Nova Scotia · Grade 9
Citizenship 9
Nova Scotia’s Grade 9 social studies course, from Engaged Citizenship to Global Citizenship.
- Units
- 6
- Lessons
- 12
- Skills
- 24
- Provincial exam
- None
- Official curriculum
- Nova Scotia Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
Unit by unit
Every skill in the course, numbered by unit.
Unit 1 · 2 skills
Engaged Citizenship
A Service Learning Project
Selecting a need and planning the project
I can evaluate a real community need and plan a collaboratively-designed service learning project to address it.
Skill 1.1
Implementing and evaluating the project
I can carry out a service learning plan and evaluate how it developed my citizenship skills.
Skill 1.2
The official wording · 2 outcomes
- 1.1
- construct a collaboratively-designed service learning project which addresses a need in the school or larger community
- 1.2
- service learning project which addresses a need in the school or larger community
Key ideas
A worthwhile service project starts with a genuine, collaboratively-selected need.
Evaluating merit means judging whether a need is real, important, and something we can help.
Matching personal skills, strengths, and interests to a role makes a team more effective.
A good plan sets a clear goal and the steps to reach it.
Implementing a plan means putting it into action and adapting as needed.
Watch out for
- Thinking any activity counts as service without a real need behind it.
- Thinking planning doesn't matter as long as you mean well.
- Thinking a project's success is only about the final result, not the learning.
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Unit 2 · 4 skills
Who Am I as a Citizen?
Evolving Concepts of Citizenship
Rights, responsibilities, and worldview
I can compare citizens' rights and responsibilities and explain how worldview shapes what citizenship means.
Skill 2.1
Personal strengths and a changing role
I can evaluate how my strengths contribute to communities and predict how my role as a citizen may change over time.
Skill 2.2
Changing Citizenship Rights: Mi'kmaw and Disempowered Peoples
How rights changed and the role of treaties
I can investigate how and why citizenship rights changed for Mi'kmaw and other peoples, and evaluate why treaties are integral to those rights.
Skill 2.3
The role of all citizens in reconciliation
I can analyse the role that all citizens - not only governments - play in reconciliation.
Skill 2.4
The official wording · 4 outcomes
- 2.1
- evaluate evolving concepts and attributes of citizenship as members of different kinds of communities
- 2.2
- evaluate evolving concepts and attributes of citizenship as members of different kinds of communities
- 2.3
- evaluate key changes in the citizenship rights of Mi’kmaw and other traditionally disempowered people
- 2.4
- evaluate key changes in the citizenship rights of Mi’kmaw and other traditionally disempowered people
Key ideas
Rights are things citizens are entitled to; responsibilities are what citizens owe in return.
Citizenship rights in Canada have not always been equal for all peoples.
Rights and responsibilities can differ for current versus future citizens.
Mi'kmaw and other traditionally disempowered peoples have seen their rights change over time.
Worldview - a person's way of seeing the world - shapes how they understand citizenship.
Watch out for
- Thinking citizenship is only about rights, not responsibilities.
- Thinking everyone in Canada always held the same citizenship rights.
- Thinking everyone understands citizenship the same way.
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Unit 3 · 4 skills
Financial Citizenship
Economic Decisions from Different Perspectives
Culture, money, and taxation
I can investigate how different cultures view money and value, and explain the purpose and types of taxation.
Skill 3.1
Economic disparity and equality
I can investigate economic disparity between groups and compare economic fairness with economic equality.
Skill 3.2
Informed Participation and Personal Finance
Financial goals and informed choices
I can investigate personal financial management and explain how informed choices support short- and long-term goals.
Skill 3.3
Impact on others and financial capability
I can analyse how my financial choices affect others and what factors shape my financial capability.
Skill 3.4
The official wording · 4 outcomes
- 3.1
- compare the impact of economic decisions from the perspectives of various groups of people
- 3.2
- compare the impact of economic decisions from the perspectives of various groups of people
- 3.3
- analyse how effective decision-making and informed participation in society affect, and are affected by, personal financial management
- 3.4
- informed participation in society affect, and are affected by, personal financial management
Key ideas
Different cultures hold different ideas about needs, wants, money, and value.
Personal financial management includes budgeting, saving, and goal-setting.
Taxation is how governments raise money to provide services.
Goals can be short-term or long-term, and both need planning.
There are different types of taxation (such as income, sales, and property taxes).
Watch out for
- Thinking everyone views money and value the same way.
- Thinking only long-term goals need planning.
- Thinking taxes serve no purpose.
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Unit 4 · 4 skills
Digital Citizenship
How Media Shapes Perceptions
Representation and omission in media
I can evaluate how the representation or omission of groups in media influences people's perspectives.
Skill 4.1
How media shapes issue awareness and choices
I can analyse how social and mass media shape issue awareness and influence the choices of citizens and governments.
Skill 4.2
Risks, Rights, and Responsibilities Online
Opportunities, risks, and your digital footprint
I can evaluate the opportunities and risks of being digitally connected and explain how a digital footprint shapes others' perceptions.
