This teacher resource offers a detailed introduction to the program, which includes its guiding principles, implementation guidelines, an overview of the social studies skills that grade 1 students use and develop, and a classroom assessment plan complete with record-keeping templates and connections to the Achievement Levels outlined in the WNCP Social Studies Curriculum.

The resource has three instructional units:


Unit 1: I Belong in My World
Unit 2: My Community
 Unit 3: Connecting With Others: Citizenship

Each unit is divided into lessons that focus on specific curricular outcomes. Each lesson has:



materials lists
activity descriptions
questioning techniques
activity centre and extension ideas
assessment suggestions
activity sheets and visuals