K-7 SCOPE AND SEQUENCE (SS, LA, ART, SCI, MA LEARNING STANDARDS, BC CURRICULUM, 2015)
3 (Eur. contact with FN,
Indigenous Societies/Issues)
4/5 (Contemporary
Canadian Issues)
6/7 (Neolithic-7th century,
7th-15th century)
(SS-1/2) Roles, rights and
responsibilities of individuals in the local
and global community
(SS-3)Governance and social
organization in local and global
Indigenous societies.
(SS-5) First Peoples land ownership and
use
(SS-7) Interactions and exchanges
between past civilizations and cultures,
including conflict, peace, trade,
expansion and migration
(SS-K) Personal and family history, and
traditions.
(SS-1/2) Relationships between a
community and its environment.
(SS-3)Cultural characteristics and ways
of life of local First Peoples and global
Indigenous peoples.
(SS-5) Human rights and responses to
discrimination in Canadian society.
(SS-7) Social, political, legal,
governmental, and economic systems
and structures, including at least one
indigenous to the Americas.
(SS-K) Rights, roles, and responsibilities
of individuals and groups (ie. UN Human
Rights, Rights of Child).
(SS-1/2) Diverse cultures, backgrounds,
and perspectives within local and global
communities, including at least one First
Peoples’ community and culture
(SS-3) Oral history, traditional stories,
and artifacts as evidence about past First
Peoples cultures.
(SS-5) Past discriminatory government
policies and actions such as residential
schools.
(SS-6) Economic policies and resource
management, including effects on
Indigenous peoples.
(SS-3) Interconnections of cultural and
technological innovations of global and
local Indigenous peoples.
(SS-4)Demographic changes in preConfederation British Columbia in both
First Peoples and non-First Peoples
communities.
K Identity and Families
(SS-K) People, places, and events in local
community, and in First Peoples’
communities.
1/2 Local, Regional, Global
Communities
(ART-K) Explore a variety of traditional and
contemporary Aboriginal Arts and artsmaking processes
(SS-1) Key events and developments in
the local community, and in local First
Peoples’ communities
(SC-K) First Peoples’ use of plants and
animals.
(LA-1/2)Show awareness of how story in
First Peoples’ culture connects people to
family and community.
(SC-K) Changes that living things make to
accommodate daily and seasonal cycles
(ie. Aboriginal knowledge of patterns)
(ART-1/2) Explore a variety of
traditional and contemporary Aboriginal
Arts and arts-making processes
(SC-K) Express and reflect on personal
experiences of place.
(SC-1) Common objects in the sky, and
Aboriginal knowledge of the sky and
landscape.
(MA- K) Draw upon local First People’s
knowledge and/or expertise of local
Elders to make connection to
mathematical topics and concepts
(SC-1) Behavioral adaptations of animals
in the local environment (ie. Aboriginal
knowledge of patterns).
(MA- K) Engage in problem-solving
experiences that are connected to place,
story, and cultural practices relevant to
the local community.
(SC-2) Aboriginal knowledge of life
cycles (ie. concept of stewardship).
(SC-1/2) Express and reflect on personal
experiences of place.
(SS-3) Governance and social
organization in local and global
Indigenous societies.
(SS-4)Early contact, trade/fur trade,
cooperation and conflict between First
Peoples and European peoples.
(LA-3) Show awareness of how story in
First Peoples’ cultures connects people
to family and community.
(SS-4) Impact of colonization on First
Peoples societies in British Columbia and
Canada.
(LA-3) Develop awareness of how story
in First Peoples’ cultures connects
people to land.
(SS-4) The history of the local community
and of local First Peoples communities.
(ART-3) Explore a variety of traditional and
contemporary Aboriginal Arts and artsmaking processes.
(SC-3) Aboriginal knowledge of
ecosystems.
(SC-3) Express and reflect on personal or
shared experiences of place.
-Compiled by Teacher Librarian Doni Gratton, West Vancouver School District, November 2015.
(LA- 4/5) Identify how story in First
Peoples’ cultures connects people to
land.
(LA- 4/5)Demonstrate awareness of the
oral tradition in First Peoples’ cultures
and the purposes of First Peoples texts
(ART-4/5) Explore a variety of
traditional and contemporary Aboriginal
Arts and arts-making processes.
(SS-7) Human responses to particular
geographic challenges and opportunities,
including climates, landforms, and
natural resources.
(SS-7) Origins, core beliefs, narratives,
practices and influences of religions,
including at least one indigenous to the
Americas.
(SS-6)Different systems of government
(ie. Indigenous governance)
(SS-6)Global poverty and inequality
issues, including class structure and
gender (ie. residential schools)
(SS-6) Roles of individuals, governmental
organizations, and NGOs, including
groups representing Indigenous peoples.
(SS-6) Global poverty and inequality
issues, including class structure and
gender, discrimination of Indigenous
peoples in Canada and world
(LA-6/7) Recognize and appreciate the
role of story, narrative, and oral tradition
expressing First Peoples perspectives,
values, beliefs, and points of view
K-7 SCOPE AND SEQUENCE (SS, LA, ART, SCI, MA LEARNING STANDARDS, BC CURRICULUM, 2015)
(MA- 1/2) Draw upon local First People’s
knowledge and/or expertise of local
Elders to make connection to
mathematical topics and concepts
(MA- 3) Draw upon local First People’s
knowledge and/or expertise of local
Elders to make connection to
mathematical topics and concepts
(LA-7) Recognize the validity of First
Peoples oral tradition for a range of
purposes.
(SC-4/5) Aboriginal concept of
interconnectedness in the environment.
(MA- 1/2) Engage in problem-solving
experiences that are connected to place,
story, and cultural practices relevant to
the local community.
(MA- 3) Engage in problem-solving
experiences that are connected to place,
story, and cultural practices relevant to
the local community.
(SC-4) The relationship between the sun
and the moon (ie. Aboriginal teachings).
(ART-6/7) Explore a variety of
traditional and contemporary Aboriginal
arts and arts-making processes
(SC-5) The nature of sustainable
practices around BCs living and nonliving resources (ie. Aboriginal
stewardship)
(SC-7) Evidence of climate change over
geological time and the recent impacts of
humans (ie. Aboriginal stewardship)
(SC-6/7) Express and reflect on personal,
(SC-4/5) Express and reflect on personal,
shared, or others’ experiences and
shared or others’ experiences of place.
perspectives of place (ie. Aboriginal ways
of knowing)
-Compiled by Teacher Librarian Doni Gratton, West Vancouver School District, November 2015.
(MA- 4/5) Draw upon local First People’s
knowledge and/or expertise of local Elders
to make connection to mathematical
topics and concepts
(MA-6/7) Apply cultural perspectives of
First People’s to the concepts of locating,
measuring and numbering.
(MA- 4/5) Engage in problem-solving
experiences that are connected to place,
story, and cultural practices relevant to
the local community.
(MA- 6/7) Engage in problem-solving
experiences that are connected to place,
story, and cultural practices relevant to
the local community.