HISTORY IN GRADES 7 to 10

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HISTORY IN GRADES 7 to 10

• All courses focus on Canadian History.

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Grade 7

• Three units of study
• - New France
• - British North America
• - Conflict and Change

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Grade 8

• Three units of study
• - Confederation
• - The Development of Western
• Canada
• - Canada A Changing Society

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Grade 9

• No Ministry directed course
• Focus on Geography

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Grade 10 ( and 11, 12)

• Focus on Canadian History Since World War 1
• Five strands throughout courses based on the
  common theme
• Strands include
• - Communities Local, National,
• Global
• - Change and Continuity
• - Citizenship and Heritage
• - Social, Economical, and
  Political
• Structures
• - Methods of Historical Inquiry
  and
• Communication

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Grade 10 Civics

• Half course
• Three strands
• 1. Informed citizenship (key civics
  concepts, structures and processes
• 2. Active citizenship ( civic literacy,
  research and inquiry, critical and creative
  thinking, decision making, conflict resolution,
  collaboration)
• 3. Purposeful citizenship (values and
  perspectives examining differing purposes)

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Egocentric Design

• Me
• Family
• Community
• Province/Country
• World

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Shared Guideline

• History and Geography courses together in
  guidelines (pp. 53-64 are the History part of the
  Grades 7 8 guideline)
• Extends the Social Studies approach of Grades 1-6
  guidelines
• Achievement charts of both subject areas look
  very similar.
• Native Studies guideline falls under auspices of
  History

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Our Task

• To look more closely at ways to integrate History
  themes and expectations with Language
  expectations and strands.
• Why?...Students are powerfully motivated by good
  stories.
• Good integration will help them make
  connections so that the History is relevant

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How will we plan rough integration outlines?

• Use concentric circles to lay out a plan.
• Starting in the center, each circle should lay
  out, in order
• the grade
• the History strands ( from
  guideline)
• the Achievement Chart headings
  and level 3 or 4 standards ( from guideline)
• the topics/ History unit title
  (s) and overall expectations for the topic ( from
  both History and Language guidelines
• the integrated novel title and
  activities to align the strands, provincial
  standards, topic(s), and overall expectations

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Questions?