Pirates!

Kindergarten to Grade 3

90 minutes

In this program kids learn what life was like aboard a pirate ship through stories of infamous early seafarers. They’ll discover there’s more to a pirate’s life than you find in movies or books.

Program Structure

• 10-minute introduction
• 45 minutes of program activities
• 5-minute wrap-up

 Big Ideas

These concepts are covered in the program:

• Rights, roles and responsibilities shape our identity and help us build healthy relationships with others.
• Our rights, roles and responsibilities are important for building strong communities
• Individuals have rights and responsibilities as global citizens.
• People from diverse cultures share common experiences.

Content

Social Studies

• Needs and wants of individuals and families
• Rights, roles and responsibilities of individuals and groups
• Relationships between a community and its environment
• Diverse cultures, backgrounds and perspectives
• Diverse characteristics of communities and cultures
• How people’s needs and wants are met in communities
• Aspects of life shared by and common to peoples and cultures
• Relationships between humans and their environment

Curriculum Connections

Social Studies

• Use Social Studies inquiry processes and skills to
  • ask questions
  • gather, interpret and analyze ideas
  • communicate findings and decisions
• Sequence objects, images, and events, or explain why some aspects change and others stay the same
• Ask questions, make inferences and draw conclusions about the content and features of different types of sources