1. Social St udies 9
O ve rvi e w an d
I n tro d u c ti o n

2. Year in Review
Unit 1 (September-December):
Governance and Rights
(Canadian Government)
Unit 2 (January): Quality of Life
Unit 3 (February-June): Economic
Systems in Canada & the United
States
All year: Current Events

3. Cour se Expect at ions
 Students will arrive to class on time
and prepared –
binder/textbook/assignment in hand
 All assignments and homework will
be completed on time and handed
in at the beginning of the class in
which it is due

4.  Assignments not handed in on
time will receive less than full
marks – 10% taken off each day
late; assignments handed in after
one week will receive no more
than 50%
 Students with extenuating
circumstances must talk with the
teacher in advance to have an
assignment deadline extended

5. Appropriate effort by all
students will be made to
prepare for the provincial
exam in June
All students will give their
full respect to the teacher
and their classmates to
ensure a positive learning
environment for everyone!

6. As s e s s m e n t &
E valu ati o n
Homework 10%
Assignments & Projects 55%
Tests & Quizzes 35%
Term 1 20%
Term 2 30%
Term 3 30%
Final Exam 20%

7. W ’s t he BIG
hat
IDEA?
T h e m ai n i d e as fo r S S 9 are :
Cit izenship
Ident it y
Qual it y of Lif e

8. The Big Ideas
 U s i n g p ag e 2 i n yo u r
te x tb o o k as a s p ri n g b o ard fo r
i d e as , c re ate a li s t o r a w o rd
s p las h th at re fle c ts w h at
cit izenship an d b e lo n g i n g i n
C an ad a m e an s to yo u
 W o rk i n p ai rs to b rai n s to rm
an d re c o rd yo u r i d e as

9. The Big Ideas
 E ve ryo n e b e lo n g s to
c o lle c ti ve g ro u p s , w h e th e r
th e y b e fam i ly, te am s , o r
o th e r c o m m u n i ty g ro u p s
 M ak e a li s t o f 5 c o lle c ti ve
g ro u p s yo u b e lo n g to
 B e p re p are d to s h are yo u
i d e as w i th th e c las s

10. The Big Ideas
 F o r e ac h g ro u p i n d i c ate th e
p u rp o s e o f th e g ro u p , w h at
th e i r trad i ti o n s o r
e x p e c tati o n s are , an d h o w
yo u are i n c lu d e d
 E x p lai n h o w b e lo n g i n g to a
g ro u p c o n tri b u te s to yo u r
i n d i vi d u al i d e n ti ty

11. Essent ial Quest ions
 How does gover nance connect t o
cit izenship and ident it y?
 How does econom connect t o
ics
cit izenship and ident it y?
 What f act or s ar e im t ant t o YOUR
por
qual it y of l if e, cit izenship and ident it y?

12. Essent ial Quest ions
 W hat f act or s ar e im t ant t o
por
t he qual it y of l if e, cit izenship and
ident it y of peopl e in Canada?
 How do issues af f ect t he qual it y
of l if e, cit izenship and ident it y of
Canadians?

13. Shar ing Resour ces
A Sim at ion
ul
 Yo u h ave b e e n g i ve n th e tas k o f
d e ve lo p i n g n ati o n al p o li c i e s to
p ro vi d e th e b e s t p o s s i b le q u ali ty
o f li fe fo r all C an ad i an s
 All re g i o n s i n C an ad a n e e d to
re ac h a c o n s e n s u s o n h o w to
s h are re s o u rc e s w h i le at th e
s am e ti m e e n s u ri n g th at e ac h
re g i o n ad d re s s e s i ts o w n n e e d s
an d p ri o ri ti e s

14. Shar ing Resour ces
A Sim at ion
ul
 R e g i o n s n e e d i n g re p re s e n tati o n
are :
r B .C
r T h e P rai ri e s
r O n tari o
r Q uebec
r Atlan ti c P ro vi n c e s
e T h e N o rth

15. Shar ing Resour ces
A Sim at ion
ul
 As a g ro u p , d i s c u s s w h at yo u
th i n k yo u r re g i o n h as to o ffe r
th e re s t o f C an ad a
T h i n k n atu ral re s o u rc e s , lab o u r,
o n atu ral b e au ty, ag ri c u ltu re ,
to u ri s m , i n d u s try, e tc
 C re ate a T O P 5 li s t; re c o rd
yo u r li s t o n th e c h art p ap e r
p ro vi d e d

16. Shar ing Resour ces
A Sim at ion
ul
 N e x t, b rai n s to rm an d c re ate a li s t
o f w h at yo u th i n k are yo u r
re g i o n ’s T O P 5 p ri o ri ti e s th at
m u s t b e ad d re s s e d
S o m e i d e as - h e alth c are , e d u c ati o n ,
o
e m p lo ym e n t, e c o n o m i c p ro s p e ri ty,
e n vi ro n m e n t, to u ri s m , e tc
U s e yo u r e x i s ti n g k n o w le d g e o f th e
o
re g i o n an d th i n g s yo u m ay k n o w
fro m th e n e w s e tc

17. Shar ing Resour ces
A Sim at ion
ul
 F i n ally, b e p re p are d to s h are w i th
all g ro u p s yo u r p ri o ri ti e s an d
w h at yo u h ave to o ffe r
 All g ro u p s w i ll n e e d to c o m e to a
c o n s e n s u s o n w h at C an ad a’s
p ri o ri ti e s s h o u ld b e to e n s u re w e
all h ave th e b e s t q u ali ty o f li fe
w e c an h ave
 B e s u re to m ai n tai n yo u r re g i o n al
p e rs p e c ti ve w h e n d i s c u s s i n g w i th
e ve ryo n e