Start-up
Key Questions:
- How do we find out what happened in the past?
- How do life experiences shape our identity and values?
Documents
About Me Project (started Feb 5)
Creating Your ePortfolio (Feb 12)
- Course Outline
- Socials 9 Assessment Document
- Socials 9 Assessment PowerPoint (PDF)
- Murder Mystery (Feb 1)
- What We Will Study/Expectations PowerPoint (PDF) (Feb 2)
- Textbook Assignment (PDF) (Feb 2)
- Evidence & Sources PowerPoint (PDF) (Feb 3)
- Artifact Analysis Assignment(PDF) (Feb 3)
- Artifacts & Interpretation Assignment (PDF) (Feb 4)
About Me Project (started Feb 5)
Creating Your ePortfolio (Feb 12)
Canada's First Peoples
Key Questions:
How are we shaped by the land we live in, the society we develop and our personal heritage?
How are we shaped by the land we live in, the society we develop and our personal heritage?
Identity & Stereotypes (Feb 11)
Intro & Overview: Canada's First Peoples (Feb 15)
Project: First Peoples Diorama (Start Feb 16- DUE FEB 29th)
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Examples of Past Students' Diorama Projects |
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First Peoples & the Environment
Current Event/Issue: The Great Bear Rainforest
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Unit Review
- First Peoples Unit Test will be on Friday March 11th (we will have a review block on Thursday March 10th)
- Study Sheet (PDF)
- Review Game Questions
Social Responsibility
Key Question: How can we contribute to our community, and initiate positive change for others and the environment?
Lesson Resources:
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Exploration & Colonization
Key Questions:
What were the motives behind exploration, expansion and colonization? (and are these motives still present in our world today?)
What impact has colonialism had on the Indigenous peoples of Canada?
What were the motives behind exploration, expansion and colonization? (and are these motives still present in our world today?)
What impact has colonialism had on the Indigenous peoples of Canada?
EXPLORATION
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EARTH DAY (Thurs Apr 21- the actual day is 22nd)
EXPANSION & COLONIZATION
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Political Revolutions
Key Questions:
How is power maintained in a society? How have groups in the past resisted government power?
How do we determine whether revolutions are successful?
How is power maintained in a society? How have groups in the past resisted government power?
How do we determine whether revolutions are successful?
Protest Art
- Protest Art PowerPoint (PDF)
- Protest Art Analysis handout (PDF)
- Social Issue Protest Art Assignment (PDF)
Revolutions (General)
French Revolution
PowerPoint (PDF)
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Revolution WebQuest
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Media Studies: Documentaries
In class we are watching and discussing two documentaries that have to do with the media and gender roles:
- Miss Representation
- The Mask You Live In
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Final Evaluation: ePortfolio + Culminating Questions
ePortfolio presentations will be on Monday June 20th, and Tuesday June 21st.