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CANADIAN AND WORLD STUDIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES
GRADE 9
CGC1D
– Issues in Canadian Geography, Grade 9, Academic
1 CREDIT
Canada believes it owns the North Pole, but so do the Russians. Can you resolve this conflict? Canada
makes a lot of money selling oil to the United States. The United States says Canada’s oil is “dirty” and
they don’t really want to buy it. Can you determine if Canada’s oil is too dirty? Should we be ashamed
to sell it? The Inuit language and culture is under threat of disappearing. Should you care? What exactly
are we losing? Toronto is Canada’s largest city, but did you ever stop to think why? Why isn’t Halifax
or Québec City the largest? Both of these cities started long before Toronto. Will Toronto still be the
largest city in Canada when your daughters are attending Havergal? Things change, you know?
To be sure, there is a lot going on in Canada’s physical and human geography and this course gets to
the bottom of it. There is only one thing that is certain: the only constant is change. Our landforms
are changing, our cities are changing, the climate is changing, our economy is changing. And our vast
country is incredibly diverse, changing from end to end. It rains in the west and it is dry in the north.
In some parts there are mountains, while elsewhere it is flat. There are rocks and trees everywhere…
almost. And in all this we make our homes, our neighbourhoods, our communities. The environment
supports us and shapes us in more ways than we can count. And what we do in our daily activities in
turn shapes the environments around us. This course explores this dynamic relationship, giving you the
knowledge to make the important decisions that shape our land and our lifestyles.
GRADE 10
CHC2D
– Canadian History Since World War I, Grade 10, Academic
1 CREDIT
If you think Canadian history is boring, you won’t by the end of this course. Actually, within the first few
weeks of this course you will be a budding historian. We begin with the bloody and violent slaughter of
World War I (1914–1918), when boys as young as 14 left the Canadian “Dominion” for the battlefields
of Europe, many to never return home. In this war, so the story goes, a nation was born—and you will
spend the year exploring the development of this Canadian nation. From the hopelessness of the Great
Depression and the psychological warfare of the Cold War to the terrorist turmoil in 1970s Québec, you
will ask yourself “what creates a nation?” and has Canada, in fact, built itself into a nation of which you
can and should be proud.
CHV2O
– Civics and Citizenship, Grade 10, Open Semestered
0.5 CREDIT
Have you ever watched the parliamentary channel on television? Did you hear blurbs on the radio last
year about the provincial election? And most importantly, did you know what was going on? This course
will give you the basic information you need for confident political talk around the dinner table. You
will finally know what the Prime Minister does and what a political party is. With this knowledge under
your belt, we will explore the meaning of “democracy” and examine what it looks like around the world.
Finally, you will participate in the Youth and Philanthropy Initiative. This is a chance for you to learn
about a social issue and a charitable cause of personal interest, to advocate for and get involved in
your chosen charity, and perhaps even win $5,000 for that charity… stay tuned!