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    Grade 4 · Social Studies

    Historical and Cultural Thinking

    SS-G4-HCT

    4
    Essential Learning Outcomes
    12
    Specific Curriculum Outcomes
    SS-G4-HCT-ELO1

    To recognise that contact with Europeans brought significant changes for Indigenous peoples: Indigenous People in the Caribbean Before Contact

    3 specific outcomes

    Specific Curriculum Outcomes
    • SS-G4-HCT-SCO1Describe the basic economic and social life of the Indigenous people of the Caribbean before contact with Europeans
    • SS-G4-HCT-SCO2Chart the location where Indigenous people of the Caribbean were living before contact with Europeans.
    • SS-G4-HCT-SCO3Appreciate that the Indigenous people of the Caribbean had flourishing societies and economies before contact with Europeans.
    SS-G4-HCT-ELO2

    To recognise that the arrival of Europeans brought significant changes for Indigenous peoples : Indigenous People in the Caribbean and the Impact of the European Arrival

    3 specific outcomes

    Specific Curriculum Outcomes
    • SS-G4-HCT-SCO4Identify the European groups that came to the Caribbean in the 15th - 16th centuries and state reasons why they came.
    • SS-G4-HCT-SCO5Categorise the impact of Europeans’ colonisation on the lifestyle of Indigenous people and Europeans in the Caribbean.
    • SS-G4-HCT-SCO6Develop an awareness that colonisation had many lasting negative consequences for the Indigenous people of the Caribbean.
    SS-G4-HCT-ELO3

    To recognize that contact with Europeans brought significant changes for Indigenous peoples: Indigenous People in the Caribbean and the Impact of the Europeans and Colonisation

    3 specific outcomes

    Specific Curriculum Outcomes
    • SS-G4-HCT-SCO7Identify ways in which Indigenous people resisted European colonisation
    • SS-G4-HCT-SCO8Explain the reasons why Indigenous peoples resisted colonisation.
    • SS-G4-HCT-SCO9Appreciate that Indigenous people actively resisted colonisation.
    SS-G4-HCT-ELO4

    To recognize that contact with Europeans brought significant changes for Indigenous peoples: Indigenous People in the Caribbean and the Impact of the European Arrival and Indigenous Lifestyles Today

    3 specific outcomes

    Specific Curriculum Outcomes
    • SS-G4-HCT-SCO10Describe aspects of Indigenous people’s lifestyle practised in the Caribbean today.
    • SS-G4-HCT-SCO11Locate where the Indigenous people of the Lesser Antilles are living today.
    • SS-G4-HCT-SCO12Appreciate that the Indigenous people of the Caribbean continue to have unique and vibrant lifestyles
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