Social Studies 9
Description:
The study of historical events between 1750-1919
Content:
The Big Ideas that you need to be able understand are as follows:
The Big Ideas will be developed by considering the following topics, which will be covered in various degrees of detail over the course.
- Emerging ideas and ideologies profoundly influence societies and events.
- The physical environment influences the nature of political, social, and economic change.
- Disparities in power alter the balance of relationships between individuals and between societies.
- Collective identity is constructed and can change over time.
The Big Ideas will be developed by considering the following topics, which will be covered in various degrees of detail over the course.
- political, social, economic, and technological revolutions
- imperialism and colonialism, and their continuing effects on indigenous peoples in Canada and around the world
- global demographic shifts, including patterns of migration and population growth
- nationalism and the development of modern nation-states, including Canada
- local, regional, and global conflicts
- discriminatory policies and injustices in Canada and the world, such as the Head Tax, the Komagata Maru incident, residential schools, and World War I internment
- physiographic features and natural resources in Canada
Introductory Lessons
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Unit 1: political, social, economic, and technological revolutions
American Revolution (AR)
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Industrial Revolution (IR)
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PLO:
- political, social, economic, and technological revolutions
Unit 2: Understanding the effects of Imperialism and Colonialism
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PLO:
- imperialism and colonialism, and their continuing effects on indigenous peoples in Canada and around the world
Unit 3: global demographic shifts, including patterns of migration and population growth
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PLO:
- global demographic shifts, including patterns of migration and population growth
Unit 4: Canadian Confederation and the Unification of Germany and Italy
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PLO:
- nationalism and the development of modern nation-states, including Canada
Remembrance Day Activities
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Unit 6: Discriminatory Policies, Attitudes and Historical Wrongs
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Unit 7: Physiographic Features of Canada and Geological Processes
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Unit 5: Local, Regional and Global Conflicts
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Final Project
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IRP
Social Studies 9 IRP |
WS = Worksheet(s)
PPT = PowerPoint
AR = American Revolution
IR = Industrial Revolution
PLO = Prescribed Learning Outcome
PLOs = Prescribed Learning Outcomes
PPT = PowerPoint
AR = American Revolution
IR = Industrial Revolution
PLO = Prescribed Learning Outcome
PLOs = Prescribed Learning Outcomes