Nova Scotia Grade 9
Made by a Grade 9 teacher in Nova Scotia.
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- Citizenship
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Curricular outcomes:
Citizenship 9- Unit 2 Who Am I As A Citizen?
- Learners will evaluate evolving concepts and attributes of citizenship as members of different kinds of communities.
- Indicators
- Compare rights and responsibilities as current and future citizens (CZ/CT)
- Investigate how worldview impacts understanding of citizenship (CZ/CT)
Citizenship 9- Unit 4 Digital Citizenship
- Learners will evaluate how perceptions of current issues are influenced by various media, and how this shapes actions, choices, and reactions.
- Indicators
- Evaluate how various groups are represented or omitted in media and the influence this has on people’s perspectives (CZ/COM/CT/TF)
- Analyse how social and mass media impact the awareness of certain issues (CZ/COM/CT/TF)
- Investigate how citizens’ and governments’ choices can be affected by different media (CZ/COM/CT/TF)
- Learners will evaluate risks, rights, and responsibilities of digital citizens. Indicators
- Evaluate the opportunities and risks of being digitally engaged or connected (COM/PCD/CT/TF)
- Investigate how a digital footprint influences others’ perceptions (CZ/PCD/TF)
- Investigate the role of anonymity in both the production and consumption of media (COM/PCD/CT/TF)
Health 9- Unit 5 Governance
- Learners will analyse how issues become valued within and across all areas of government and society.
- Indicators
- Analyse the role that worldview plays in personal and societal values & decision-making (CZ/PCD/CT)
Health 9- Unit 6 Global Citizenship
- Learners will evaluate the consequences of action and inaction as twenty-first century global citizens.
- Indicators
- Investigate a global issue from differing perspectives (CZ/COM/CT)
- Evaluate the intended and unintended consequences of an action or inaction in regard to a global issue (CZ/COM/CT)
- Analyse the relationship between universal human rights and globalization (CZ/COM/CT)
- Evaluate Canada’s response to a selected global issue (CZ/COM/CT)
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Refugee Experiences
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
2. Navigating the World of Online (Mis)Information
- Inquiry activities
- English Language Arts (ELA)
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Curricular outcomes:
General Curriculum Outcomes
- 3. interact with sensitivity and respect, considering the situation, audience, and purpose
- 4. select, read, and view with understanding a range of literature, information, media, and visual texts
- 5. interpret, select, and combine information using a variety of strategies, resources, and technologies
- 7. respond critically to a range of texts, applying their understanding of language, form, and genre
Specific Curriculum Outcomes
- 1.2- ask relevant questions calling for elaboration, clarification, or qualification and respond thoughtfully to such questions
- 5.1- access and select specific information to meet personal and learning needs - select, from a wide range, sources appropriate to their purposes - develop approaches and strategies to conduct their research
- 6.1- respond to some of the material they read or view by questioning, connecting, evaluating, and extending - move beyond initial understanding to more thoughtful interpretations
- 7.1- critically evaluate information presented in print and media texts - assess relevance and reliability of available information to answer their questions
- 7.2 -demonstrate that print and media texts are constructed for particular purposes and particular audiences - describe how specific text and genre characteristics contribute to meaning and effect
- 7.3- respond critically to texts of increasing complexity - analyze and evaluate a text in terms of its form, structure, and content - recognize how their own ideas and perceptions are framed by what they read and view - demonstrate an awareness that personal values and points of view influence both the creation of text and the reader’s/viewer’s interpretation and response - explore and reflect on culture and reality as portrayed in media texts - identify the values inherent in a text
- 10.5-integrate information from several sources to construct and communicate meaning
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Critical Thinking & Evaluating Information
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Video worksheet/answers
- Inquiry activities/answer guides
- Numeracy activity/answers
2. Navigating the World of Online (Mis)Information
- Inquiry activities