Social Studies 9 focuses on Europe and North America from 1500 to 1815 with emphasis on understanding, connecting, applying knowledge, and practising active citizenship. To help illustrate the flow of history, the events are explored, discussed and demonstrated chronologically. Throughout the program, links to current events are used to illustrate historic issues.

The four modules in this resource are:

For a more detailed description, please see the shaded boxes below.

This resource, available in print or online, addresses the prescribed learning outcomes in the Ministry of Education's Grade 9 Social Studies IRP.

Social Studies 9 is designed for self-paced learners and is also an exceptional teacher reference. All course components use modular instruction, projects, guided practice, and assessments (both formal and informal) to inspire the student.

To engage students, relevant and interactive multimedia is used through out the program to explain and illustrate course concepts. For more information on the multimedia components in the CD-ROM, please see our Multimedia Features Page.

Organized in Four Content Modules the course covers the following topics:

• A comprehensive content package for Social Studies 9 in print and online format
• Addresses all the prescribed learning outcomes in the Ministry of Education's IRP
• Developed by BC teachers, instructional designers, multimedia experts
• Modular design
• Multimedia CD-ROM Explorations containing interactive student activities
• Blackline master containing reproducible worksheets

To make use of the multimedia resources requires a modern computer with a CD-Rom drive and a Flash 7 Player (free to download from Adobe's website). To take an online course requires all of the above, plus an internet connection and a current web browser.

The Teacher's Guide contains a description of each lesson, the learning outcomes addressed in the lesson, the resources required and answer keys and scoring rubrics for the assignments. There are also helpful teaching tips for both classroom and online environments, alternative activities to address different learning styles, and suggestions for other resources.

The Teacher's Guide also includes all versions of the tests and answer keys.

Additional support resources that students will require for the Social Studies 9 course include the Crossroads: A Meeting of Nations textbook and the Canadian Oxford School Atlas (5th edition or later).

These resources can be ordered:

• from our secure Open School BC Online Catalogue
• via an order form Faxed to 250-387-1120
• by emailing our Customer Service Team
• by phoning our local Victoria number 250-356-2820 or our toll free number 1-888-883-4766

The Social Studies 9 course (Version 4) is also available from Open School BC as an online course. For more information about the online version of Social Studies 9 (Version 4) or any of the Social Studies 9 support resources, contact our Customer Service Team.