Social Studies
Grade Six
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Knowledge
Information about the past may be obtained from artifacts, fossils, legends, myths, art, history books.
Oral history has been an important means of transmitting information ever since the dawn of humanity.
Time may be measured using a linear scale.
Events occur within a context of time. They may have a cause/effect relationship. They may occur within a context of events happening simultaneously.
Optional
Time may be measured using a cyclical scale.
Although the events may be different, they occur in a cyclical pattern.
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Knowledge
Much of what is recorded in history books about pre-historic
peoples and events is based on interpretations of artifacts
and oral history.
An historical publication is generally written from one perspective, so does not necessarily tell the whole story.
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Knowledge
Lifestyles of people are in part determined by their
environments.
Throughout history, people have utilized resources found within their environments to meet their needs and wants.
To maintain a sufficient supply of food, some societies
relied on hunting and fishing, while others developed
agricultural practices
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Indigenous peoples have been living in the Americas for tens of thousands of years. In Europe and Africa, their history is considerably longer.
Indigenous peoples throughout the Americas used resources to meet their needs. They tended to maintain a close relationship with the environment, using technologies which had a minimal impact upon it. They often placed great value and sacred significance on the physical environment.
Indigenous peoples of Africa, Europe and the Americas had underlying values and attitudes that were quite different from one another.
Interaction between and among Indigenous nations on each of the three continents has been occurring for centuries.
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Knowledge
European and African peoples adapted to the environment and used it
to meet their needs and wants in ways quite different from those of
the Americas.
European values and lifestyles were reflected in the following:
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Knowledge
Countries involved in exploration of the Americas were countries that had sea ports.
When groups of people with an established lifestyle move to another location, interaction occurs with the environment and with other peoples.
This interaction results in change to the environment as well as lifestyles.
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Knowledge
Indigenous peoples of the Americas were either willing to or were
forced to share the land with newcomers.
Indigenous people and immigrants shared their knowledge with each
other (e.g. finding plants, hunting methods, building homes,
transportation, guns).
Immigrants clearing land and growing crops had an impact on the
natural environment as well as the lifestyles of Indigenous
people.
Early European immigrants generally had little regard for the needs, beliefs and values of the Indigenous peoples.
Many Indigenous peoples suffered incredible hardships as a result of European immigration:
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Knowledge
African nations had distinct and established cultures
before the slave trade began.
The practice of slavery had a long history among European and African nations. The trans-Atlantic slave trade that lasted for 400 years was, however, unprecedented.
During that period, over ten million Africans were transported to the Americas (including Canada), resulting in profound demographic and cultural changes.
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Knowledge
As various peoples from Europe and Asia became established in the Americas, the Indigenous peoples were profoundly affected.
Many different groups of immigrants and minority groups were/are subjected to discrimination during various periods of the history of the Americas.
Optional
Nations have laws governing immigration and the acceptance of refugees.
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