Grade 9 New Alberta Social Studies: Systems | FREE Academic Vocabulary Booklet | 25 Pages

Resources for Alberta's new Grade 9 Social Studies curriculum are hard to find. This free 25-page vocabulary booklet is our gift to Alberta teachers who are building their programs from the ground up under the new Program of Studies.

Download it. Print it. Use it. No strings attached.

WHAT'S INSIDE

This booklet contains all 82 key vocabulary terms from the Systems segment of Alberta's new Grade 9 Social Studies curriculum, covering both driving questions:

• How did economic changes transform Canada into a modern economy?
• How is power organized and exercised in Canada's system of government?

Student pages present all 82 terms alphabetically with dedicated write-in space for definitions — designed to be completed throughout the unit as terms appear in the reading, not memorized cold before it begins.

The complete answer key provides clear, accurate, Grade 9-level definitions for every term — precise enough to be useful, accessible enough for students to understand and apply independently.

TERMS COVERED

All 82 terms span both units — economic history and Canadian government — including:

From Unit 1: Great Depression · Overproduction · Deflation · Dust Bowl · Laissez-faire · Deficit spending · Baby boom · Urbanization · Auto Pact · NAFTA · CUSMA · Economic interdependence · Western alienation · Speculative bubble · Relief camps · On-to-Ottawa Trek · Welfare state · and more

From Unit 2: Responsible government · Confidence convention · Royal Assent · Riding · First-past-the-post · Party discipline · Rule of law · Judicial review · Judicial independence · Stare decisis · Notwithstanding clause · Charter of Rights and Freedoms · Duty to consult · Living tree doctrine · Naturalization · and more

HOW TO USE IT

• Give students the blank booklet at the start of the unit and have them fill in definitions as each term appears in the reading
• Use it as a study reference tool in the lead-up to tests and the PAT
• Use the answer key to quickly check the accuracy of student definitions
• Assign sections as homework as terms are introduced in class

PAIRS WITH THE COMPLETE SYSTEMS WORKBOOK

This vocabulary booklet is the free companion to the Grade 9 Social Studies Systems Workbook — Innoverse's 266-page complete unit resource covering every outcome in the Systems segment. The full workbook includes original reading passages, graphic organizers, political cartoon analysis, source analysis, case studies, Socratic seminar prep, PAT-style practice tests, and 97 pages of teacher answer keys, exemplars, and rubrics.

DETAILS

• Pages: 25
• Terms: 82
• Format: Print-and-use PDF — no colour ink required
• Includes: Student definition pages + complete teacher answer key
• Curriculum: New Alberta Grade 9 Social Studies Program of Studies — Systems segment
• Price: FREE

TERMS OF USE

Licensed for single-classroom use. Print as many copies as you need for your own students. Please do not redistribute or post online — direct colleagues to the Innoverse store to download their own free copy.

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