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Grade 1 – British Columbia (BC) Social Studies Curriculum – Local Communities. This product was created to cover the elaborations and big ideas in the British Columbia (BC) Social Studies Grade 1 Curriculum – Local Communities.
There are 142 activity sheets that cover the learning standards in the social studies curriculum. This unit contains readings, cut and paste activities, assignments and a variety of fun activities – colouring sheets, fill in the blanks, multiple choice, true/false, and more!
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Some of the concepts that are covered:
- What is a community?
- Your local community
- Natural features in your community and at your school
- The environment – the natural features around you
- Natural resources in your community
- Taking care of the environment and your community
- Respecting the natural environment
- Poster Assignment – Keeping the environment clean
- Built features at school and in the community
- Matching activities – built features
- Built features – matching the purpose with the building
- Sorting natural and built features
- Areas in your community – residential, commercial, industrial
- Services in your community
- Community needs – hospitals, waste removal, fire department, policing
- Jobs in your community
- Your favourite job
- Differences in your community – languages, food, traditions, clothing
- Foods from different countries
- Speaking different languages
- Quiz – local community
- Roles at home and in school
- Responsibilities at home and at school
- School community – who is in charge (principal)
- Class rules and school rules
- Our changing roles and responsibilities
- Leaders in our communities - principal and mayor
- Activity – Electing a mayor
- Activity – Becoming mayor
- Making decisions for everyone, not ourselves
- Key events in our lives
- Key events in our communities
- Learning the history of our community
- History of First Peoples communities
- Activities – Word scramble and word search
- Unit Test
- Answer pages for all activities
This is a comprehensive unit that will save you hours of planning! It has been tested and found effective in helping students achieve the learning standards in the social studies curriculum.
