Essential Understandings:
- Present day Manitoba has been shaped by people and events.
- Our cultural communities have made valuable contributions to Manitoba.
- Life in Manitoba has changed over time.
- Different communities make up Manitoba.
- Humans have caused changes to plant and animal habitats.
- Plant and animal habitats have been changed by natural causes.
- Plant and animal populations interact within a community.
Teacher Questions:
- What events impacted the history of Manitoba?
- Who were the people that impacted the history of Manitoba?
- How have the various cultural communities made valuable contributions to Manitoba?
- How has life in Manitoba changed over time?
- What are the cultural communities that live in Manitoba?
- How have humans caused changes to plant and animal habitats?
- How have plant and animal habitats been changed by natural causes?
- How do plant and animal populations interact within a community?
Manitoba Curriculum Outcomes
Social Studies:
People or Events That Shaped Manitoba
4-KH-033 Relate stories of people and events that shaped Manitoba
Historical Cultural Contributions
4-KI-010 Give examples of the contributions of diverse ethnic and cultural communities to the history of Manitoba
Changes in Ways of Life
4-KH-035 Describe ways in which life in Manitoba has changed over time
Cultural Communities in Manitoba
4-KI-005 Identify communities in Manitoba
Science:
Habitats & Communities
- investigate natural and human-caused changes to habitats, and identify resulting effects on plant and animal populations (endangerment, extinction)
- recognize that plant and animal populations interact within a community
(SI – Scientific Inquiry)
4-0-1a. Ask questions that lead to investigations of living things, objects, and events in the local environment
(DP – Design Process)
- use the design process to construct a model of a local or regional habitat and its associated populations of plants and animals
People or Events That Shaped Manitoba
4-KH-033 Relate stories of people and events that shaped Manitoba
Historical Cultural Contributions
4-KI-010 Give examples of the contributions of diverse ethnic and cultural communities to the history of Manitoba
Changes in Ways of Life
4-KH-035 Describe ways in which life in Manitoba has changed over time
Cultural Communities in Manitoba
4-KI-005 Identify communities in Manitoba
Science:
Habitats & Communities
- investigate natural and human-caused changes to habitats, and identify resulting effects on plant and animal populations (endangerment, extinction)
- recognize that plant and animal populations interact within a community
(SI – Scientific Inquiry)
4-0-1a. Ask questions that lead to investigations of living things, objects, and events in the local environment
(DP – Design Process)
- use the design process to construct a model of a local or regional habitat and its associated populations of plants and animals
