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Nova Scotia · Primary (Kindergarten)

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

SS1Groups to which learners belong

Characteristics of groups and of a selected community group

SS2Cooperation as a group member

Collaboration, sharing and cooperation

SS3Traditions, rituals and celebrations

Local people, including Acadians, African Nova Scotians, Gaels and Mi'kmaq, and their celebrations