Horizons

Discipline: Social Studies

Copyright: 2009

Program Type: Core

Delivery Method: Blended (Print & Digital)

Province: British Columbia

Imprint: Pearson Canada

Horizons: Canada's Emerging Identity, 2nd Edition

This second edition builds on the foundation of this custom BC resource and offers many new features.

What’s new in the second edition?

  • Greater focus on perspectives, identity, skill development, interactions between Aboriginal Peoples and other cultures and government and law
  • Reorganized to focus on the geography of Canada in the first unit to help provide necessary context
  • Easier-to-Read Design
  • Single column format provides more white space for easy navigation
  • Vocabulary support on each page as well as in the glossary
  • Manageable "chunking" of narrative and visuals
  • New Features to Help Support Student Engagement by providing a variety of engaging text forms such as graphic novels, journal entries, photo essays and magazine articles
  • New Interactive eGuide is the "Swiss Army Knife" of Teacher Planning tools, providing Teaching Notes, Line Masters, Assessment Masters and Answers, Modifiable Test Bank, Web links and projectable Student Book Files for use with interactive white boards or LCD projectors