Grade 9 Social Studies (10G) 1 credit (1998)
Course Code 0104 10G 002
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This course covers Canadian themes including:

• Canada’s physical environment
• Canadian identity
• Canadian society (government, law, and economics)
• Canada and the world

This course is designed to help students gain greater understanding of society, their role in society, and Canada’s role in the world.

Evaluation is based on

Assignment (Module 2)	10%
Midterm Exam (after Module 3)	40%
Assignment (Module 5)	10%
Final Exam (after Module 6)	40%
Total	100%

Textbooks

• Wood and Remnant. The People We Are. Toronto, ON: Gage, 1980. (0042 10G 005)
  $10.06 plus GST (reprint)
• Smith, McDevitt, and Scully. Canada Today, 3rd Edition. Scarborough, ON: Prentice Hall, 1996. (51953) MTBB
• Stanford, ed. Canadian Oxford School Atlas, 8th Edition. Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press, 2003. (51945) (available until 2013) OR
• Stanford, ed. Canadian Oxford School Atlas, 9th Edition. Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press, 2009. (5899) MTBB
• The Atlas’ are useful for Grade 9 Social Studies as well as Grades 10 and 12 Geography courses

This course may refer to other atlas editions. Students are to use the table of contents and/or index and find the appropriate pages by topic.

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Grade 10 American History (20G) 1 credit (1993)
Course Code 0481 20G 001
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This is a survey course of American History from 1500–1990. It begins with a brief history of Aboriginal peoples before the arrival of Europeans, and it ends with a survey of important social changes in the United States from 1960–1990.

The aim of the course is to acquaint students with some of the most important events and developments in American History, and how those events have affected Americans, and in some cases, how those events have affected Canadians and others.

Evaluation is based on

Essay	10%
Midterm Exam (after Module 5)	40%
Essay	10%
Final Exam (after Module10)	40%
Total	100%

Textbook

• Barber. A New Nation. McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1989. (52295) MTBB (reprint)

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Grade 10 Geography (20G) 1 credit (2000)
Course Code 0102 20G 001
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Grade 10 Geography (20G) takes a regional approach to the study of North America, focusing on the characteristics and similarities of different regions in Canada, the United States, and Mexico.

The course covers a general overview of:

• North America
• The Agricultural Interior
• The North
• The Western Cordillera
• Atlantic Canada–Appalachia
• The Industrial Heartland
• Canadian, Continental, and World Issues

Evaluation is based on

Midterm: Project (Module 2 or 3)	10%
Examination (after Module 3)	40%
Final Term: Project (Module 4, 5 or 6)	10%
Examination (after Module 7)	40%
Total	100%

Textbooks

• Headon. Continent of Contrast—A Study of North America. Oxford University Press, New Revised Edition, 1992. (52170) MTBB
• Stanford, ed. Canadian Oxford School Atlas, 8th Edition. Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press, 2003. (51945) (available until 2013) OR
• Stanford, ed. Canadian Oxford School Atlas, 9th Edition. Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press, 2009. (5899) MTBB
• The Atlas’ are useful for Grade 9 Social Studies as well as Grades 10 and 12 Geography courses

This course may refer to other atlas editions. Students are to use the table of contents and/or index and find the appropriate pages by topic.

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Grade 11 Agriculture (30S) 1 credit (2005)
Course Code 0201 30S 001
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Grade 11 Agriculture is a full credit course that provides a comprehensive introduction to agriculture in Manitoba, including historical perspectives, as well as present concerns and trends. The aim of the course is to assist students in learning about the many dimensions of agriculture. The course draws upon the knowledge base of a variety of disciplines.

The course examines physical and climatic features of Manitoba, the agricultural resource base, soil management practices, crop varieties, and plant and animal science. The course material has been organized into four modules:

• Module 1: Manitoba Agriculture: An Overview
• Module 2: Soil Science
• Module 3: Plant Science
• Module 4: Animal Agriculture in Manitoba

Evaluation is based on

4 Assignments (10% each)	40%
Midterm Exam	30%
Final Exam	30%
Total	100%

Provided Resource (student registrations only)

• Student Resource Package

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Grade 11 History of Canada (30F) 1 credit (2012)
Course Code 0105 30F 000
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Note: Order your textbook today to ensure that you have a copy to start this course.

This course will investigate the History of Canada from pre-contact time to the present. The course guides students through the Shaping Canada textbook that was written specifically for Manitoba. The authors and contributors provide the Manitoban and Canadian historical perspectives that enable students to reflect and respond to the question How has Canada's history shaped the Canada of today?

The textbook will provide all the course content and the course materials provide the learning activities and assignments to be completed after working through the clusters and chapters. The course is structured according to the five clusters as outlined in the Shaping Canada textbook.

• Cluster 1: First People and Nouvelle-France (before 1763)
• Cluster 2: British North America (1763 to 1867)
• Cluster 3: Becoming a Soverign Nation (1867 to 1931)
• Cluster 4: Achievements and Challenges (1931 to 1982)
• Cluster 5: Defining Contemporary Canada (1982 to present)

Evaluation is based on

Assignments	60%
Midterm Exam (clusters 1-3)*	20%
Final Exam (cluster 4 and 5)*	20%
Total	100%

*Practice midterm and final exams (along with answer keys) is available on our ISO Downloads page.

Required Textbook

• Connor, Hull and Wyatt-Anderson. Shaping Canada. McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited, 2011. (10391) MTBB

Suggested Resources

• Internet access is recommended as the textbook suggests additional information on websites. Students also have the ability to email their assignments for marking.

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Grade 12 Geography (40S) 1 credit (2002)
Course Code 1126 40S 001
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Grade 12 Geography (40S) deals with the interrelationships of humans and the worldwide environment. Students explore the environment, population, food supply, resources, industrialization, urbanization, and how human relationship with the environment also influences economics, sociology, politics, and ecology.

Evaluation is based on

Assignment Part A	7.5%
Assignment Part B	7.5%
Midterm Exam (after Module 3)	35%
Outline A	5%
Research Essay	10%
Final Exam (after Module 6)	35%
Total	100%

Textbooks

• Dunlop. Towards Tomorrow: Canada in a Changing World—Geography. Toronto, ON: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987. (52494) MTBB
• Stanford, ed. Canadian Oxford School Atlas, 8th Edition. Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press, 2003. (51945) (available until 2013) OR
• Stanford, ed. Canadian Oxford School Atlas, 9th Edition. Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press, 2009. (5899) MTBB
• The Atlas’ are useful for Grade 9 Social Studies as well as Grades 10 and 12 Geography courses

This course may refer to other atlas editions. Students are to use the table of contents and/or index and find the appropriate pages by topic.

Videos
Choose one CD or videotape from the following and your choice will be the topic of an assignment.

• CD-0283 —A PopulationcStory: Collision With the Future?
• CD-8258 —Famine and Chronic Persistent Hunger: A Life and Death Distinction

Choose one from the following

• CD-0215 —Materials of Civilization
• CD-1585 —Mexico: The Land and the People
  $5.50 each plus GST and PST

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