Social Studies 8 course outline (January-June 2022)
Jan 18-21
Intro to course
Review of provinces, territories and capital cities of Canada
Review of continents and oceans
Map types - with a focus on physical and political maps
Using the atlas and other map sources to interpret and acquire information (worksheets on Australia and North America)
Jan 24-
Map features (compass rose, legend, title, scale, grid lines)
Jan 25-26
Start planning and drawing map (project due Feb 3)
Jan 27-28
Longitude and latitude - creating and interpreting coordinates
Adding these grid lines to the map project
Jan 31-Feb 2
Work on map project
Feb 3-4
What happens when civilizations, groups from different cultures meet? First focus - conflict
Israeli/Palestinian conflict
Feb 7
Search CBC or BBC for a news item that presents a conflict between groups. Create a summary of the news item.
Feb 8-10
Conflict in the Balkan Peninsula (the former Yugoslavia)
Feb 11-12
What happens when civilizations, groups from different cultures meet? Second focus - sharing/spreading belief systems
World religions and their involvement in historical events
Feb. 14-15
World religions
Feb. 16-17
What happens when civilizations, groups from different cultures meet? Third focus - lifestyles, systems of government, adapting technology
Feb. 18
Vikings and their legacy
Feb 21-24
Exploring North American First Nation and Australian aboriginal
perspective on land and spiritual beliefs.
View documentary "Secrets From the Ice"
Feb 28- March 4
Research - (1000 C.E.) pick a culture anywhere in the world, then an aspect of civilization.
Develop three questions to help refine your search.
;Final product will include:
*a timeline of two events in the history of your culture (around 1000 C.E.)
*a map indicating the area of the world the civilization lived and prospered
*three paragraphs (8-10 sentences), one paragraph for each question
*a title which indicates the topic and the culture
Final product can be poster, Power Point, etc.
March 21-22
Finish up project, create bibliography
March 23-25
Feudalism in Europe - Middle Ages
the story of the Bayeux Tapestry - notes due Friday
March 28-30
Belief systems and law in the middle ages
Compare elements of law then to what still exists today - notes due Wednesday
March 31, April 1, 4-5
Knights and chivalry
Watch various video clips - find and view elements of history
April 6-8
Create you own coat of arms. Examine elements from your family name Include these elements and/or find symbols that represent you.
Create a paragraph that explains 3 or more of the elements in the coat of arms - this assignment due April 8
April 11-13
The Crusades ( 1096-1254) - outcomes (both positive and negative)
The Magna Carta (1215) - events leading up to the creation of a charter to represent the rights of the people
Notes due April 13
April 19-22
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms -create your own rights and freedoms
Increase of trade and urbanization
the Black Death (1345-1355)
April 25-29
Monday - review of vocabulary
Tuesday (April 26) - test.
Wed. - Friday - the Renaissance
artists and inventions
May 3-6
notable people of the Renaissance
Prepare for vocabulary test on May10. Vocabulary review
May 6- May 13
Work on project (Renaissance/Reformation)
May 10 - Vocabulary test
May 13 - project due
project project
sample instructions
May 16 - 31
Explorers - motivation, colonization, exploitation
Vocabulary quiz - May 27
vocabulary review
Explorers package due May 31-
(Sea Dogs worksheets, documentary notes, map)
June 1-8
Review - review materials were distributed May 14
Exam Procedures
