Unit 4: Learning Objectives
Key Understanding: Peoples’ worldviews, relationship with the environment and cultural factors influence economic development and resource management practices.
Knowledge 
Students will:
illustrate examples of Aboriginal tradition or custom which affects economic development
.
analyze contemporary economic development of Aboriginal peoples
.
evaluate Aboriginal efforts to generate local activity through sustainable development practices.
Values
Students will:
appreciate how culture shapes approaches to economic activity.
explore how values and beliefs influence behaviour.
develop appreciation for innovative approaches to sustainable development
.
Skills/Processes
Students will:
summarize concepts from a variety of perspectives.
draw inferences, make generalizations and reach tentative conclusions.
develop understanding of cause and effect relationships.
Key Understanding: Aboriginal rights influence economic development.
Knowledge
Students will:
summarize the relationship between education, health and justice factors in relation to community economic development.
synthesize the impact of The Indian Act upon economic growth and development.
describe how settlement of land claims influences economic development.
Values
Students will:
appreciate the complexity of Aboriginal rights in Canada.
appreciate the interrelationship of Aboriginal rights, economic development and Canadian legislation such as The Indian Act.
respect Aboriginal perseverance in ensuring rights are respected in the economic development process.
Skills/Processes
Students will:
construct a timeline as a means of identifying key elements of an issue.
analyze statements to determine underlying points of view.
interpret and summarize important understandings from legal documents.
Key Understanding: There are technical, social and cultural implications associated with economic development projects.
Knowledge
Students will:
describe economic development issues facing Aboriginal peoples.
evaluate Aboriginal community infrastructures in relation to support for economic development.
assess examples of economic development which are consistent with traditional cultural values.
Values
Students will:
appreciate that people have various ideas and assumptions about resource development.
appreciate how Aboriginal peoples have been affected by the development of lands to which they once had unlimited access.
develop respect for Aboriginal peoples' initiatives to become economically self-sufficient.
Skills/Processes
Students will:
further develop geography and mapping skills.
analyze current Aboriginal economic development projects.
summarize, interpret and analyze information from presentation, lecture and readings.
Key Understanding: A range of perspectives exists regarding development.
Knowledge
Students will:
describe specific issues relating to economic development projects.
understand what a dialectical approach to examining contemporary issues is.
summarize the range of perspectives relevant to development issues.
Values
Students will:
appreciate the diversity of perspectives regarding economic development.
value approaches to understanding issues which consider multiple perspectives.
develop respect for the struggles of people to deal with contemporary issues.
Skills/Processes
Students will:
gather information from a variety of sources to identify current development issues.
participate in a simulation adopting and developing a specific role.
