Social Studies Grade One

Unit 4: Decision Making

Unit Overview for Grades 1 to 5

Learning at each grade level is organized around four units of study.

Unit 1 Identity Unit 3 Interdependence

Unit 2 Heritage Unit 4 Decision Making

This curriculum uses a spiral model for organizing learning objectives. With this developmental model, concepts are introduced and developed within the context of a theme and at a level appropriate for the students in the classroom. The unit Decision Making is developed in the following way:

Unit Summary for Grade One

As students explore changes in their lives, in their families, in school, and seasonal changes, they will learn that change may occur naturally or as a result of decisions made.

Students will have the opportunity to identify and participate in various ways of making decisions as they occur in the classroom and the family. They will earn that circumstances may determine how decisions are made.

The unit ends with a culminating project celebrating Canada Day.

Major Concepts and Learning Objectives

Concepts

Decision making

change, leadership, choices, rules, consequences, conflict resolution

Knowledge Objectives

Students will know that:

change is an integral part of life. (PSVS, CCT)
rules are established for a purpose and may be changed. (PSVS, CCT)
breaking rules may have consequences. (PSVS, IL)
decisions are made in various ways and serve various purposes. (PSVS, CCT)

Skills/Abilities Objectives

Students will:

identify and practice effective decision-making techniques. (C, PSVS, CCT)
identify various family and school rules. (C, PSVS, IL)
make connections among rules, their purposes, and the possible consequences of breaking them. (C, PSVS, CCT)
identify and practice peaceful conflict resolution techniques. (C, PSVS, CCT)

Attitudes/Values Objectives

Students will:

value change as an opportunity for growth. (PSVS)
value peaceful decision-making processes. (PSVS, CCT)
appreciate the importance of having and obeying rules. (PSVS)

Citizen Action Objectives

Students may:

make decisions. (C, IL, PSVS)

Suggestions for Integration

Language Arts:

Consider the following themes for a drama in context developed in the personal context.

changes in a family
a family celebration for July first
a family making decisions
growing and changing

Arts Education:

Integrate with art by making collages of the sequence of life's stages.

Health:

Issues about growth and the human life cycle including the stages of prenatal development.

Mathematics:

Identify and express change by measuring and graphing.

Student skills/abilities may be supported in all subjects.