{"id":4652,"date":"2025-08-18T20:42:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T20:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ctrl-f.ca\/en\/?post_type=curriculum&#038;p=4652"},"modified":"2025-08-18T20:42:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T20:42:34","slug":"nunavut-social-studies","status":"publish","type":"curriculum","link":"https:\/\/ctrl-f.ca\/en\/curriculum\/nunavut-social-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Nunavut Social Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The CTRL-F: Verification Skills learning outcomes link explicitly to Nunavut\u2019s Social Studies program, which is organized according to the Nunavusiutit strand. The relevant curricular outcomes are listed by grade level and subject below.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Last updated August 13, 2025.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>GRADE \u206e7<\/b><\/h3>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #7e3f85;\"><strong>Strand 7 (Grade 7)<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">acquire information to find answers through listening, observing, reading and utilizing community resources<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">seek and work with information from more than one source<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">compare information about one topic from two or more sources to see if they are identical, similar, parallel, or inconsistent, unrelated or contradictory\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">distinguish between well founded and ill founded opinions<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>GRADE 8<\/b><\/h3>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #7e3f85;\">Strand 8 (Grade 8)<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">identify possible sources and locations of information\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">identify values underlying various positions taken on an issue<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">distinguish between well founded and ill founded opinions<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">identify fact, opinion, bias, and propaganda\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">identify the purpose, message, and intended audience of visual communications<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>GRADE 9<\/b><\/h3>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #7e3f85;\"><strong>Strand 9 (Grade 9)<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">compare sources of information for accuracy, relevancy, reliability, and validity<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">identify and evaluate alternative answers, conclusions, solutions, or decisions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>GRADE 10<\/b><\/h3>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #7e3f85;\">Social Studies 10\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><em><strong>Skills and Processes\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>S.1 \u2013 develop skills of critical thinking and creative thinking:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">evaluate ideas and information from multiple sources<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">assess the validity of information based on context, bias, sources, objectivity, evidence or reliability\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>S. 2\/3 \u2013 develop skills of historical thinking\/geographic thinking:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">use current, reliable information sources from around the world\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>S.7 \u2013 apply the research process:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">demonstrate proficiency in the use of research tools and strategies to investigate issues<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">plan and perform complex searches, using digital sources<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">select relevant information when conducting research\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>S.9\u2013 develop skills of media literacy:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">assess the authority, reliability and validity of electronically accessed information\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">appraise information from multiple sources, evaluating each source in terms of the author\u2019s perspective or bias and use of evidence<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">analyze the impact of various forms of media, identifying complexities and discrepancies in the information and making distinctions between sound generalizations and misleading oversimplification<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">demonstrate discriminatory selection of electronically accessed information that is relevant to a particular topic<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Specific Outcomes\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2.3\u2013\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">accept social responsibilities associated with global citizenship (C, GC)<\/span><\/li>\n<li>4.3\u2013<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0accept political, social and environmental responsibilities associated with global citizenship (C, GC, ER)<\/span><\/li>\n<li>4.11<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 develop strategies to demonstrate active, responsible global citizenship (C, GC, PADM, ER)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>GRADE 11<\/b><\/h3>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #7e3f85;\"><strong>Social Studies 20\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><em><strong>Skills and Processes\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>S.1 \u2013 develop skills of critical thinking and creative thinking:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">evaluate ideas and information from multiple sources<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">assess the validity of information based on context, bias, sources, objectivity, evidence or reliability\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>S. 2\/3 \u2013 develop skills of historical thinking\/geographic thinking:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">use current, reliable information sources from around the world\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>S.7 \u2013 apply the research process:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">demonstrate proficiency in the use of research tools and strategies to investigate issues<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">plan and perform complex searches, using digital sources<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">select relevant information