Social Studies in the St Isidore Environment
Social Studies in the St Isidore Environment
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At St Isidore Learning Center, Social Studies is meant to cultivate the values, attitudes, knowledge, understanding, skills, and processes that are necessary for students to become active and engaged citizens within their communities. Social Studies is an essential component of student learning as it provides cross-curricular reasoning techniques and strategies which students can recontextualize throughout their learning experience.
Our Social Studies does this by providing the educational tools and insights through which students are able to develop critical thinking and conflict resolution skills which are becoming even more necessary in the modern world. With a focus on collective and individual rights our Social Studies courses aim to create an environment in which students understand the development, maintenance, and sustainability of our pluralistic democratic society..
Social Studies at St Isidore Continued
Social Studies at St Isidore Continued
The defining feature of taking Social Studies with St Isidores Learning Center is not just our commitment to the highest standards in Catholic education but our dedication to the individual student themselves as they traverse throughout our content. Regular live class sessions with the educator and fellow students allows a sense of comradery and community to develop as we explore the curriculum together. In addition, one-on-one live support with the educator exists from 8am-4pm during weekdays on a level that is not nearly as possible in a regular classroom setting.
A homeroom setting allows the students to collaborate and socialize within their cohort group in order to form the human connection that is so critical to adolescent development. The homeroom teacher also has the ability to monitor the progress and development of each student throughout all of their courses which is a part of St Isidores belief in the formation of the whole person. An additional benefit of St Isidore's Learning Center is the independent style of learning which allows middle school students a self directed flexibility to their learning. Coursework can be completed at the students own pace with non-mandatory attendance of regular live class sessions .
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Middle School begins with the Social Studies 7 focus on the discovery and creation of the modern Canadian state. We begin by learning about our early Indigenous peoples like the Haudenosaunee, the Anishinaabe, and the Mi'kmaq the who have occupied this land for time eternal. We then explore the contact between the aforementioned tribes and the early French and English explorers before digging into the colonization of Canada and the early bicultural colony
Following the conclusion of the 7 years war in 1763 we study the creation of the colonies which when united, would eventually form Canada in 1867. Following Confederation we learn about the various events, processes, and peoples which helped form our modern pluralistic society that focuses on diversity and multiculturalism
Social Studies 8 is one of my personal favorites as we begin our journey with a trip through Renaissance Europe beginning in the early 14th century. Students discover ancient philosophy and explore various Renaissance artists, architects, painters, authors, and philosophical thinkers. We discuss the origins of our Western Worldview and its ensuing effects on human history.
These effects come into full view as we discuss Spanish contact with the Aztec people of central Mexico and we see the devastating effects of imperialism and colonialism after this clash of worldviews. We then move onto the nation of Japan which at first resisted and intentionally remained isolated from the outside world before beginning a rapid societal shift in order to adapt to the Western Worldview.
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