Outcome Chart - Ontario - Geography 9 Applied

This chart contains media-related learning outcomes from Ontario, Curriculum for Geography, Grade 9 Applied, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Human-Environment Interactions

Overall Expectations

Relate current lifestyle choices of Canadians to the prospects for sustaining Canada’s economic and environmental well-being

Specific Expectations

Building Knowledge and Understanding

Describe the role of key stakeholders (e.g., governments, non-governmental organizations [NGOs], the private sector, cultural and community groups, individuals) in protecting the environment (e.g., through emissions testing, air-quality regulations, environmental assessments, water-quality testing)

Developing and Practising Skills

Analyse the potential impact on the global community of their personal choices (e.g., in music, clothes, food, work, recreation)

Lessons

Buy Nothing Day

Thinking Like a Citizen

Global Connections

Overall Expectations

Explain how current global issues affect Canadians

Specific Expectations

Building Knowledge and Understanding

compare Canadian and global trends in resource consumption and pollution (e.g., level of development versus rate of resource use, GDP versus pollution levels)

Learning Through Application

analyse the potential impact on the global community of their personal choices (e.g., in music, clothes, food, work, recreation)

Lessons

Buy Nothing Day

Thinking Like a Citizen

Methods of Geographic Inquiry and Communication

Overall Expectations

use the methods and tools of geographic inquiry to locate, gather, evaluate, and organize information about Canada’s natural and human systems
analyse and interpret data gathered in inquiries into the geography of Canada, using a variety of methods and geotechnologies

Specific Expectations

Research

gather geographic information from primary sources (e.g., field research, surveys, interviews) and secondary sources (e.g., reference books, mainstream and alternative media, CD-ROMs, the Internet) to research a geographic issue
evaluate the credibility of sources (e.g., authority, impartiality, expertise) and the reliability and usefulness of information (e.g., accuracy and relevance, absence of bias or prejudice, arguments substantiated by evidence)

Lessons

Beyond Media Messages: Media Portrayal of Global Development

Deconstructing Web Pages

Finding and Authenticating Online Information on Global Development Issues

ICYou See: A Lesson in Critical Thinking

Related Resources

Backgrounders

How to Search the Internet Effectively

Evaluating Internet Research Sources

Evaluating Internet-Based Information: A Goals-Based Approach

Tip Sheets

How to Discourage Plagiarism