when conducting research\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>S.9\u2013 develop skills of media literacy:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">assess the authority, reliability and validity of electronically accessed information\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">appraise information from multiple sources, evaluating each source in terms of the author\u2019s perspective or bias and use of evidence<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">analyze the impact of various forms of media, identifying complexities and discrepancies in the information and making distinctions between sound generalizations and misleading oversimplification<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">demonstrate discriminatory selection of electronically accessed information that is relevant to a particular topic<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Specific Outcomes\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2.3\u2013\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">accept social responsibilities associated with global citizenship (C, GC)<\/span><\/li>\n<li>4.3\u2013<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0accept political, social and environmental responsibilities associated with global citizenship (C, GC, ER)<\/span><\/li>\n<li>4.11\u2013<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0develop strategies to demonstrate active, responsible global citizenship (C, GC, PADM, ER)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>GRADE 12<\/b><\/h3>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #7e3f85;\"><strong>Social Studies 30<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><em><strong>Skills and Processes\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>S.1 \u2013 develop skills of critical thinking and creative thinking:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">evaluate ideas and information from multiple sources<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">assess the validity of information based on context, bias, sources, objectivity, evidence or reliability\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>S. 2\/3 \u2013 develop skills of historical thinking\/geographic thinking:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">use current, reliable information sources from around the world\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>S.7 \u2013 apply the research process:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">demonstrate proficiency in the use of research tools and strategies to investigate issues<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">plan and perform complex searches, using digital sources<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">select relevant information when conducting research\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>S.9\u2013 develop skills of media literacy:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">assess the authority, reliability and validity of electronically accessed information\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">appraise information from multiple sources, evaluating each source in terms of the author\u2019s perspective or bias and use of evidence<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">analyze the impact of various forms of media, identifying complexities and discrepancies in the information and making distinctions between sound generalizations and misleading oversimplification<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">demonstrate discriminatory selection of electronically accessed information that is relevant to a particular topic<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Specific Outcomes\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2.3\u2013\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">accept social responsibilities associated with global citizenship (C, GC)<\/span><\/li>\n<li>4.3\u2013<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0accept political, social and environmental responsibilities associated with global citizenship (C, GC, ER)<\/span><\/li>\n<li>4.11\u2013<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0develop strategies to demonstrate active, responsible global citizenship (C, GC, PADM, ER)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>References:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Department of Education, Culture and Employment, Northwest Territories. (1993).<em> Junior Secondary Social Studies (Draft for Validation)<\/em> [Curriculum].<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.nu.ca\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/2024-10\/Junior_Secondary_Social_Studies_Curriculum__NWT_1993__0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.gov.nu.ca\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/2024-10\/Junior_Secondary_Social_Studies_Curriculum__NWT_1993__0.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Curriculum and School Services, Department of Education, Government of Nunavut. (2014). <em>Social Studies 10-1 Inuuqatigiitsiarniq: Seeking Harmony<\/em> [Teacher\u2019s Handbook]. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.nu.ca\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/2024-10\/Social_Studies_10-1_Inuuqatigiitsiarniq-Seeking_Harmony__Nunavut_2014_.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.gov.nu.ca\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/2024-10\/Social_Studies_10-1_Inuuqatigiitsiarniq-Seeking_Harmony__Nunavut_2014_.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alberta Education. (2007). <em>Social Studies Kindergarten to Grade 12 (Grades 10-12)<\/em> [Program of Studies]. <a href=\"https:\/\/education.alberta.ca\/media\/3273006\/social-studies-10-12-program-of-studies.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/education.alberta.ca\/media\/3273006\/social-studies-10-12-program-of-studies.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"menu_order":0,"template":"","provinceterritory":[416],"class_list":["post-4652","curriculum","type-curriculum","status-publish","hentry","provinceterritory-nunavut"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctrl-f.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/curriculum\/4652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctrl-f.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/curriculum"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctrl-f.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/curriculum"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctrl-f.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"provinceterritory","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctrl-f.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/provinceterritory?post=4652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}