, supporting opinions, negotiating and presenting ideas
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