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Nova Scotia · Grade 3

Social Studies

Nova Scotia's P-6 social studies is organized as a short list of outcomes for each grade rather than named strands; each outcome is shown here as a strand.

Outline

Lessons for this subject are being written.

Below is how the official curriculum organizes it. Each strand will get full lessons like the ones in Grade 1 Mathematics.

Curriculum strands

SS1Sustainable development

Supporting sustainable development in local communities

SS2Nova Scotia in Atlantic Canada

Location of Nova Scotia in Atlantic Canada; maps, globes and scale

SS3Expressions of culture

Acadians, African Nova Scotians, Gaels and Mi'kmaq through stories, language, music, dance and crafts

SS4Positive interactions

Strategies that promote positive interactions in the community; stereotyping