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CGC1P – GEOGRAPHY OF CANADA GRADE 9, APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT, GLEBE COLLEGIATE ** Extra help – ** Upon request ** Textbook ** – //Perspectives, Irwin Publishing// This course focuses on geographic issues that affect Canadians today. Students will draw on personal and everyday experiences as they learn about Canada ’s distinct and changing character and the natural and human systems and global influences that shape the country. Students will use a variety of geotechnologies and inquiry and communication methods to examine practical geographic questions and communicate their findings. The units of study are as follows: **__ Assessment:  __** ** Formative Assessment ** : Practice makes perfect. Formative assessment gives the student the opportunity to practice skills and check their understanding before they are asked to perform a summative task. Formative assessment will be both formal (letter grade) and informal (descriptive, oral) and will be done by peers, student or the teacher. ** Summative Evaluation: ** Students will be graded in each achievement category (see below) over the entire course. Students will be evaluated through the completion of tests and/or assignments. Achievement Chart Category Breakdown: Every summative evaluation activity will assess some or all of the categories of achievement. Over the course, the breakdown is as follows: Knowledge/understanding - 25% Thinking/Inquiry - 15% Communication - 10% Application - 20%  ** = This includes all of the above unit summative evaluations. These may include quizzes and tests, assignments, paragraph writing, presentations, etc. ** Culminating Tasks – 30% ** = =   Final Exam – 20%  = =   Course Culminating Activity - 10%  = Please see Glebe’s Assessment and Evaluation Policy on pages 8 and 9 of the student agenda or on the school’s Web site. This school policy applies to all courses. The policy outlines responsibilities, attendance and student achievement, missed tests, academic dishonesty, and incomplete/missed assignments. ** RETURN
 * Teacher – Mr. Martin **
 * Course Description: **
 * ** Unit  ** || **  Title  ** ||
 * 1 ||  Mapping Skills  ||
 * 2 ||  Physical Connections  ||
 * 3 ||  Cultural Connections  ||
 * 4 ||  Global and Economic Connections  ||
 * 5 ||  Environmental Connections  ||
 * Course work – 70%

Sources for more information ** : Glebe Collegiate Institute’s Web site: [|www.glebeci.ca] Canadian and World Studies Grades 9 and 10: __[|http://www.edu.gov.on.c]a__