In this unit, students focus on types of economisystems and the factors that influence them. Students analyze Canada's trade associations, employment trends, and economirelationships. They study the manufacturing process and distribution of products, and identify the interrelatiohsips among the three types of industry. This unit consists of nine activities and supporting appendices. The Workplace of Today and Tomorrow.
All sample units have a culminating activity.
This activity serves a number of purposes. In addition, the final demonstration brings the activities of the unit to a conclusion where students demonstrate their knowledge and skills generally required by the overall and key specifiexpectations. In the list of expectations below and in the activities, Overall Expectations are preceded by a bullet while SpecifiExpectations are preceded by a dash. The student's grade will be determined through a number of formative and summative evaluations of products such as graphs, maps, diagrams, answers to questions, tests, and oral presentations. There will be peer-assessed vocabulary tests as a part of Activities 5 and 9.