Social Studies, Grade 9

Unit 1: Social Studies Concepts and Skills - 1. Inquiry and Research

Using inquiry, intellectual tools, and criteria-based reasoning to explore significant questions about Canadian identity.

• Using an inquiry model and intellectual tools
• Reasoning critically with criteria

Unit 2: Anthropology - 2. Culture and Diversity

Introducing and consolidating the concept of Canadian identity through art, music, literature, and personal reflection.

• Canadian identity in art, music, and literature
• A personal understanding of Canadian identity

Unit 3: Geography - 3. People, Place, and Environment

The physical and human geography of Canada and the story of migration to and within Canada since 1920.

• Canada's landform regions
• Canada's climate regions

• Rural and urban settlement
• Regional identities in Canada

• Immigration to Canada since 1920
• Internal migration and emigration

Unit 4: History - 4. Time, Continuity, and Change

Canada in the 20th century - the 1920s and 1930s, the Second World War, the postwar decades, and Canada's role in world affairs.

• Uneven prosperity in the 1920s
• New technology and lifestyle in the 1920s
• The Great Depression

• The causes of the Second World War
• Canada's contribution to the war
• Moral and ethical issues of the war

• Economic, political, and social effects of the war
• The war and ethnic and cultural relations

• Technology and economy in the 1950s
• Social change in the 1950s
• Changing values in the 1960s and 1970s
• Movements and multiculturalism

• The Cold War
• Canada in NATO, NORAD, and the UN

Unit 5: History - 5. Interdependence

The effect of globalization on Canada since 1980, and the economic challenges and opportunities facing Canada's future.

• The concept of globalization
• The end of the Cold War
• Economic globalization
• Globalization and culture

• Population trends and the economy
• Resource management and sustainability
• Economic ties with the United States

Unit 6: Civics - 6. Citizenship, Power, and Governance

Citizenship in a liberal democratic society and the structure and operation of government in Canada's federal system.

• The concept of citizenship and identity
• Rights and active citizenship

• Levels and branches of government
• The rule of law and elections

Unit 7: Civics - 7. Time, Continuity, and Change

How citizenship has evolved over time, and the political challenges and opportunities that may affect Canada's future.

• The historical roots of citizenship
• Changing citizenship and global events

• Indigenous autonomy and self-government
• Quebec sovereignty
• Regional issues in Canada

Unit 8: Sociology - 8. Time, Continuity, and Change

The social and cultural challenges and opportunities that may affect Canada's future.

• Socioeconomic trends
• Cultural diversity and its future
• A preferred vision for Canada