Havergal's Uncalendar, 2016-2017 Academic Year

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!