Long Range Planning- Social Studies 9 2018-2019.

Dates: September 4- December 21. Class Lengths: 73 minutes (Mon-Thurs), 37 minutes (Fridays)

General Objectives:

By the end of this course, students will have analyzed the relationship between Canada’s
political and legislative processes and their impact on issues pertaining to governance, rights,
citizenship, and Identity.

Students will also have explored issues of economics and their impact on quality of life,
citizenship, and identity in Canada and the United States. (Although, this GLO and SLOs will be taught
after I am finished).

Rationale:

Grade 9 students will broaden their understanding and appreciation of the relationships among
governance, economics, quality of life, citizenship, and identity.

Throughout the course, students will be studying local, regional, national, and international
current affairs. In order to allow opportunities for students to engage in current affairs, issues and
concerns of a local nature, the program of studies provides the flexibility to include these topics within
the time allotted for social studies.

General Online Resources:

o http://www.lesplan.com (current events)

o http://www.edmontonjournal.com/ (current events)
o http://newsinreview.cbclearning.ca/ (current events)
o http://news.gc.ca/web/index.html (current events)
o http://www.cbc.ca/ (current events)
o http://www.aptn.ca/ (aboriginal news source)
o http://www.mackaycartoons.net/ (Canadian political cartoons)
Possible Activities throughout units:

- Placemats
- Presentations
- Internet research
- Polleverywhere
- Direct instruction
- Group work
- Jigsaw
- Primary document analysis
- Mystery box
- ABC review
- Think, Pair, Share
- Concept map
 - Model Parliament
- Civic Mirror
- Group discussion
- Skits
- Model court
- Current event assignments

Unit 1: Canada’s Federal Political System

- How effectively does Canada’s federal political system govern Canada for all Canadians?
- Focus Questions:
o What is the structure of Canada’s deferral political system?
o How do laws become laws?
o How does the media connect Canadians to government?
o What do lobbyists do?
- Dates: September 5- October 12, 2018
- Learner Outcomes:
o GLOS:
 9.1, 9.2
o SLOS:
 9.1.2, 9.1.3, 9.1.4, 9.1.5
- Important Terms:

Political Party Conservative Liberal Green

NDP Bloc Quebecois Republican Democrat
Left Wing Right Wing Political Spectrum Platform
Taxation Government Intervention Free Market Socialism
Capitalism Parliament Executive Branch Legislative Branch
Judicial Branch Elections House of Commons Senate
Bill Law Prime Minster Cabinet
Opposition Speaker of the House Governor General Head of State
Head of Government Supreme Court Member of Parliament Majority Government
Minority Government Vote of no confidence Question Period Popular Vote
Regional Representation Amendment Royal Assent Media
Lobbyists
- Assignments:
o Formative:
 Vocab
 Chapter 1 Task
 What’s the structure of Canada’s Political System
 The ABCs of the Electoral Process
 Branching Diagram: What does the Legislative Branch do?
 The Role of MPs and Senators
 Federal accountability act
 Federal accountability act; 2006
 Detecting Bias
  The role of the media
 Looking back on the section
 Role of lobbyists
 “Constitutes See” use website to explore different constituencies around
Canada and compare.
 Exit slips
 Class discussion
 Observation
 Group work
o Summative:
 Vocab
 Meet the Press
 Bill- law concept map
 Written response
 Multiple Choice Test
- Resources:
o Issues for Canadians Textbook
o https://www.blocquebecois.org/
o https://www.conservative.ca/
o https://www.greenparty.ca/en
o https://www.liberal.ca/
o http://www.ndp.ca/
o electionscanada.ca
o http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/sspes/index.html
 Political spectrum
o Constitute “see”
 https://lop.parl.ca/About/Parliament/Education/OurCountryOurParliament/ga
me63-e.aspx?p=T1H2P7&r=48019
o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhaq5nWYUa0
 Just in Canada: Canada 101 Just Political Parties
o Election Reflection Game:
 http://www.parl.gc.ca/About/Parliament/Education/OurCountryOurParliament/
game3-e.aspx
o Senate Videos:
 http://www.parl.gc.ca/About/Senate/EducationalVideo/SenFilmToc-
e.asp?video=2
o Canada’s current cabinet ministers
 http://webinfo.parl.gc.ca/MembersOfParliament/MainCabinetCompleteList.asp
x?TimePeriod=Current
o Question Period:
 http://www.cpac.ca/forms/index.asp?dsp=template&act=view3&section_id=76
8&template_id=186&lang=e
o Elections Canada
  http://www.elections.ca/content.asp?section=gen&document=ec90530&dir=bk
g&lang=e&textonly=false
o Role of the MPs
 http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/guide/member_parl-
e.asp
o Making Laws in Canada
 http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/guide/making_laws-
e.asp
o Federal Accountability Act
 http://www.faa-lfi.gc.ca/index-eng.asp
o Assembly of First Nations
 http://www.afn.ca/
o Lobby Groups in Canada
 http://www.sources.com/listings/Hd8942.htm

