SOCIAL STUDIES

Social Studies 10-1 (5 credits)

Recommended Prerequisite: 65% in Grade 9 Social Studies

Students will critically examine the issue, “Should we embrace globalization?” and will study the relationships between identity and citizenship to promote appreciation for citizenship in a globalizing world. The inclusion of multiple perspectives will allow students to examine the effects of globalization on peoples in Canada and throughout the world, including the impact on Aboriginal and Francophone communities.

Social Studies 10-1 AP (5 credits)

Prerequisite: 75% in Grade 9 Social Studies

Students will critically examine the issue, “Should we embrace globalization?” and will study the relationships between identity and citizenship to promote appreciation for citizenship in a globalizing world. The inclusion of multiple perspectives will allow students to examine the effects of globalization on peoples in Canada and throughout the world, including the impact on Aboriginal and Francophone communities. Students will also research globalization and the interdependence demonstrated within the global environment, spotlighting economic growth and development.

Social Studies 10-2 (5 credits)

Students will explore globalization as a philosophical phenomenon and study the relationship between identity and citizenship to appreciate the complexities of citizenship in a global community. The inclusion of multiple perspectives will allow students to examine the effects of globalization on peoples in Canada and other locations.

Social Studies 20-1 (5 credits)

Recommended Prerequisite: 65% in Social Studies 10-1

Students will explore the complexities of nationalism in Canadian and international contexts and will study the origins of nationalism and the influence of nationalism on regional and international relations. The inclusion of multiple perspectives on nationalism, ultranationalism, supranationalism, and internationalism will contribute to student understandings of and appreciation for the issues inherent to competing views on nationalism.

Social Studies 20-2 (5 credits)

Prerequisite: 50% in Social Studies 10-2, 40% in Social Studies 10-1

Students will examine historical and contemporary understandings of nationalism in Canada and the world and explore the origins of nationalism as well as the impact of nationalism on individuals and communities in Canada and abroad. Different understandings of nationalism will be examined from multiple perspectives.

Social Studies 20-1 AP (5 credits)

Prerequisite: 75% in Social Studies 10-1 AP

The Social Studies 20-1 Advanced Placement program discusses the intellectual, cultural, political, diplomatic, economic, and social history of Europe from the late Middle Ages to the present. AP courses promote in-depth study of curriculum and the development of skills that will benefit future learning at the post-secondary level.

Social Studies 30-1 AP (5 credits)

Prerequisite: 75% in Social Studies 20-1 AP

The Social Studies 30-1 Advanced Placement program is a continuation and completion of the in-depth study of European history from Social Studies 20 AP. This course is to be taken in the second semester of grade 11 and, upon successful completion of the AP exam, students may be eligible for first year university credits in the Social Sciences. In addition to the AP exam, which is written in May, students will also complete the Alberta Social Studies curriculum and write the Social Studies 30-1 diploma in June of the grade 11 year. Students will have then completed their Social Studies requirements for their High School diploma.

Social Studies 30-2: (5 credits)

Prerequisite: Social Studies 20-2, 40% in Social Studies 20-1

Students will examine the origins, values and components of competing ideologies and explore values associated with individualism and collectivism as foundations for ideologies. An examination of various political and economic systems will allow students to determine the viability of liberalism. Students will also develop an understanding of the roles and responsibilities associated with citizenship.

Social Studies 30-1 (5 credits)

Recommended Prerequisite: 65% in Social Studies 20-1 or Social Studies 30-2

Students will explore the origins and complexities of ideologies to critically assess if they should be embraced and understand and appreciate the evolution of liberalism and liberal ideologies as well as those ideologies that reject liberalism. An analysis of various political and economic systems will allow students to assess the viability of the principles of liberalism. Additionally, students will develop an understanding of the roles and responsibilities associated with citizenship.

Military Studies

These courses neither promote nor condemn war as a human practice but serve to examine the theories and practices associated with war and peace, and the role the military plays in these understandings. Existing Alberta Programs of studies (including Social Studies, Canadian History and World History) are written so that teachers can choose to engage in conversations about the role of the Military in Canada and internationally. Military Studies, however, enables students to expand upon and deepen understandings by inquiring much more deeply and specifically into military imaginings and actions in contemporary and historical contexts

Military Studies 15 (5 credits)

This course focuses on the Canadian Military story from Confederation to Present Day. This course is open to all grades.

Military Studies 25 (5 credits)

Pre-Requisite: Military Studies 15

Expanding upon and deepening understandings about the role of Military in historical contexts, this course examines the Second World War in a Global perspective. This course is open to all grades.