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This document outlines the Alberta Education curriculum for Grade 1/2 Social Studies on Canada's dynamic communities. It focuses on having students demonstrate an understanding of how geography, culture, language, heritage, economics, and resources shape and change communities in Canada. Specifically, students will appreciate the physical and human geography of Inuit, Acadian, and prairie communities by investigating questions about their locations, geographic regions, landforms, bodies of water, climates, and how physical geography shapes their identities.

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Gradeone and Two

This document outlines the Alberta Education curriculum for Grade 1/2 Social Studies on Canada's dynamic communities. It focuses on having students demonstrate an understanding of how geography, culture, language, heritage, economics, and resources shape and change communities in Canada. Specifically, students will appreciate the physical and human geography of Inuit, Acadian, and prairie communities by investigating questions about their locations, geographic regions, landforms, bodies of water, climates, and how physical geography shapes their identities.

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Grade 1 / 2 Social Studies

Alberta Education Curriculum


2.1 Canadas Dynamic Communities
General Outcome
Students will demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of how geography,
culture, language, heritage, economics and resources shape and change Canadas
communities.

Specific Outcomes
Values and Attitudes
Students will:
2.1.1 Appreciate the physical and human geography of the communities studied:
appreciate how a communitys physical geography shapes identity (I, LPP)
appreciate the diversity and vastness of Canadas land and peoples (CC, LPP)
value oral history and stories as ways to learn about the land (LPP, TCC)
acknowledge, explore and respect historic sites and monuments (CC, LPP, TCC)
demonstrate care and concern for the environment (C, ER, LPP)
Knowledge and Understanding
Students will:
2.1.2 Investigate the physical geography of an Inuit, an Acadian, and a prairie
community in Canada by exploring and reflecting the following questions for inquiry:
Where are the Inuit, Acadian and prairie communities located in Canada? (LPP)
How are the geographic regions different from where we live? (LPP)
What are the major geographical regions, landforms and bodies of water in each
community? (LPP)
What are the main differences in climate among these communities? (LPP)
What geographic factors determined the establishment of each community (e.g., soil,
water and climate)? (LPP, TCC)
How does the physical geography of each community shape its identity? (CC, I)
What is daily life like for children in Inuit, Acadian and prairie communities (e.g.,
recreation, school)? (CC, I, LPP)
How does the vastness of Canada affect how we connect to other Canadian
communities? (C, I, LPP)

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