Heritage and Citizenship: Grade 1 - Relationships, Rules, and Responsibilities

Students need a sense of the past in order to understand the present and think about the future. In Grade 1, students identify significant people, places, and events in their lives and link them to past experiences. They describe changes over time in the form of simple patterns that influence their daily lives. They also identify the rules and responsibilities in their homes, school, and neighbourhood.

Overall Expectations (O.E. column below)

1. identify significant people, places, and events in their lives, and some significant people in Canada in the past and present;
2. create simple timelines to describe changes over time;
3. describe the roles and responsibilities of various family members, as well as of other people in their school and neighbourhood.

Site Name	Online	O.E.	Description
Canadian Women in History		1	This site contains biographies of Canadian women in history with quotes from famous women around the world along with special topics such as the women’s right to vote.
Families		3	This lesson plan is a great way to get started on a unit in social studies about families. This lesson will let the kids realize that each and every one of them is a unique and special part of their family.
Families		3	The students will make a picture diagram of their family.
Families on Display: An Introduction to the Study of Families.		3	The learner will be able to recognize that there are different family structures. They will be able to identify the different members in a family and the roles of those family members.
History's Relationship to One's Life		1,2	Many students think "history" is political and military events that happened long ago and has little relationship to their own lives. This activity shows that everyone has a personal history that is affected by the times in which they live.
Point Pelee		1	Have a look at the Point! See pictures of places you could visit. This site gives some very useful information about Point Pelee.
Scugog Shores Historical Museum		1	A bilingual site created in cooperation with Industry Canada that describes the lives of early settlers and their contributions in the Scugog area.
Time Line Project		1,2	By relating the activity to real-life situations, students are helped to understand timelines.
Atlapedia Online		1,2,3	Atlapedia Online contains full color physical and political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.
The Canadian Communities Atlas		1,2,3	The Canadian Communities Atlas offers a unique national network of geographic information by providing schools the opportunity to create an internet-based atlas of their community.
Canada Eh?		1	Canada is one of the best countries to live in, and I think it's very under-rated! This page is the author's little way of paying tribute to this amazing country.
Heritage Post Interactive		1	This bilingual magazine has always contained interesting information in readable chunks for students of all ages. Issues include Teaching History on the Net, Group of Seven and many others.
Integrating BC First Nations Studies:A K-10 Guide for Teachers		3	Sample Teaching Unit for British Columbia teachers dealing with BC First Nations
Kids & Chores		3	Assigning children household chores is one of the best ways to build self-esteem and a feeling of competence.Having chores also teaches valuable lessons about life and creates an understanding that there are jobs that must be done to run a household.
Make a Village		3	Kids will learn that towns are made up of houses and stores and also how towns grow and that someone has to plan where the streets and houses will be.  Software must be downloaded for Windows users.
Parenting Tips		3	This is a collection of newsletters dealing with various parenting issues.
Prime Ministers of Canada		1	This site contains pictures of the former Prime Ministers and a link to each picture with the personal information about each.