Websites to Support the New Curriculum
Grade 9: Cluster 4
Canada: Opportunities and Challenges
Learning Experience
9.4.1
A Changing Nation
9.4.1 ACTIVATING STRATEGIES
No websites recommended
9.4.1 ACQUIRING STRATEGIES
Statistics Canada, Canadian Statistics:
http://www.statcan.ca/english/Pgdb/
Made in Canada – Canadian Inventors and Inventions:
http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa090100a.htm
Canadian Council for Social Development, Publications:
http://www.ccsd.ca/pubs/pubcat/fcsp.htm
CBC Archives:
http://archives.cbc.ca/index.asp?IDLan=1
Animated population pyramid:
http://www.statcan.ca/english/kits/animat/pyca.htm,
Demographic related resources:
http://www.statcan.ca/english/kits/animat/pyone.htm
9.4.1 APPLYING STRATEGIES
CBC Archives, The Birth of Medicare:
http://archives.cbc.ca/300c.asp?id=1-73-90
http://archives.cbc.ca/ACT-1-73-90/
politics_economy/medicare/educational_activities/
Canada Health Act Overview:
http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/library/prbpubs/944-e.htm
CBC News, Problems and Cures: Romanow Report Released:
http://www.cbc.ca/healthcare/
Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada, Media Releases:
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english/care/romanow/hcc0143.html
Collections Canada, the Canadian West, Urbanization:
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/05/0529/052903/05290302_e.html
Urbanization, the Canadian Encyclopedia:
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/
PrinterFriendly.cfm?ArticleId=A0008280
Learning Experience
9.4.2
Engaging in the Citizenship Debate
9.4.2 ACTIVATING STRATEGIES
Collections Canada, Canadian Scientists:
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/science/english/canadian/index.html
Collections Canada, Canadian Portraits:
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/portraits/docs/ethemes.htm
Canadian Studies Thirty Famous Canadians:
http://www.canadianstudies.ca/NewJapan/famous.html
CBC, Great Canadians:
http://www.cbc.ca/greatest/greatcanadians/index.html
Culture Canada, People:
http://www.culturecanada.gc.ca/chdt/interface/
interface2.nsf/engdocBasic/16.html
Famous Canadians Theme Page:
http://www.cln.org/themes/famous.html
Famous Canadians:
http://www.canadians.ca/
Proud Canadian Kids, Famous Canadians: http://www.proudcanadiankids.ca/famous_canadians.htm
9.4.2 ACQUIRING STRATEGIES
CBC, Who Is the Greatest Canadian:
http://www.cbc.ca/greatest/
(Note: this site includes a downloadable teacher guide and activities)
CBC News in Depth, Background, Order of Canada:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/orderofcanada/
9.4.2 APPLYING STRATEGIES
Public Holidays and Other Important Dates:
http://www.canadianheritage.gc.ca/progs/cpsc-ccsp/jfa-ha/index_e.cfm
Learning Experience
9.4.3
Social Justice in Canada
9.4.3 ACTIVATING STRATEGIES
No websites recommended
9.4.3 ACQUIRING STRATEGIES
Canadian Council on Social Development, Highlights, the Progress of Canada’s Children 2002:
http://www.ccsd.ca/pubs/2002/pcc02/hl.htm
Campaign 2000 End Child Poverty in Canada:
http://www.campaign2000.ca/
CBC News, Little change in child poverty rates, November 2003:
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2003/11/24/child_poverty031124.html
Homelessness in Canada:
http://www.shareintl.org/archives/homelessness/hl-ch_Canada.htm
Meal Exchange, Hunger in Canada:
http://www.mealexchange.com/hunger/
Canada’s Digital Collections, First Nations and Métis, Treaties - Overview:
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/abpolitics/alberta/fn_metis/treaties.html
UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples:
http://www.unhchr.ch/huridocda/huridoca.nsf/
(Symbol)/E.CN.4.SUB.2.RES.1994.45.En?OpenDocument
MTS, Young Humanitarian Awards:
http://www.mbteach.org/library/Archives/YHA/YHA_2007.pdf ![]()
9.4.3 APPLYING STRATEGIES
Museum of Civilization, Storytelling: The Art of Knowledge:
http://www.civilization.ca/aborig/storytel/introeng.html
The Blackfoot, Story Robes and Lessons:
http://projects.cbe.ab.ca/ict/2learn/mmspeight/blackfoot/html/storyrobes.htm
Youth in Philanthropy:
http://www.yipcanada.org/
Manitoba Aboriginal Artists Archive:
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/artist/artists/index.html
Collections Canada, Norval Morrisseau:
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/artists/morriseau_norval.html
Learning Experience
9.4.4
Taking Our Place in the Global Village
9.4.4 ACTIVATING STRATEGIES
No websites recommended
9.4.4 ACQUIRING STRATEGIES
Environment Canada’s Green Lane:
http://www.ec.gc.ca/envhome.html
Environment Canada, Climate Change:
http://www.ec.gc.ca/climate/
Environment Canada, Species at Risk:
http://www.speciesatrisk.gc.ca/
Government of Canada, Sustainable Development Information System:
http://www.sdinfo.gc.ca/
Canada at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (2002):
http://www.canada2002earthsummit.gc.ca/
The environment and resources for Canadians:
http://www.environmentandresources.ca/
Our Great Lakes:
http://www.on.ec.gc.ca/greatlakes/
What is the Kyoto Protocol:
http://www.ec.gc.ca/climate/kyoto-e.html
Parks Canada Charter:
http://www.pc.gc.ca/agen/chart/chartr_E.asp
.
Immigration Canada, The Canadian Refugee System:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/refugees/index.html
Foreign Affairs Canada:
http://www.international.gc.ca/international/index.aspx
International Trade Canada:
http://www.international.gc.ca/international/index.aspx
Canadians and the World:
http://www.pch.gc.ca/pc-ch/pubs/raconter-story/2_e.html
Health Canada, International Affairs:
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/datapcb/iad/wnew-e.htm
CIDA (Canadian International Development Agency):
http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/index-e.htm
Canada’s G8 Website:
http://www.g8.gc.ca/menu-en.asp
Canada and the Council of Europe:
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/canadaeuropa/canada-council-eu-en.asp
Canada and the Commonwealth:
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/foreign_policy/commonwealth/menu-en.asp
Canada in la Francophonie:
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/foreign_policy/francophonie/menu-en.asp
9.4.4 APPLYING STRATEGIES
No websites recommended