Social Studies 10 explores Canada’s development into an autonomous nation from the end of World War I to present day. You will learn about:

• Canada’s contribution to World War 1 and 2

• Interwar Canada

• Canada’s involvement in the Cold War and peacekeeping

• Relations with Indigenous Communities: Indian Act, Residential Schools, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, First Peoples’ Governance

• Development of political institutions, elections, government structure, laws, etc.

• Historical and contemporary injustices: internment camps, War Measures Act, etc.

• Human environmental interactions: natural resources, climate change and standards of living

Students will be interpreting evidence, assessing continuity and change, considering perspective, understanding cause and consequence, and making ethical judgements of various events.