Units
All 7 units of Social Studies 9. Each one has a concepts page to learn from, practice questions marked as you go, and quizzes built at random.
Unit 1
Unit 1: How Canada is governed
The three branches of the federal government, how a bill becomes law, and how parties, the media and lobby groups push on the people who decide.
Unit 2
Unit 2: The justice system
Courts and legal rights, the Youth Criminal Justice Act, and the part ordinary citizens play: jury duty, knowing the law and speaking up.
Unit 3
Unit 3: The Charter and individual rights
What the Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects, where its limits are, and how it has changed Canada's laws and workplaces.
Unit 4
Unit 4: Collective rights
Rights that belong to a group: official language minorities, First Nations and Treaties 6, 7 and 8, and the Métis. Where they come from and why they are still argued over.
Unit 5
Unit 5: Immigration
How Canada chooses immigrants and refugees, what Alberta and Québec control, and a history that includes exclusion as well as welcome.
Unit 6
Unit 6: Market and mixed economies
Scarcity and the three basic questions, how a market answers them, and how far Canada and the United States let government step in.
Studying for the exam?
Mix every unit together
Build a random quiz drawn from all 84 questions across every unit, at the level you choose. It is the closest thing here to a real exam.