The Ontario Grades 8 History Curriculum consists of two strands on the following topics:
A)Creating Canada, 1850-1890 - understanding the factors which led to Confederation, the creation of the Dominion of Canada, and its effect on different groups of people
B) Canada: A Changing Society,1890-1914 - investigating the challenges and issues facing individuals, groups, and communities at the turn of the twentieth century until the eve of World War I
A) Geography: Global Settlement: Patterns
B) Sustainability Global Inequalities: Economic Development and Quality of Life
In Grade 8 geography, students will build on what they have learned in earlier grades about Earth’s physical features and processes in order to explore the relationship between these features/processes and human settlement patterns around the world. They will focus on where people live and why they live there, and on the impact of human settlement and land use on the environment. They will enhance their ability to apply a geographic perspective to their investigation of issues, including issues related to human settlement and sustainability and to global development and quality of life. In addition, students will study factors that affect economic development and quality of life on a global scale and will examine responses to global inequalities. Students will be introduced to new types of maps and graphs, including choropleth maps, scatter graphs, and population pyramids, and, at the same time, will continue to develop their ability to use a variety of sources, tools, and spatial technologies to study various geographic issues.