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Grade 8 · Social Studies · Unit 3 of 6

A Changing Canada

From radios to smartphones: how Canada changed.

What your child practises

Practises how Canadian society changed from 1920 to today, from the Depression and the baby boom to new symbols, technology, immigration, the economy and the pandemic, and how people, communities and governments respond to change. It follows the Grade 8 social studies outcome on responses to change in Canadian society.

Nova Scotia Curriculum learning outcome: Formulate responses to change in Canadian society · Explain changes in Canadian society and weigh responses to them

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    In the 2000s many Atlantic Canadians moved west because…

    • all schools closed
    • jobs, such as in oil and gas, paid well there
    • the ocean dried up

  2. Question 2

    A town’s main employer closes. Which is a personal response to the change?

    • council building a new road
    • the province changing a law
    • a worker taking a course to learn new skills

  3. Question 3

    During the Great Depression, many young men without work…

    • retired early
    • bought new cars
    • travelled across the country looking for jobs

  4. Question 4

    Suburbs grew after World War II because…

    • cities were closed
    • farms disappeared
    • more families had cars and wanted houses outside city centres

  5. Question 5

    Why might a government offer retraining programs?

    • to stop all change
    • to close schools
    • to help workers move into new jobs when industries change

  6. Question 6

    The Canada Health Act of 1984 sets rules so that health care is…

    • private and only for some
    • public, universal and accessible
    • paid for by each patient

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