Saskatchewan · Grade 9
Social Studies, Grade 9
Saskatchewan’s Grade 9 social studies course, from Interactions and Interdependence to Resources and Wealth.
- Units
- 4
- Lessons
- 4
- Skills
- 14
- Provincial exam
- None
- Official curriculum
- Saskatchewan Ministry of Education
Unit by unit
Every skill in the course, with its official code.
Unit 1 · 4 skills
Interactions and Interdependence
Societies and Worldviews
What constitutes a society
I can explain what makes a group of people a society.
Official code: IN9.1
Factors that shape worldviews
I can compare the factors that shape a society's worldview.
Official code: IN9.2
Worldview expressed in daily life
I can analyze how a worldview shows up in a society's daily life.
Official code: IN9.3
Worldview and a society's choices
I can determine how worldview influences a society's choices and interactions.
Official code: IN9.4
The official wording · 4 outcomes
- IN9.1
- Explain what constitutes a society.
- IN9.2
- Compare the factors that shape worldviews in a society, including time and place, culture, language, religion, gender identity, socio-economic situation, and education.
- IN9.3
- Analyze the ways a worldview is expressed in the daily life of a society.
- IN9.4
- Determine the influence of worldview on the choices, decisions, and interactions in a society.
Key ideas
A society has institutions, roles, cultural traditions, and means of sustenance that meet the needs of its people.
Historical views of 'primitive' versus 'civilized' fuelled ethnocentrism in colonizers, with real effects on indigenous peoples.
Worldview is shaped by time and place, culture, language, religion, gender identity, socio-economic situation, and education.
These factors explain the similarities and differences between the worldviews of different individuals and societies.
A society's worldview is expressed through its literature, architecture, art, and education.
Watch out for
- Thinking any group of people is automatically a society.
- Thinking the labels 'primitive' and 'civilized' are neutral.
- Thinking everyone sees the world the same way.
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Unit 2 · 4 skills
Dynamic Relationships
Learning from Past Societies
Learning about past societies
I can examine the challenges of learning about past societies.
Official code: DR9.1
The significance of key historical events
I can synthesize why key historical events mattered in the societies studied.
Official code: DR9.2
The environment and a society's development
I can assess how the natural environment shaped a society's development.
Official code: DR9.3
Past societies' influence on Canada
I can determine how past societies influence life in Canada today.
Official code: DR9.4
The official wording · 4 outcomes
- DR9.1
- Examine the challenges involved in obtaining information about societies of the past.
- DR9.2
- Synthesize the significance of key historical events in societies studied.
- DR9.3
- Assess the relationship of the natural environment in the development of a society.
- DR9.4
- Determine the influence of societies of the past on contemporary life in Canada.
Key ideas
We learn about the past from oral accounts, archaeology, literature, art, and artifacts, each with advantages and limitations.
Historical knowledge is dynamic — interpretations change as new information is uncovered or acknowledged.
Key events in a society's history can be placed on a timeline, with origins and repercussions.
The importance of an event can be judged both in its own time and for the current era.
Water systems, topography, and climate shaped the ways of life, worldviews, and settlement of past societies.
Watch out for
- Thinking history is fixed and never reinterpreted.
- Thinking only written records tell us about the past.
- Thinking all events matter equally.
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Unit 3 · 3 skills
Power and Authority
Governance, Empire, and Citizenship
Power and authority in governance
I can examine how power and authority worked in the governance of past societies.
Official code: PA9.1
Empire-building and indigenous populations
I can analyze how empire-building affected indigenous populations.
Official code: PA9.2
Roles, responsibilities, and citizenship
I can compare the roles and responsibilities of members of past societies with citizens of Canada today.
Official code: PA9.3
The official wording · 3 outcomes
- PA9.1
- Examine concepts of power and authority in the governance of the societies studied.
- PA9.2
- Analyze the impact of empire-building and territorial expansion on indigenous populations and other groups in the societies studied.
- PA9.3
- Investigate the roles and responsibilities of members of the societies studied and those of citizens in contemporary Canada.
Key ideas
Systems of government — democracy, consensus, monarchy, autocracy, and military regime — differ in who holds power and how it is obtained and exercised.
The rule of law has origins in past societies and shapes a society's worldview and the distribution of power.
Empires such as Rome, England, Spain, and France expanded for reasons tied to their time and worldview.
Territorial expansion had serious impacts on indigenous populations, including the initial interaction of North American Aboriginal peoples with Europeans.
Criteria for citizenship, and the rights and responsibilities of members, differed across societies studied and contemporary Canada.
Watch out for
- Thinking all past societies were governed the same way.
- Thinking the rule of law is a modern invention.
- Thinking empire-building had no victims.
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Unit 4 · 3 skills
Resources and Wealth
Resources, Trade, and Technology
Acquiring and distributing resources and wealth
I can compare how different societies acquired and distributed resources and wealth.
Official code: RW9.1
Trade and transportation
I can appraise how trade and transportation helped societies develop.
Official code: RW9.2
Technologies of past societies
I can determine how the technologies of past societies influence society today.
Official code: RW9.3
The official wording · 3 outcomes
- RW9.1
- Compare differing perspectives regarding the acquisition and distribution of resources and wealth in the societies studied.
- RW9.2
- Appraise the significance of trade and transportation in the development of the societies studied.
- RW9.3
- Determine the influence of technologies of past societies studied on contemporary society.
Key ideas
Societies used different strategies to acquire and distribute resources, with real consequences for their populations.
The way a society distributes wealth reveals its values.
Physical geography shaped the modes of transportation available to a society.
Motives for trade and trading patterns affected a society's economy and prosperity, with generalizations that reach to contemporary Canada.
Past societies developed scientific, mathematical, and technological achievements that shaped their own economies and lifestyles.
Watch out for
- Thinking all societies distributed resources the same way.
- Thinking wealth distribution says nothing about a society's values.
- Thinking trade had no effect on a society's prosperity.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
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 Saskatchewan’s own curriculum for Social Studies, Grade 9.
Textbooks
The textbooks Saskatchewan Ministry of Education lists for Social Studies, Grade 9:
- Our Worldviews: Explore, Understand, Connect
- Pathways. Civilizations Through Time (2nd ed.)
- World History. Ancient Civilizations Through the Renaissance
- World History. Societies of the Past (2nd ed.)
From core resources, read October 27, 2026. curriculum.gov.sk.ca
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Questions about Social Studies, Grade 9
What is Social Studies, Grade 9?
Saskatchewan’s Grade 9 social studies course: 4 units and 14 skills, from Interactions and Interdependence to Resources and Wealth.
What units are in Social Studies, Grade 9?
1. Interactions and Interdependence, 2. Dynamic Relationships, 3. Power and Authority and 4. Resources and Wealth.
Is there a provincial exam for Social Studies, Grade 9?
No. Saskatchewan gives no provincial exam for Social Studies, Grade 9.
What textbook does Social Studies, Grade 9 use?
The textbooks Saskatchewan Ministry of Education lists for Social Studies, Grade 9: Our Worldviews: Explore, Understand, Connect, Pathways. Civilizations Through Time (2nd ed.), World History. Ancient Civilizations Through the Renaissance and World History. Societies of the Past (2nd ed.).
What comes after Social Studies, Grade 9?
Social Studies 10.
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