Humanities Sept. 15-18

We've had a busy week in Humanities.

Students were introduced to the core concepts within our Social Studies component of Humanities, they worked with key terms, and were to reflect upon the BIG Questions that will be present throughout our year. Much of student work is to be completed in their visual journals; please ask your student to see their work and use this as a base for conversation to learn about what we are doing in Humanities.

The core concepts of grade 9 social studies:

1. Canadian respond to issues differently, according to individual and collective identity, beliefs, values, and perspectives

2. By responding to issues, we can affect our quality of life

3. Canada’s federal political system shapes government decision making, our actions and our participation in decision making

4. Individual and collective rights influence how government can act

5. Government decisions affect our quality of life, and what we value and believe in

6. Our economic systems and decisions affect our quality of life

7. Values shape political and economic decision making

8. Many factors affect our quality of life, citizenship and identity

9. People can think critically, perform research, develop informed positions and take actions on issues

Homework for this weekend:

1. My Critical Thinking Response (*This will be completed in your journal* for Monday)

Using the Guide to Critical Inquiry (see attachment in content section of D2L), answer one (two if you would like :-) ) of the following questions:

A)   What does citizenship mean to you?

B)   How could being a Canadian citizen affect your individual or collective identity?

C)   How do government decision affect quality of life, citizenship and identity in Canada?

D)   How do healthcare service connect to citizenship and quality of life?

E)   How do rights and freedoms affect your identity and quality of life?

F)    How might factors such as identity and citizenship affect your behaviour as a consumer?

-       Your response needs to be thoughtful and mature

-       Include your own beliefs, values, thoughts about the topic

-       Include your understanding of the vocabulary

-       Can you offer perspectives

-       Explain why and how and provide examples

2. Ebola current events article, questions, and inference paragraph
- due for Monday