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= Grade 9: Canada = = Opportunities and Challenges =

OVERVIEW - Grade 9 students will analyze the relationship between Canada’s political and legislative processes and their impact on issues pertaining to governance, rights, citizenship and identity. Students will also explore issues of economics and their impact on quality of life, citizenship and identity in Canada and the United States.

RATIONALE - Grade 9 students will broaden their understanding and appreciation of the relationships among governance, economics, quality of life, citizenship and identity.

LOCAL AND CURRENT AFFAIRS - In order to allow opportunities for students to engage in current affairs, issues and concerns of a local nature, the program of studies provides the flexibility to include these topics within the time allotted for social studies.


 * Chapter Overview

Unit 1 - The Branches of the Federal Government

Unit 2 - Does the Justice System work for the Youth of Canada?

Unit 3 - The Canadian Charter of Rigths and Freedoms Unit 4 - Animal Farm

Unit 5 - Collective Rights

Unit 6 - Immigration

Unit 7 - Economic Systems and Quaility of Life

Unit 8 - Economics and Consumerism

Unit 9 - Social Programs and Taxation

Unit 10 - Responding to Political/Economic Issues || Reading Schedule || Assignments || [|Major Project] || Vocabulary || Links || A curse still hangs over inactivity. A severe condemnation still rests upon indifference...We have tried to provide for the poor. Yet, have we tried to alter the social conditions that lead to poverty? J.S. Woodsworth



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