cc_Social Studies_Grade 3_Use Social Studies inquiry processes and skills to ask questions; gather, interpret, and analyze ideas; and communicate findings and decisions

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Subject
Social Studies
Grade
Grade 3
Curricular Competency
Use Social Studies inquiry processes and skills to ask questions; gather, interpret, and analyze ideas; and communicate findings and decisions
Elaboration
  • Key skills:
    • Ask relevant questions to clarify and define a selected problem or issue
    • Demonstrate a willingness to use imagining and predicting in relation to a selected problem or issue
    • Compare, classify, and identify patterns in information about a selected problem or issue
    • Recognize that symbols are used to represent concrete and abstract ideas (e.g., the sheaves of wheat on the Saskatchewan flag represent the importance of wheat farming to that province; a dove represents peace)
    • Identify the significance of symbols and colours on maps (e.g., colours to represent economic activity, various types of lines to represent roads and railways, symbols for capital cities)
    • Interpret information on simple maps using cardinal directions, symbols, and legends
    • Create simple maps to represent the community and one or more other communities within BC and Canada
    • Use simple map grids (e.g., letter-number co-ordinates) to identify specific locations
    • Gather information on a topic from more than one source (e.g., book, magazine, web site, interview)
    • Apply strategies for information gathering (e.g., using headings, indices, tables of contents)
    • Record information from various sources, demonstrating appropriate strategies for note taking (e.g., key words, main ideas, point form)
    • Cite information sources appropriately (e.g., simple bibliography)
    • Select information for a presentation on a topic (e.g., a specific province or territory)
    • Draw simple interpretations from personal experiences and oral, visual, and written sources
    • Organize relevant information for a presentation
    • Deliver an engaging presentation on a topic
    • Generate a variety of responses to a specific problem or issue
    • Consider advantages and disadvantages of a variety of solutions to a problem or issue
    • Individually, or in groups, design a course of action to address a problem or issue, and provide reasons to support the action
    • Demonstrate willingness to consider diverse points of view
keywords
Use Social Studies inquiry processes and skills to ask questions; gather, interpret, and analyze ideas; and communicate findings and decisions