Skill 4.3
The role of anonymity online
I can investigate how anonymity affects both the making and the consuming of online media.
Skill 4.4
The official wording · 4 outcomes
- 4.1
- evaluate how perceptions of current issues are influenced by various media, and how this shapes actions, choices, and reactions
- 4.2
- perceptions of current issues are influenced by various media, and how this shapes actions, choices, and reactions
- 4.3
- evaluate risks, rights, and responsibilities of digital citizens
- 4.4
- evaluate risks, rights, and responsibilities of digital citizens
Key ideas
Media choices about who to show, and who to leave out, shape perceptions.
Being digitally connected brings both opportunities and risks.
Omission - what is left out - can be as powerful as what is shown.
A digital footprint is the lasting record of your online activity.
How a group is represented influences how audiences view them.
Watch out for
- Thinking media simply reflects reality neutrally.
- Thinking online activity disappears and has no lasting effect.
- Thinking only what is shown matters, not what is left out.
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Unit 5 · 6 skills
Governance
How Issues Become Valued
Worldview and Canadian values
I can analyse how worldview shapes values and decision-making, and investigate perceived Canadian values and identity.
Skill 5.1
Party platforms and why issues matter
I can analyse party platforms to identify their values and explain why an issue I care about could matter to society.
Skill 5.2
The Structure and Selection of Government
How governments in Canada are formed
I can investigate how federal, provincial, territorial, and municipal governments in Canada are formed and selected.
Skill 5.3
Indigenous and non-Indigenous governance
I can investigate how decision-making works in Indigenous and non-Indigenous governance models and how they interact.
Skill 5.4
Engaging in a Democratic Process
Working within and outside government
I can evaluate ways to work within and outside government to affect change, and investigate how citizens advocate.
Skill 5.5
Protest and unequal access to democracy
I can investigate protest as political action and analyse how unequal access to democracy affects whose voice is heard.
Skill 5.6
The official wording · 6 outcomes
- 5.1
- analyse how issues become valued within and across all areas of government and society
- 5.2
- analyse how issues become valued within and across all areas of government and society
- 5.3
- investigate the structure, operation, and selection of government in Canada, including federal, provincial, territorial, indigenous, and municipal government models
- 5.4
- including federal, provincial, territorial, indigenous, and municipal government models
- 5.5
- evaluate strategies to meaningfully engage as citizens within a democratic process
- 5.6
- meaningfully engage as citizens within a democratic process
Key ideas
Worldview shapes what individuals and societies value.
Canada has multiple levels of government: federal, provincial, territorial, and municipal.
Citizens can affect change from within government structures (voting, running for office).
Values guide personal and societal decision-making.
Each level is formed and selected in its own way (for example, through elections).
Watch out for
- Thinking values don't influence decisions.
- Thinking there is only one government in Canada.
- Thinking the only way to engage is voting.
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Unit 6 · 4 skills
Global Citizenship
Global Issues and Their Consequences
A global issue from differing perspectives
I can investigate a global issue from several differing perspectives.
Skill 6.1
Consequences of action and inaction
I can evaluate the intended and unintended consequences of both action and inaction on a global issue.
Skill 6.2
Human Rights, Globalization, and Canada's Response
Human rights and globalization
I can analyse how universal human rights and globalization are related.
Skill 6.3
Evaluating Canada's response to a global issue
I can evaluate Canada's response to a selected global issue and judge whether it was effective and responsible.
Skill 6.4
The official wording · 4 outcomes
- 6.1
- evaluate the consequences of action and inaction as twenty-first century global citizens
- 6.2
- evaluate the consequences of action and inaction as twenty-first century global citizens
- 6.3
- twenty-first century global citizens
- 6.4
- consequences of action and inaction as twenty-first century global citizens
Key ideas
A global issue affects people across many countries.
Universal human rights are rights that belong to all people everywhere.
Different people and nations view a global issue from differing perspectives.
Globalization connects economies, cultures, and peoples across the world.
Understanding many perspectives gives a fuller picture of an issue.
Watch out for
- Thinking a global issue looks the same to everyone.
- Thinking human rights only apply within one's own country.
- Thinking distant issues don't connect to your own life.
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Plan the term
Pick your term and the days you study. Each unit gets its share of the weeks and comes back a week later for a review. The last two weeks go over the whole course.
The official curriculum
This page follows Nova Scotia’s own curriculum for Citizenship 9.
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Questions about Citizenship 9
What is Citizenship 9?
Nova Scotia’s Grade 9 social studies course: 6 units and 24 skills, from Engaged Citizenship to Global Citizenship.
What units are in Citizenship 9?
1. Engaged Citizenship, 2. Who Am I as a Citizen?, 3. Financial Citizenship, 4. Digital Citizenship, 5. Governance and 6. Global Citizenship.
Is there a provincial exam for Citizenship 9?
No. Nova Scotia gives no provincial exam for Citizenship 9.
What comes after Citizenship 9?
Geography 10.
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