Curriculum Connections

With education being a provincial and territorial mandate across the country, we provide the following general curriculum connections for teachers to consider.

There are no specific topics or curriculum expectations mandated in this project.

We leave it to classroom teachers to decide how the Kids’ Guide to Canada project can best be used as an engaging learning tool to meet local curriculum expectations and student needs.  

BY CURRICULUM SUBJECT AREAS

SOCIAL STUDIES

Key Connections:  Our Local Community, Family culture and traditions; Community celebrations,  festivals, and traditions, Personal heritage and identity, Community histories; Recording local elder’s stories, Indigenous people in North America; First Nation, Métis, and Inuit languages, cultures, values, beliefs, and human rights issues; Rights and responsibilities of citizenship; Political Geography of Canada, Physical Regions of Canada, Sense of place, map reading skills; Canadian and World Trade.    

GEOGRAPHY

Key Connections:  Place and location, Mapping skills; Climate, physical, and political regions of Canada; Natural resources; Canadian and World Trade; Human cultures; Human migration; Environmental interrelationships and issues, Geographic literacy and inquiry skills.

HISTORY

Key Connections:  Community Histories, Family and community traditions, Personal heritage and identity, Indigenous people in North America, First Nations, Stories of local elders; Interrelationships, Perspective, Citizenship, Conflict and Change, Historical literacy and inquiry skills.

ENGLISH FRENCH LANGUAGE / LITERACY

Key Connections: Reading Skills,Writing Skills, and Oral Communication Skills, and Media Literacy (Digital Citizenship, Safe and Ethical use of connected technologies, E-portfolios, etc.)

FRENCH LANGUAGE / LITERACY

Principaux liens:  Aptitudes pour la rédaction, la lecture, la communication orale, and Media Literacy (citoyenneté numérique, sécurité numérique, portefeuilles électroniques)

INDIGENOUS, ABORIGINAL, AND TREATY EDUCATION

Key Connections:  First Nation, Métis, and Inuit nations, languages and cultures; Local and cross-Canada Indigenous history; Treaties and Treaty lands; Residential Schools; Issues: human rights, water, food security, education, health care, etc.; Indigenous sense of place and relationship to the environment; Spiritual values and beliefs; First Nation, Inuit, and Métis games, art, music, drama, and dance.

SCIENCE

Key Connections: Plants and Animals, Habitat Studies; Water quality and aquatic life; Wildlife conservation and preservation; Humans and Environmental Issues; Citizen Action

THE ARTS

MUSIC – Traditional and contemporary music and songs across different Canadian cultures

DANCE – Traditional and modern dance from different cultures

VISUAL ARTS – exploring different media and styles for personal expression; photographic composition, Canadian artists and artistic styles

DRAMA – Role-play and portrayal of historical events, Canadian playwrights and plays, Canadian video and film productions

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Key Connections:  participating in traditional cultural games from different groups in the country; looking at sports from different communities, i.e. lacrosse, hockey, Arctic Northern Games

HEALTH

Key Connections:  Healthy Living in different communities across Canada; Healthy Eating, Diet, Food Costs and Security Issues, Life Style Issues (stress, bullying, 24 hr darkness, diets, physical activity vs sedentary, lack of internet, etc.); Safety Issues, Traffic, Transit

KINDERGARTEN

Belonging and Contributing: developing connectedness and relationships to others, and contributing as part of a group, a community, and the natural world; Roles and relationships in the community, and contributions to the world around them

Problem-Solving and Innovating: making meaning of their world by asking questions, testing theories, solving problems, and engaging in creative and analytical thinking; the innovative ways of thinking about and doing things that arise naturally with an active curiosity, and applying those ideas in relationships with others, with materials, and with the environment

LEARNING SKILLS,  CHARACTER EDUCATION,
and/or
RELIGIOUS STUDIES 

21ST CENTURY / GLOBAL COMPETENCIES

Critical Thinking, Problem-solving and Decision-Making; Communication; Collaboration, Co-operation and Leadership; Creativity and Innovation, Citizenship.

CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT

Empathy, Respect, Responsibility, Kindness + Caring, Honesty, Fairness, Perseverance, Integrity, Citizenship.

RELIGION

Religious values and beliefs, the role of religion in Canadian history; Celebrations – the calendar and liturgical year; Living a moral life – freedoms, rights, responsibilities, and following the law; Living in solidarity – social justice and respecting people of other faiths

ETHICAL CITIZENSHIP

Social, Cultural, Global and Environmental Responsibility

ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT

Lifelong learning skills, Personal management and well-being; Digital and technological fluency; Entrepreneurial skills.