Grade+6+Topics+Outline


 * Topic 1 – How did people live here in the past? Why did they live like this? **

// Learning Goals: I can study the impact of the different natural environments on the ways of life in Canada and our Atlantic neighbours. DR 6.1// · I can explain how climate and vegetation in a local area affected the historical development of people. · I can explain how climate and vegetation zones affect the lifestyle (e.g., home and building construction, types of sport, recreation and leisure activities, economic activity, etc.) of the people in different regions in Canada and in other Atlantic countries. · I can see how the natural environment is reflected in the art of people in Canada and in other Atlantic countries (e.g. music, dance, painting, sculpture, architecture). · I can show how place affected the development of First Nations language and culture.

// To access a SMARTBoard lesson on Homes of the Past, please email Jade at her Sun West email account. The file is too large to upload to the Wikispace! //


 * Topic 2 – Where do people live? Why do they live there? **

//Learning Goals: I can explore ways the land influences where humans settle and how settlements organize, and I can study ways human settlements affect the land. DR 6.2// · I can identify major cities, landforms, and bodies of water in Canada and a few other Atlantic countries using a map or a globe. · I can explain population distribution, density, and growth rate in various Atlantic countries and compare it to Canada. · I can identify past and present factors that influence the migration of people (e.g., environmental, economic, and political factors), and show some examples from Atlantic countries. · I can conduct an inquiry into urbanization and its impact on youth, including indigenous youth, in Canada and in a few Atlantic countries.

**Topic 3 - Learning About Maps**

// Learning Goals: I can evaluate the ways people have gotten used to their natural environments at the time and place in which they lived. (DR 6.3) // · I can investigate the role of astronomy and traditional practices and teachings in early map making and reading. · I can use latitude and longitude to find locations on a map. · I can calculate the time in different time zones in Canada and a few other Atlantic countries, using appropriate technology and vocabulary (e.g. including international date line, Universal Time, local time, and daylight saving time). · I can study the Aboriginal understanding of day, night, and seasons as part of global cycles. · I can compare the different approaches to natural resource and land use that FNMI in Canada & indigenous peoples in Atlantic countries have to non-indigenous peoples of these regions, and see how these different approaches created conflict or peace at various time periods and locations.