Curriculum Connections

The information, activities and Think Challenges that make up the Peer Relationships module were designed by teachers to match curricular outcomes in the Alberta Health and Life Skills, Physical Education and Social Studies programs of study for grades 4 – 7.  Successful completion of this module will help students to:

Health and Life Skills

  • W–4.7 describe and demonstrate passive, aggressive and assertive behaviours; e.g., assertive strategies for use in dealing with bullies
  • R–4.1 recognize that individuals can have a positive and negative influence on the feelings of others
  • R–4.4 demonstrate respectful communication skills; e.g., describe behaviours that show respect for the feelings of others
  • L–4.7 describe the impact of service contributions on self; e.g., increase in self-worth, confidence and understanding of others
  • L–4.8 select, perform as a class and analyze volunteer accomplishments; e.g., participate in spring cleanup, collect used eyeglasses
  • R–5.4 practise effective communication skills; e.g., active listening, perception checks
  • R–6.4 identify, analyze and develop strategies to overcome barriers to communication
  • W–6.9 evaluate the impact of personal behaviour on the safety of self and others
  • W–7.11 identify characteristics of resiliency; e.g., problem solving skills, positive self-esteem, social bonding
  • R–7.3 identify sources of stress in relationships, and describe positive methods of dealing with such stressors; e.g., change, loss, discrimination, rejection
  • L–6.8 analyze and assess the impact of volunteerism in the school and community
  • L–7.8 apply effective group skills to design and implement a school–community health enhancement plan; e.g., plant trees in playgrounds to provide future shade

Social Studies
Benchmark skills and processes:

  • Dimensions of Thinking
    • critical thinking and creative thinking – assess significant local and current affairs from a variety of sources, with afocus on examining bias and distinguishing fact from opinion
    • historical thinking – use primary sources to interpret historical events and issues
    • geographic thinking – construct and interpret various types of maps (i.e., historical, physical, political maps) to broaden understanding of topics being studied
    • decision making and problem solving – propose and apply new ideas, strategies and options, supported with facts andreasons, to contribute to decision making and problem solving
  • Social Participation as a Democratic Practice
    • cooperation, conflict resolution and consensus building – demonstrate the skills of compromise in order to reach group consensus
    • age-appropriate behaviour for social involvement – demonstrate commitment to the well-being of the community by drawingattention to situations of injustice where action is needed
  • Research for Deliberative Inquiry
    • research and information – determine the reliability of information, filtering for point of view and bias
  • Communication
    • oral, written and visual literacy – express opinions and present perspectives and information in a variety offorms, such as oral or written presentations, speeches or debates
    • media literacy detect bias present in the media