Social Studies 9
Alberta · Grade 9 · Social Studies — the complete curriculum-aligned outline, taught skill by skill by MapleMind's AI tutor.
2Units
8Lessons
22Skills
Unit 1: Issues for Canadians: Governance and Rights
How Canada is governed and how rights are protected — the federal political system, citizens and the justice system, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, individual and collective rights, and immigration policy.
Canada’s Federal Political System
- How laws are passed and the three branches
- Choosing and accountability of MPs and Senators
- Parties, media and lobby groups
Citizens and the Justice System
- How citizens take part in justice
- The Youth Criminal Justice Act
The Charter and Individual Rights
- How the Charter protects individual rights
- The Charter in the workplace
Collective Rights
- Collective rights and language rights
- The Indian Act and the numbered treaties
- Métis rights and the Alberta Settlements
Immigration and Policy
- What shapes immigration policy
- Provincial and Québec immigration policy
- Immigration’s impacts and benefits
Unit 2: Issues for Canadians: Economic Systems
How economic decisions are made in Canada and the United States — the principles of market and mixed economies, the link between consumerism and quality of life, and how politics and economics shape each other.
Market and Mixed Economies
- Market economy principles and the consumer
- Why Canada is a mixed economy
- Comparing Canada and the United States
Consumerism and Quality of Life
- Quality of life and consumer behaviour
- Marketing and consumer power
- Regional views and social programs
Politics and the Economy
- Party platforms and philosophy
- The underground economy and taxes
- Government decisions on the environment
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