Grade 9 Social Studies
7 units matched to the New Brunswick Curriculum.
Learning focus
- Geography: Places and Regions. Investigate basic features of Canada’s landscape and climate.
- Geography: Human Systems and Interactions. Analyze the effect of human settlement on place over time.
- History: Events and Peoples. Analyze various perceptions of identities in Canada.
- Civics: Civic Engagement. Take age-appropriate actions that demonstrate the rights and responsibilities of citizenship (local, national, and global).
- Civics: Power and Governance. Explain the structures and operations of governance in Canada.
- Civics: Rights and Responsibilities. Investigate persistent issues involving the rights, responsibilities, roles, and status of individuals and groups in Canada.
- Wabanaki: Treaty Education. Examine key issues involving treaty relationships in Canada.
- Economics: Sustainability. Investigate living conditions for groups in Canada.
Units
Unit 1
Canada's Landscapes
Canada's main landform regions, how glaciers, erosion and plate tectonics shaped them, and how landscape and resources have influenced where and how people live.
Skill descriptor: Geography: Places and Regions · Canada's landscape and climate
Unit 2
Settlement & Living Conditions
Practises the effect of human settlement on place over time and living conditions for groups in Canada. It follows the Grade 9 social studies skill descriptors on human systems and on economics and sustainability in the New Brunswick curriculum.
Skill descriptor: Geography: Human Systems and Interactions, Economics: Sustainability · the effect of human settlement on place over time, and living conditions for groups in Canada
Unit 3
Identities & Migration in Canada
Practises various perceptions of identities in Canada and the impact of migration and immigration on those identities. It follows the Grade 9 social studies skill descriptors on history in the New Brunswick curriculum.
Skill descriptor: History: Events and Peoples · various perceptions of identities in Canada and the impact of migration and immigration
Unit 4
How Canada Is Governed
Practises the structures and operations of governance in Canada, from municipal and provincial to federal government, and how laws are made. It follows the Grade 9 social studies skill descriptor on power and governance in the New Brunswick curriculum.
Skill descriptor: Civics: Power and Governance · the structures and operations of governance in Canada
Unit 5
Rights, Roles & Responsibilities
Practises the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the rights, responsibilities, roles and status of individuals and groups in Canada, and how citizens take part. It follows the Grade 9 social studies skill descriptors on rights, responsibilities and civic engagement in the New Brunswick curriculum.
Skill descriptor: Civics: Rights and Responsibilities, Civics: Civic Engagement · persistent issues involving rights, responsibilities, roles and status, and actions that show citizenship
Unit 6
Service Learning Projects
Practises choosing a real community need, setting goals, planning roles and timelines, working with community partners and reflecting on citizenship, as in the Engaged Citizenship strand of Nova Scotia's Citizenship 9 course.
Skill descriptor: Civics: Civic Engagement · actions that show the rights and responsibilities of citizenship
Unit 7
Treaty Relationships Today
Practises key issues involving treaty relationships in Canada, including the Peace and Friendship treaties, the Numbered Treaties, modern treaties and reconciliation. The content is light, in the present tense, and needs review by Wabanaki partners. It follows the Grade 9 social studies skill descriptor on treaty education in the New Brunswick curriculum.
Skill descriptor: Wabanaki: Treaty Education · key issues involving treaty relationships in Canada
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