Alberta Outcome Chart: Social Studies - Grade 9
This outcome chart contains Media literacy learning expectations from the Alberta social studies curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the Media Awareness Network site.
| Citizenship |
| It is expected that students will: - demonstrate willingness to exercise their roles, responsibilities, and rights as Canadian citizens
- support fairness, justice, and equality in their decisions and actions
- assess diverse ways in which individuals may participate in political and social action in Canada
| Lessons Cyber Bullying and Civic Participation Challenging Cyber bullying Backgrounders Cyber Bullying Cyber Bullying and the Law Fact Sheet Cyber Bullying Rights and Responsibilities: Backgrounder for Teachers Parents' Guide to Cyber Bullying |
| Power and Authority |
| It is expected that students will: - value opportunities to become involved in political processes
- demonstrate understanding of the implications of the concepts of equality and equity as reflected in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
- give examples of how people can collectively influence Canada’s political system
| Lessons Cyber Bullying and Civic Participation Challenging Cyber bullying Backgrounders Cyber Bullying Cyber Bullying and the Law Fact Sheet Cyber Bullying Rights and Responsibilities: Backgrounder for Teacher Parents' Guide to Cyber Bullying |
| ECONOMIC GROWTH: DIFFERING PERSPECTIVES |
| PROCESS SKILLS Locating/Interpreting/Organizing - Identify points of view expressed in cartoons, pictures, photographs.
- Identify relationships among variables within charts, graphs and tables.
- Identify and critically evaluate the relationship among the purposes, message and intended audience of visual communications.
Analyzing/Synthesizing/Evaluating - Compare information about a topic drawn from two or more sources to see if it is identical, similar, parallel or inconsistent, unrelated or contradictory; detect bias.
| Lessons that meet grade Nine expectations
Bias
Bias in the News
Deconstructing Web Pages
Fact Versus Opinion
How to Analyze the News
Hype!
ICYouSee: A Lesson in Critical Thinking
Marketing to Teens: Introduction
News Journalism Across the Media: Introduction
Public Images
The Front Page
What Students Need to Know about Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy |