Description

Our Grade 8 Social Studies Program contains four units, with a total of 298 pages:

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• Geography – Global Inequalities

  • What are Resources
  • What is an Economy
  • The World Economy
  • Industries
  • Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, and Quaternary Industries
  • Canada’s Trading Partners
  • Traditional, Market, Command, and Mixed Economies
  • Problems with Market Economies
  • Quality of Life
  • Spatial Distribution of Wealth
  • Global Development Issues
  • Non-Governmental Organizations
  • Improving Quality of Life

• Geography – Global Settlement

  • What is Geography
  • Why Study Geography
  • What is a Settlement
  • Settlement Location Factors
  • What is Land Use
  • Land Use Issues
  • Competition for Farmland
  • Environmentally Sensitive Areas
  • Indigenous Land Claims
  • Population Distribution
  • Population Density in Canada
  • Global Settlement Patterns
  • Adapting to Physical Features
  • Human Settlement and the Environment
  • Sustainable Living
  • Sustainable Housing

• History – 1850-1890

  • The Atlantic Colonies
  • Canada East
  • Canada West
  • The Northwest and Pacific Coast
  • Factors Leading to Confederation
  • Challenges to Confederation
  • Confederation Achieved
  • Red River Resistance
  • Canadian Railways
  • Confederation in Central Canada and the Maritimes
  • Confederation and the Indigenous
  • First Nations Resistance
  • Women and the Government

• History – 1890-1914

  • Industrialization
  • Workers’ Rights
  • Women’s Rights
  • Conflicts in Canada
  • The British Empire and Imperialism
  • The United States and Canada: The Klondike Gold Rush
  • The United States and Canada: The Alaskan Dispute and Reciprocity
  • Immigration
  • Racism and Discrimination in Canada
  • First Nations: Treaties and the Indian Act
  • First Nations: The Reservation System
  • First Nations: The Residential School System
  • First Nations 1890-1914 Assessment
  • Research Study: Assessing Content

Each subject includes:

• Full Canadian curriculum with daily lessons, exercises and activities, for the entire school year
• Worksheets and exercises
• Answers

This unit of our Grade 8 History curriculum has been designed to correspond with the Complete Canadian Curriculum Grade 8 book.

Containing additional Social Studies exercises, we recommend that you purchase this book to accompany your Schoolio curriculum.

The Complete Canadian Curriculum Books can be found at: Costco, Wal-Mart, Amazon, Indigo or you can follow the direct link below to purchase.The cost of this book ranges from $15 to $19

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