Unit 2: Youth Criminal Justice Act

- To what extent is the justice system fair and equitable for youth?
- Focus Questions:
o How do Canada’s justice system and the Youth Criminal Justice Act attempt to treat
young offenders fairly and equitable?
o What role do Canadian citizens and organizations play in fairness and equity of Canada’s
justice system for youth?
- Dates: October 15- October 26, 2018
- Learner Outcomes:
o GLOS:
 9.1
o SLOS:
 9.1.5.1a, b, c, d, 9.1.5.2, 9.1.5.3
- Terms:

Justice Fair and Equitable Justice System Youth Criminal

Justice Act
Criminal Code of Court Judge Prosecutor
Canada
Jury Jury Duty Justice Advocacy John Howard
Group Society
Elizabeth Fry First Nations
Society Perspective - Justice
- Assignments:
o Formative:
 Group work
 Class discussion
 Observation
  Exit slips
 What is “Rule of Law?”
 Laws in our Society
 Canada’s Justice system
 The Objectives
 How to Read a Political Cartoon
 Inside the Justice System
 What Does it all Mean?
o Summative
 Chapter Vocab
 How a Law becomes a Bill
 Consequences Young Offenders Face
 The Justice System and Jury Duty
 Written response
 Youth Justice Multiple Choice Test
- Resources:
o Textbook
o Try Judging:
 http://www.tryjudging.ca/flash_eng/judges.htm
o YCJA
 http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/cj-jp/yj-jj/tools-outils/pdf/back-hist.pdf
 http://www.qp.alberta.ca/index.cfm
o YCJA Background:
 http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/crime/ycja.html
o Criminal Code of Canada:
 http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/C-46/
o Elizabeth Fry Society of Alberta:
 http://www.elizabethfry.ab.ca/
o John Howard Society of Alberta
 http://www.johnhoward.ab.ca/
o http://www.restorativejustice.org/resources/theory/aboriginal/ (Restorative Justice and
Aboriginal traditions)
o http://www.restorativejustice.org/resources/theory/aboriginal/ (Restorative Justice in
Canada)
o http://www.restorativejustice.org/resources/theory/aboriginal/ (Aboriginal Women and
the Justice System in Canada)
o http://www.justice.gov.ab.ca/aboriginal/default.aspx (Aboriginal Justice System in
Alberta)

Unit 3: Charter of Rights and Freedoms

- How effectively does Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms protect your individual rights?
o How does the Charter protect individual rights and freedoms?
o How does the Charter affect the workplace?
- Dates: October 29- November 23, 2018
- Learner Outcomes:
o GLOS:
 9.1
o SLOS:
 9.1.6
- Terms:

Canadian Charter of Constitution Fundamental Democratic Rights

Rights and Freedoms Freedoms
Equity Rights Mobility Rights Legal Rights Labour Unions
- Assignments:
o Formative:
 Group work
 Exit slips
 Observation
 Class discussion
o Summative:
 Chapter Vocab
 Political cartoon assignment
 Written response
 Unit Test
- Resources:
o Issues for Canadians textbook
o Charter of Rights and Freedoms
 https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/pch/documents/services/download-
order-charter-bill/canadian-charter-rights-freedoms-eng.pdf
o The Charter of Rights and Freedoms- Video
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAIM1qzO9_w
o John Humphrey Centre’s Guide to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
 http://www.whatsthe411.ca/Content/File/Projects/Teachers%20Kits/Guide%20
to%20Canadian%20Charter%20of%20Rights%20and%20Freedoms.pdf
o Indian Act, Bill C-31
 http://www.abo-peoples.org/programs/C-31/c-31.html
o Human Rights in Canada- A historical Perspective
 http://www.chrc-ccdp.ca/en/index.asp
o History of Woman’s Suffarage
 http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1A
RTA0008687
o Nellie McClung
 http://www.elections.ca/eca/eim/article_search/article.asp?id=116&lang=e&fr
mPageSize=&textonly=false
o Nellie McClung’s ‘mock parliament’ video:
 http://archives.cbc.ca/politics/rights_freedoms/clips/9553/
o Getting the vote:
 http://www.histori.ca/voices/index.do
 o Interment of Ukrainians in Canada
 http://www.ucc.ca/internment/index.htm
o Italian interment in Alberta during WWII
 http://www.albertasource.ca/abitalian/lifeways/internment.html
o Japanese Interment in Canada:
 http://history.cbc.ca/history/?MIval=EpisContent.html&lang=E&series_id=1&ep
isode_id=14&chapter_id=3&page_id=3
o Canada’s Anti-Terrorism Act
 http://www.canada.justice.gc.ca/eng/antiter/index.html
o Alberta Human Rights Commission
 http://www.albertahumanrights.ab.ca/

