Connections to Financial Literacy

Expectations in which explicit connections can be made to financial literacy are found in the Media Literacy strand. Through learning to recognize overt and implied messages in advertising and other media texts, students can develop the critical thinking skills that they need as consumers. Expectations in the Oral Communication, Reading, and Writing strands, which develop students’ thinking skills and self-awareness, also provide opportunities for developing financial literacy.

Curriculum Expectations

Dance

A1. Creating and Presenting

  • A1.1 translate into dance a variety of movement sequences observed in nature

  • A1.2 use dance as a language to explore and communicate ideas derived from a variety of literature sources

A2. Reflecting, Responding, and Analysing

  • A2.1 demonstrate an understanding of how the language of dance can clarify and highlight ideas, images, and characters from familiar stories

  • A2.2 identify, using dance vocabulary, the elements of dance used in their own and others’ dance pieces and explain how each helps communicate ideas and feelings

  • A2.3 identify and give examples of their strengths and areas for growth as dance creators and audience members

Media Literacy

3. Creating Media Texts

  • 3.2 identify an appropriate form to suit the specific purpose and audience for a media text they plan to create

Social Studies

Canada and World Connections
Application

  • identify and describe a cause-and-effect relationship between the environment and the economy in a province or territory (e.g., overfishing on the Grand Banks; changes to landscape resulting from open-pit mining or clear-cut logging)