Grade 9 Social Studies
6 units matched to the Alberta Curriculum.
Organizing ideas
- Canada: Opportunities and Challenges: Grade 9 looks at issues that Canadians face today, in two parts
- 9.1 Issues for Canadians: Governance and Rights: how Canada is governed and how the rights of individuals and groups, including Indigenous peoples, are protected
- 9.2 Issues for Canadians: Economic Systems in Canada and the United States: how the two countries organize their economies and trade with each other
Units
Unit 1
Governing Canada
The three levels of government, who is responsible for what, how laws are made, how elections work and how the Constitution is changed, with examples from Alberta.
Learning outcome: 9.1 · how Canada and Alberta are governed: levels and branches of government, elections and the Constitution
Unit 2
Rights & Responsibilities
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the limits on rights, the Alberta Human Rights Act, the role of the courts, and the rights and responsibilities of citizens.
Learning outcome: 9.1 · the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, human rights, responsibilities of citizens and the justice system
Unit 3
Treaties & Indigenous Rights
The treaty areas of Alberta, the Métis Settlements, the Constitution's recognition of First Nations, Inuit and Métis rights, residential schools and the Calls to Action. These topics need care; talk about them together. Review with First Nations and Métis partners is planned before launch.
Learning outcome: 9.1 · treaties and the rights of First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples in Canada, and reconciliation
Unit 4
Economic Systems
The four kinds of economic system, how scarcity forces choices, the factors of production, profit, and how Canada and the United States blend private business with government roles.
Learning outcome: 9.2 · traditional, command, market and mixed economic systems, scarcity, opportunity cost and profit
Unit 5
Supply & Demand
Why prices rise or fall, what a shortage and a surplus are, how costs and substitutes affect prices, and where government price controls come in.
Learning outcome: 9.2 · supply, demand, prices and how markets respond to change
Unit 6
Canada, the US & Trade
Imports and exports, tariffs, trade agreements such as CUSMA, how Alberta's industries depend on trade with the United States, and how the two economies are alike and different.
Learning outcome: 9.2 · comparing the Canadian and American economies, and trade between them and the world
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