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St. Edmund Campion Secondary School
Department of Canadian & World Studies |
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COURSE NAME: |
CGC1D1 |
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COURSE CODE: |
Geography of Canada |
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LEVEL: |
Grade 9, Academic |
Textbook: Making Connections. Replacement Cost $70
This course explores Canada’s distinct and changing character and the geographic systems and relationships that shape it. Students will investigate the interactions of natural and human systems within Canada, as well as Canada’s economic, cultural and environmental connections to other countries. Students will use a variety of geotechnologies and inquiry and communication methods to analyse and evaluate geographic issues and present their findings.
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CURRICULUM STRANDS AND OVERALL EXPECTATIONS |
Geographic Foundations: Space and Systems
By the end of this course, students will:
- describe the components and patterns of Canada’s spatial organization;
- demonstrate an understanding of the regional diversity of Canada’s natural and human systems;
- analyse local and regional factors that affect Canada’s natural and human systems.
Human-Environment Interactions
By the end of this course, students will:
- explain the relationship of Canada’s renewable and non-renewable resources to the Canadian economy;
- analyse the ways in which natural systems interact with human systems and make predictions about the outcomes of these interactions;
- evaluate various ways of ensuring resource sustainability in Canada.
Global Connections
By the end of this course, students will:
- describe how Canada’s diverse geography affects its economic, cultural, and environmental links to other countries;
- analyse connections between Canada and other countries;
- report on global issues that affect Canadians.
Understanding and Managing Change
By the end of this course, students will:
- explain how natural and human systems change over time and from place to place;
- predict how current or anticipated changes in the geography of Canada will affect the country’s future economic, social, and environmental well-being;
- explain how global economic and environmental factors affect individual choices.
Methods of Geographic Inquiry and Communication
By the end of this course, students will:
- use the methods and tools of geographic inquiry to locate, gather, evaluate, and organize information about Canada’s natural and human systems;
- analyse and interpret data gathered in inquiries into the geography of Canada, using a variety of methods and geotechnologies;
- communicate the results of geographic inquiries, using appropriate terms and concepts and a variety of forms and techniques.
1. Canada’s Global Connections
2. Canada’s Natural Diversity
3. Canada’s People
4. Canada’s Resources Stewardship
5. Canada’s Economic Diversity
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ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION |
A final grade is recorded for every course, and a credit is granted and recorded for every course in which the student's grade is 50% or higher. The final grade for each course in Grades 9–12 will be determined as follows:
• Seventy per cent (70%) of the grade will be based on evaluations conducted throughout the course. This portion of the grade should reflect the student’s most consistent level of achievement
throughout the course, although special consideration should be given to more recent evidence
of achievement .
• Thirty per cent (30%) of the grade will be based on a final evaluation in the form of an examination, performance, essay, and/or other method of evaluation suitable to the course content and administered towards the end of the course.
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Term Work |
55% |
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Mapping Portfolio
Research Paper
Final Culminating Activity |
5%
10%
10% |
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Final Exam |
20% |
Within these two areas, marks will be obtained using the four categories specified in the Ontario Curriculum: Canadian and World Studies, Grades 9 and 10 revised 2005.
The categories of knowledge and skills are described as follows:
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Knowledge and Understanding.
• Subject-specific content acquired in each course (knowledge), and the comprehension of its meaning and significance (understanding). |
25% |
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Thinking.
The use of critical and creative thinking skills and/or processes, as follows :
• planning skills (e.g., focusing research, gathering information, organizing an inquiry)
• processing skills (e.g., analysing, evaluating, synthesizing)
• critical/creative thinking processes (e.g., inquiry, problem solving, decision making, research) |
25% |
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Communication.
The conveying of meaning through various forms , as follows :
• oral (e.g., story, role play, song, debate)
• written (e.g., report, letter, diary)
• visual (e.g., model, map, chart, movement, video, computer graphics) |
25% |
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Application.
• The use of knowledge and skills to make connections within and between various contexts. |
25% |
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