Unit: Media		From:	To:
Learning Outcomes:	Activities:	Resources:	Assessment tools:
analyse how people are influenced by and influence mass media messages design, implement, and assess strategies to address community problems or projects identify and clarify a problem, issue, or inquiry	T.V. and Me lesson aids	TV and Me kit	Anecdotal
	Poster project	Magazines	Posters
	Journals	Newspapers	Journals
		TV Commercials

Unit: Mapping		From: Sept 4	To: Nov 4^th
Learning Outcomes:	Activities:	Resources:	Assessment tools:
use latitude and longitude to locate major political features of Canada, including provinces and territories and their capitals locate and describe major physical features of Canada using topographic and thematic maps	Map the class	Mapping folder	Class map
	Legend/ scale handouts	Nelson atlas	Bella Bella map-rubric
	Bella Bella maps	Cultural centre	World city Sheets
	Locating info on maps		Locate the world city test
	Selecting the right map
	Latitude and Longitude
	Carmen Sandiago trips

Unit: Politics and Law		From:	To:
Learning Outcomes:	Activities:	Resources:	Assessment tools:
o explain citizenship in terms of participation in the community, province, country, and world o demonstrate understanding of equality and fairness in Canada with respect to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the BC Human Rights Code, and the Ombudsman Act o summarize the purposes of municipal, provincial, federal, and Aboriginal governments	KWL chart	Canada textbook	Notebook
	Venn diagram	Canada.gov website	Anecdotal-participation in discussions
	Human rights poster		Human rights poster

Unit: History		From:	To:
Learning Outcomes:	Activities:	Resources:	Assessment tools:
demonstrate understanding of Canada as a bilingual nation within a multilingual society demonstrate awareness of the history of Aboriginal peoples' rights demonstrate appreciation of contributions of Aboriginal peoples, the French, and the British to the development of Canada demonstrate awareness of the history of Aboriginal peoples' rights	Journals	Local curriculum	Notebook
	Brainstorm web	Canada textbook	Anecdotal comments-discussions
	Interviews-parents, etc.	Cultural centre	Interview sheets
	History notes	Band Elders	Journals
	Court cases-land claims	History textbooks	Quizzes
			Unit test

Unit: Immigration		From:	To:
Learning Outcomes:	Activities:	Resources:	Assessment tools:
o demonstrate understanding of Canadian culture o explain ways people preserve and transmit culture o demonstrate understanding of why immigrants come to Canada, the challenges they face, and their contributions to Canada	Brainstorm web	Internet	Notebook
	Journals	Banc elders	Interview sheets
	Venn diagram-US vs Canada	Cultural centre	Immigration quiz
	History of immigration	Canada our Nation	Internet research sheets
	Canadian immigration laws	Local curriculum
	Interviews
	Internet research sheets

Unit: Living Resources		From:	To:
Learning Outcomes:	Activities:	Resources:	Assessment tools:
o describe the diverse distribution of natural resources within Canada o demonstrate understanding of sustainability, stewardship, and renewable versus non-renewable natural resources o assess effects of lifestyles and industries on local and global environments o analyse the relationship between development of communities and their available natural resources o identify and clarify a problem, issue, or inquiry o gather and record a body of information from a variety of primary and secondary sources o develop alternative interpretations from varied sources o defend a position on a regional issue in light of alternative perspectives o explain how supply and demand are affected by population and the availability of resources	KWL chart	Library books	project
	Brainstorm web	Class science books
	Defining terms	Maps of area
	What happened to Ocean Falls?
	Research mini-project
	Industry vs. place
	Who owns resources?
	Renewable to non-renewable
	Island development plan project		Project
	Island debate.		Anecdotal comments

Unit: Technology		From:	To:
Learning Outcomes:	Activities:	Resources:	Assessment tools:
analyse factors that influence use and development of transportation and communications systems in different regions of Canada analyse the influence of technology on lifestyle and work	Development of the CPR	Internet	Notebook
	Development of the highway system	Band elders	Quizzes
	The city as a system	Library books	Unit test
	Commuting and rapid transit	Canada Our Nation	Anecdotal-debates
	Build a city project	Geography textbooks	City Project-Rubric