Social Studies
Grade Six
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Skills/Abilities
Discuss and interpret models and diagrams for information regarding day and night and seasons.
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Skills/Abilities
Discuss and interpret maps as representations of the earth.
Compare the relative accuracy (using approximate numbers or land mass) of globes and maps.
Compare relative convenience of globes and maps.
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Skills/Abilities
Locate examples of maps, graphs, charts, etc.
Locate examples of approximate numbers. Discuss reasons for using them.
Brainstorm questions and select key words.
Practise interpreting various codes used on maps.
Use the Table of Contents and Index of an atlas to locate information.
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Skills/Abilities
Identify natural features as represented on globes and maps
(continents, oceans, islands, mountain ranges, river systems,
etc.).
Interpret the symbols used on maps and globes to identify the above features.
Discuss concepts and information.
Follow instructions to create a model illustrating colour coding and elevation.
Determine elevation patterns on maps by interpreting colour and by tracing the flow of rivers.
Using the legends on globes and maps, identify mountain ranges, lowlands, ocean depth, etc.
Use approximate numbers as benchmarks.
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Skills/Abilities
Discuss concepts and information.
Use a grid system to locate various places.
Complete simple exercises given longitude/latitude coordinates to locate various places.
Complete simple exercises with a time zone map of Canada.
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Skills/Abilities
Discuss the meaning and significance of boundaries.
Identify various types of boundaries.
Locate various countries, provinces, states.
Imagine and discuss possible future boundary changes.
Identify natural barriers and relate them to existing boundaries. Discuss reasons why they may have been used as boundaries.
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Skills/Abilities
Describe local climate in point form.
Organize information in webs.
Read climate graphs. Understand the use of "average" temperature and precipitation.
Identify factors that cause climate variance.
Use maps to predict climate in various locations.
Use a variety of reference material to gather information.
Link relationships.
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Skills/Abilities
Locate regions on a map.
Discuss information.
Brainstorm questions.
Locate, gather and organize information.
Understand relationships.
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