1. Gr. 9 Socials Chapter One

2. What is Identity? What makes you who you are? Student Responses:

3. Factors that influence Identity: P. 3 Landscape and Climate Community, province, region Language, Culture, Ethnicity Personal and Collective History Friends, Leaders, Politicans Government Opportunities and Challenges

4. Activity One:Create a web of self identity Individual pastfriendsenemieslanguage ideas Collective past values Who I Am Culture landscape Opportunities ethnic climate background Heroescommunitygov’t

5. Homework: September 7th Choose One Visual that Represents Canadian Identity. It can be a ◦ Person ◦ Place ◦ Thing ◦ Idea ◦ Etc Draw or Print off the symbol and put it in your notebook. Write a paragraph that describes how the symbol reflects Canadian Identity. Make reference to at least 3 of the factors mentioned on page 3 in your text book (culture, gov’t, history, etc).

6. Interpreting a Visual, p. 4 1. What kind of media is this? (Painting, Photograph, etc?) 2. What does the media represent? What emotions does it evoke? 3. What do you think it means? What evidence exists to support your thoughts? 4. What aspects of Canadian Identity are presented in the figure? 5. Finally, answer the question (s) in the student textbook that accompanies each figure.