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    Grade 5 · Social Studies

    Historical and Cultural Thinking

    SS-G5-HCT

    5
    Essential Learning Outcomes
    15
    Specific Curriculum Outcomes
    SS-G5-HCT-ELO1

    To determine how communication and transportation technology has evolved over time and influenced our way of life: Forms of Communication Over Time

    3 specific outcomes

    Specific Curriculum Outcomes
    • SS-G5-HCT-SCO1Explain the advantages and disadvantages of different forms of communication technology
    • SS-G5-HCT-SCO2Determine the appropriate form of communication technology for different situations over time.
    • SS-G5-HCT-SCO3Recognise the need for proper etiquette when using social media
    SS-G5-HCT-ELO2

    To determine how communication and transportation technology have evolved over time and influenced our way of life: Using Communication Media Effectively

    3 specific outcomes

    Specific Curriculum Outcomes
    • SS-G5-HCT-SCO4Discuss the role of the media in our society. And outline how it evolved
    • SS-G5-HCT-SCO5Demonstrate skills in determining facts and opinions when using various mediums of communication
    • SS-G5-HCT-SCO6Appreciate the need to critically analyse information in the media
    SS-G5-HCT-ELO3

    To understand how colonisation impacted the Caribbean: Early Settlement and Colonisation

    3 specific outcomes

    Specific Curriculum Outcomes
    • SS-G5-HCT-SCO7Identify the settlement patterns of Europeans in the Lesser and Greater Antilles from the 1400s - 1800s
    • SS-G5-HCT-SCO8Examine how the Caribbean was negatively and positively affected by European colonisation
    • SS-G5-HCT-SCO9Recognize that colonisation had lasting effects on the Caribbean
    SS-G5-HCT-ELO4

    To understand how colonisation impacted the Caribbean: The African Slave Trade

    3 specific outcomes

    Specific Curriculum Outcomes
    • SS-G5-HCT-SCO10Explain why colonial powers brought enslaved Africans to the Caribbean in the 1600s-1800s
    • SS-G5-HCT-SCO11Map the route of the triangular slave trade
    • SS-G5-HCT-SCO12Develop an awareness of how the introduction of Africans as slaves has impacted our (economic, cultural, and political) history
    SS-G5-HCT-ELO5

    To understand how colonisation impacted the Caribbean: Active Resistance to Slavery

    3 specific outcomes

    Specific Curriculum Outcomes
    • SS-G5-HCT-SCO13Identify the ways that enslaved Africans in the Caribbean resisted bondage
    • SS-G5-HCT-SCO14Categorise the forms of resistance into everyday actions and armed rebellion
    • SS-G5-HCT-SCO15Recognise that resistance to enslavement took great courage and required cooperation
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