Grade 9 Social Studies
5 units matched to the Newfoundland and Labrador Curriculum.
Learning focus
- Citizenship, power and governance. Students will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of the rights and responsibilities of citizenship and the origins, functions, and sources of power, authority, and governance.
- Culture and diversity. Students will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of culture, diversity, and world view, recognizing the similarities and differences reflected in various personal, cultural, racial, and ethnic perspectives.
- Individuals, societies and economic decisions. Students will be expected to demonstrate the ability to make responsible economic decisions as individuals and as members of society.
- Interdependence. Students will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of the interdependent relationship among individuals, societies, and the environment—locally, nationally, and globally—and the implications for a sustainable future.
- People, place and environment. Students will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of the interactions among people, places, and the environment.
- Time, continuity and change. Students will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of the past and how it affects the present and the future.
Units
Unit 1
Land Claims and Self-Government in Labrador
Grade 9 explores land claim agreements, self-government and reconciliation in Newfoundland and Labrador. Ask your child how rights and responsibilities connect, and why each community’s story is its own.
Curriculum outcome: Citizenship, power and governance (by Grade 9) · land claims and self-government agreements in Labrador and Newfoundland, and what they mean today
Unit 2
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.
Curriculum outcome: People, place and environment (by Grade 9) · Canada's landscape and climate
Unit 3
Indigenous Peoples & Canada
Treaties and unceded land in BC, the Indian Act, residential schools and the potlatch ban, and the ongoing work of reconciliation. This unit describes hard history factually, without graphic detail; consider talking it through together.
Curriculum outcome: Citizenship, power and governance (by Grade 9) · treaties, laws and reconciliation between Indigenous peoples and Canada
Unit 4
Migration & Population
Push and pull factors, famine, gold rushes and urbanization, why the world's population grew in the 1800s, and how migration to Canada and BC shaped communities.
Curriculum outcome: People, place and environment (by Grade 9) · why people move and how populations grow and change
Unit 5
Using Resources Wisely
What sustainable development means, quotas and reclamation, the circular economy, how governments, industries, advocacy groups and individuals influence resource use, and the life cycle of everyday products such as a phone.
Curriculum outcome: Interdependence (by Grade 9) · using resources wisely and sustainability in everyday products
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