Unit 4: Collective Rights

- To what extent has Canada affirmed collective rights?

- Dates: November 26- December 21, 2018.
- Learner Outcomes:
o GLOs:
 9.1
o SLOs:
 9.1.7
- Terms:

Collective Rights Collective Identity Sovereignty Annuity

Reserve Numbered Treaties Indian Act Residential Schools
Assimilation Ethnocentrism Anglophone Francophone
Official Language Official Bilingualism Publicly Funded Manitoba Schools Act
Community
Bill 101 Metis Script
- Assignments:
o Formative:
 Exit slips
 Class discussion
 Observation
 Group work
o Summative:
 Chapter Vocab
 Unit test
 Written response
- Resources:
o Issues for Canadians Textbook
o Videos
o Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump
 http://www.head-smashed-in.com/home.html
o Canadian Human Rights Commission
 http://www.chrc-ccdp.ca/proactive_initiatives/section_67/page4-en.asp
 o The Battle for Aboriginal Treaty Rights Video
 http://archives.cbc.ca/politics/federal_politics/topics/1238-6851/
o Map of Indian Treaties
 http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/historical/indiantreaties/historicaltre
aties
o Treaty 6
 http://www.treaty6.ca/
o Treaty 7
 http://www.albertasource.ca/treaty7/
o Treaty 8
 http://www.treaty8.ca/default.aspx?ID=4&page=Articles%20of%20Treaty%208
o Aboriginal Stories of Treaties 6,7, and 8
 http://www.abheritage.ca/eldersvoices/history/history_treaties.html
o Assembly of First Nations
 http://www.afn.ca/article.asp?id=3
o Residential Schools news clips
 http://archives.cbc.ca/society/education/topics/692/
o Minority Language Education Rights
 http://www.ocol-clo.gc.ca/html/section1_2005_e.php
o Manitoba Act 1870
 http://www.solon.org/Constitutions/Canada/English/ma_1870.html
o Manitoba Act, brief
 http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1A
RTA0005070
o Francophone Education in Alberta
 http://www.abheritage.ca/francoedmonton/modern/franco-education_e.html
o Trudeau and the Canadian Charter
 http://www.abheritage.ca/francoedmonton/modern/rights_adoption_e.html
o Virtual museum of Metis History and Culture
o http://www.metismuseum.ca/main.php

Unit 5: Immigration (cushion)

- How well do Canada’s immigration laws and policies respond to immigration issues?
- Focus Questions:
o What criteria does Canada use when accepting immigrants and refugee?
o How do the individual and collective rights of Canadians influence immigration laws and
policies?
o How do provinces influence immigration laws and policies?
- Dates: TBA
- Terms:

Immigration Refugee Immigration and Immigration Points

Refugee Protection System
Act
 The Singh Decision Immigration and First Provincial Nomination Canada- Quebec
Nations Peoples Program Accord
- Assignments:
o Formative:
 Class discussion
 Observation
 Group work
o Summative:
 Unit test
 Written response
 worksheet
- Resources:
o Issues for Canadians
o Immigrating to Canada:
 http://www.cic.gc.ca/EnGLIsh/immigrate/index.asp
o Citizenship and Immigration Canada:
 http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/index.asp
o Canadian Citizenship and Immigration Resource Centre:
 http://www.immigration.ca/index.asp?bn=gglsel&gclid=CNHDrJvDupMCFSgtago
dA3cbCA
o 100 Years of Immigration to Canada:
 http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/analytic/companion/etoi
mm/immig.cfm
o Immigration Points Test Website
o Film on Changing Immigration Laws:
 http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/dlb/movieLauncher.html?movie=Changing
_Canadas_Immigration_Rules