New Brunswick Grade 9

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Made by a Grade 9 teacher in New Brunswick. 

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Click on the overarching curriculum themes below to see the curriculum outcomes that match KBI educational content. The full Grade 9 New Brunswick Curriculum Connections document is here.

Health

Curricular outcomes:

Social Studies- Canadian Identities (GCO1)

• SCO1.1- Students will analyse various perceptions of identities in Canada.
• Key Concepts:
  • Identity (a product of experience – of individuals, groups & nations)
  • Culture (and Counter Culture)
  • Indigenous Perspectives: 
  • Pre-Contact, First Contact, Colonialism

Social Studies- Phyiscal & Human Geography (GCO2)

• SCO2.2- Students will analyse the effect of human settlement on place over time.
• Key Concepts:
  • Turtle Island 
  • Pre-Contact 
  • Contact 
  • Natural Resources 
  • Sustainable development 
  • Resource Depletion 
  • Climate Change 
  • Environmentalism

Social Studies- Social Responsibility (GCO3)

• SCO3.2- Students will explain the structure and operation of governance in Canada.
• Key Concepts:
  • Federal system 
  • Parliamentary democracy 
  • Municipal Government 
  • Provincial Government 
  • Federal Government 
  • Constitution Head of State 
  • Head of Government 
  • Governor General 
  • Prime Minister 
  • Cabinet 
  • House of Commons 
  • Senate 
  • Lieutenant Governor 
  • Premier 
  • Cabinet 
  • Legislature 
  • Mayor

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Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Canada's Three Levels of Government

Unit Plan Overview

• Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
• Lesson worksheet/answers
• Numeracy activity/answers

 

2. Environment & Climate Change

Unit Plan Overview

• Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
• Lesson worksheet/answers
• Video worksheet/answers
• Inquiry activities/answer guides
• Numeracy activity/answers

 

3. Life on Turtle Island

Lesson Plan

• Holistic Reflection Activity

Science

Curricular outcomes:

Science- GCO2

• Students will demonstrate an understanding of the nature of science and technology, of the relationships between science and technology, and of the social and environmental contexts of science and technology (STSE).
• Sustainability Core Concepts (S)
  • Earth and Human Activity 
  • Human impacts on Earth systems
  • Global climate change 
  • Natural resources: geographic distribution, availability, extraction and use
  • Change in environments e.g., biodiversity loss, invasive species

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Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Environment & Climate Change

Unit Plan Overview

• Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
• Lesson worksheet/answers
• Video worksheet/answers
• Inquiry activities/answer guides
• Numeracy activity/answers

Curriculum-Related Themes Throughout the Year

Reflecting on hardships and courage during WWII (November)

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Remembrance Day / Veterans Day / Armistice Day

Reflecting on leadership qualities that foster kindness (December)

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Christmas in No Man’s Land - Reflecting on Kindness 

Lesson Plan

• Inquiry/creative activities

Highlighting some key inspirational leaders during Black History Month as well as some experiences of refugees from different parts of the world (February)

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Black History Month

 

2. Refugee Experiences

Unit Plan Overview

• Lesson worksheet/answers
• Inquiry activities

Celebrating inspiring women in STEM (March)

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. International Women's Day - Celebrating Inspiring Women in STEM

Unit Plan Overview

• Literacy builder worksheets/answer guides
• Inquiry activities

Understanding communicable diseases and how they are spread, and learning about immunization. Suggested during flu season, immunization awareness week, and school vaccinations (if applicable)

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Immunization Awareness Week

 

2. The Spread of Infectious Diseases

Link to Lessons

 

3. Scientific Curiosity and Vaccine Discoveries

Link to Lessons

Indigenous History on Turtle Island - pre-contact, contact, treaties, colonialism, The Indian Act (June)

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Indigenous History on Turtle Island

Holistic Reflection Activity