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Citizenship 9

Active citizenship: how young people can contribute to their communities

Citizenship 9 is Nova Scotia's Grade 9 social studies course.

Outline

Lessons for this subject are being written.

Below is how the official curriculum organizes it. Each strand will get full lessons like the ones in Grade 1 Mathematics.

Curriculum strands

1Self and community

Assessing personal skills and goals and one's role in communities

2Rights and responsibilities

Rights, privileges and responsibilities; how decisions are made; perspectives on community and Canadian issues

3National, digital and global citizenship

How historical and geographic decisions have shaped citizenship in Canada and globally

4Service learning

A capstone service project that addresses a community need