Grade 3 Social Studies BC Learning Standards

Big Ideas

Social Studies

Curricular Competency

Content

cultural characteristics and ways of life of local First Peoples and global indigenous peoples

Use Social Studies inquiry processes and skills to ask questions; gather, interpret, and analyze ideas; and communicate findings and decisions

Learning about indigenous peoples nurtures multicultural awareness and respect for diversity.

aspects of life shared by and common to peoples and cultures

Explain why people, events, or places are significant to various individuals and groups(significance)

People from diverse cultures and societies share some common experiences and aspects of life.

interconnections of cultural and technological innovations of global and local indigenous peoples

Ask questions, make inferences, and draw conclusions about the content and features of different types of sources(evidence)

Indigenous knowledge is passed down through oral history, traditions, and collective memory.

governance and social organization in local and global indigenous societies

Sequence objects, images, or events, and explain why some aspects change and others stay the same(continuity and change)

Indigenous societies throughout the world value the well-being of the self, the land, spirits, and ancestors.

oral history, traditional stories, and artifacts as evidence about past First Peoples cultures

Recognize the causes and consequences of events, decisions, or developments(cause and consequence)

relationship between humans and their environment

Explain why people's beliefs, values, worldviews, experiences, and roles give them different perspectives on people, places, issues, or events

Make value judgments about events, decisions, or actions, and suggest lessons that can be learned(ethical judgment)

Inquiry Skills

Perspectives

Ethical Judgement

Continuity and Change

Cause and Consequence

Simplified Curricular Competencies for Socials

Significance

Evidence