Application: assess responses of governments in Canada to some significant issues, and develop plans of action for governments and citizens to address social and environmental issues.
- The Great Lakes (Book)
- Nations of the Eastern Great Lakes (Book)
- Nations of the Western Great Lakes (Book)
- Ecosystems at Risk (Book)
- Changing Climate (Book)
- Nibi’s Water Song (Book)
- Fatty Legs A True Story (Book)
- These Are My Words The Residential School Diary of Violet Pesheens (Book)
- The Orange Shirt Story (Book)
- I Am Not A Number (Book)
- A Stranger At Home (Book)
- Stolen Words (Book)
- Protecting Ecosystems (Hoopla eBook)
- Why Are Some People Homeless? (Hoopla eBook)
- Fatty Legs A True Story (Hoopla eAudiobook)
- The Great Lakes (Database Article)
- Climate Change (Database Article)
- Canadian Geographic Education Online Classroom (Website)
- Canada’s Water Crisis – Indigenous Families at Risk (YouTube)
- Canada History Week – Joey Angnatok (YouTube)
- Climate 101 with Bill Nye (YouTube)
Inquiry: use the social studies inquiry process to investigate Canadian social and/or environmental issues from various perspectives, including the perspective of the level (or levels) of government responsible for addressing the issues.
- David Suzuki Doing Battle with Climate Change (Book)
- You Are the Earth Know Your World So You Can Make It Better (Book)
- Arctic Thaw the People of the Whale in a Changing Climate (Book)
- How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate (Book)
- Rising Seas Flooding, Climate Change and Our New World (Book)
- Palm Trees at the North Pole (Book)
- Why We Live Where We Live (Book)
- The Red Cross Movement (Book)
- The Barren Grounds (Book)
- You Are the Earth Know Your World So You Can Help Make It Better (Hoopla eBook)
- Right to Play – Global Charity Organization (Database Article)
- David Suzuki – Canadian Environmentalist (Database Article)
- Member of Parliament (MP) (Database Article)
- NGO – Canadian Red Cross – In Your Community (Website)
- NGO – CARE Canada (Website)
- NGO – Feed the Children (Website)
- NGO – Our Climate Canada (Website)
- NGO – National Inuit Youth Council (Website)
- NGO – National Aboriginal History Organisation (Website)
- Suzuki Diaries – Sustainability in Action (YouTube)
- Why Indigenous Children are Overrepresented in Canada’s Foster Care System?
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- Child Poverty Report (YouTube)
- Hidden Homeless – Day in the Life of a Homeless Family (YouTube)
- Teen Photographer Portrays Homeless (YouTube)
B3. Understanding Context: demonstrate an understanding of the roles and key responsibilities of citizens and of the different levels of government in Canada.
- How Does the Canadian Government Work? (Book)
- Canada Votes How We Elect Our Government (Book)
- Canadian Government (Book)
- Who Runs This Country, Anyway? (Book)
- When We Had Sled Dogs (Book)
- Parliament Canada’s Democracy and How it Works (Book)
- Treaty Words for as Long as The River Flows (Book)
- Our Great Prime Ministers Canada’s Government in Action (Book)
- Residential Schools in Canada (Database Article)
- Metis National Council (Database Article)
- Indigenous Language Revitalization in Canada (Database Article)
- Canadian Bill of Rights (Database Article)
- Elections in Canada (Database Article)
- Charter of Rights and Freedoms of Canadians (Website)
- Student Vote Canada (Website)
- The Canadian Parliamentary System (Website)
- Learn About the Canadian Parliament (Website)
- Parliament of Canada (Website)
- Our Country, Our Parliament (Website)
- How Canadians Govern Themselves (Website)
- Canada’s Political System (Website)
- Current Members of Parliament (Website)
- Federal Government of Canada (Website)
- Prime Ministers of Canada Crossword Puzzle (Website)
- Metis Government (Website)
- Just for You – Children (Website)
- Government and Democracy (YouTube)
- The Right to Vote (YouTube)
- Canada’s Electoral System (YouTube)
- Canada Needs Thriving Indigenous Languages (YouTube)
- Niagara Escarpment UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve (YouTube)
- The Moraine Can’t Wait: Save the Oak Ridges Moraine (YouTube)
- First Past the Post (YouTube)
- Minority and Majority Government (YouTube)
- Parliament Buildings of Canada (YouTube)
- How a Law is Made (YouTube)
- Keeping the Inuit Way of Life Alive in a Changing World (YouTube)
- What is the Assembly of First Nations? (YouTube)