Teacher Mediated Option

Social Studies

Grade 9 Social Studies (10G) 1 credit (1998)
This course is designed to help you gain greater understanding of society, your role in society, and Canada's role in the world.

This course covers Canadian themes including:

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

Textbook

• McDevitt, Scully, Smith,Canada Today, 3rd edition. Scarborough, ON: Prentice Hall, 1996 (51953) MTBB
  

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Grade 10 Geography (20G) 1 credit (2000)
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

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, 1998. (51945) MTBB

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Grade 11 Agriculture (30S) 1 credit (2005)
Grade 11 Agriculture is a full credit course that provides a comprehensive introduction to agriculture in Manitoba, including historical prespectives, 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 vareity 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 matieral 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

Resources
A supplementary resource package will be provided with the course materials.

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Grade 11 Canadian History (30G) 1 credit (1987)
This course examines the historical development of Canada and focuses on social and political history. These two perspectives are central to this study of Canadian history: lifestyles and the impact of change on those lifestyles, and constitutional development. A number of historical themes are developed chronologically. Topics include the life of Aboriginal people, immigration, French and British societies before Confederation, and the development of government, federalism, and politics. The second half looks at the growth of Western Canada, social and economic change due to the Industrial Revolution, and Canada's external relations.

Textbook
Francis and Riddoch.Our Canada: A Social and Political History. Pippin Publishing, 1995. (52355) MTBB Limited stock available

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