Social studies provides opportunities for students to develop the attitudes, skills, and knowledge that will enable them to
become engaged, active, informed, and responsible citizens. Recognition and respect for individual and collective identity
is essential in a pluralistic and democratic society. Social studies reflects multiple perspectives, including Aboriginal and
Francophone, that contribute to Canada’s evolving realities. It fosters the building of a society that is pluralistic, bilingual,
multicultural, inclusive, and democratic. The program emphasizes the importance of diversity and respect for differences
as well as the need for social cohesion and the effective functioning of society.
The outcomes based nature of the program facilitates a more amiable format for implementing what the research is revealing
about meaningful assessment in our schools. The program moves away from a focus on delivering content, to a model that
asks students to construct their own learning within the parameters of powerful questions. The high school program frames
these questions in the form of controversial issues that students will revisit throughout the course. Teachers will be asked to
use the program structure to lead students in building understanding, with the big questions providing meaning to the
essential knowledge outlined in the curriculum. The so-called ‘content’, found within brackets linked to specific outcomes, is
largely at the conceptual level, and therefore does not mandate the use of specific case studies, examples and narratives.
Assessment and evaluation of students, as explained on the next page of the outline, is going to be different from the old
program of studies.
RESOURCES:
Primary Resource:
Perspectives on Nationalism, Harding, Smith, Meston, Yoshida, Oxford University Press,
2008.
Secondary Resource:
Exploring Nationalism Gardner, Hoogeveen, McDevitt, Scully, McGraw-Hill Ryerson,
2008.
COURSE ASSESSMENT:
You will be assessed and evaluated with evidence of learning in the following areas:
Course Work - 70%
25%
Unit Exams and
Quizzes
* a collection of quizzes
related to chapter content
*minimum of three formal
summative assessments that
will be connected to the
related issues of the
curriculum
*tests will include multiple
choice and written response
questions grounded in the
skills and outcomes of the
curriculum
Final Exam - 30%
25%
Written Assignments
and Projects/Performance
Tasks
* one project or performance
task per related issues
*up to three defense of position papers
(source analysis -- WR2)
*up to three perspective essays
(source interpretation – WR1)
20%
Daily Learning
Activities
*classroom tasks &
assignments, homework
completion
*Video responses
*Google Classroom
activities
* current events
*writing skills activities / progressions
built into papers
Multiple Choice 50%
Written 50%
(program concepts and skills)
(major and minor task)
CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR and PARTICIPATION
You will only get out of your education what you put into it! Be an active learner – think critically and ask questions. There
will be ample opportunity for discussion in class. However, in order to create an environment where all feel welcome to
participate, regardless of one’s perspective, it is essential for some basic rules to be followed:
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Show respect for anyone who is speaking by being a good listener
Before speaking please raise your hand to be acknowledged - do not interrupt another person
Do not make disparaging remarks that would in any way offend someone
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RESPECT is KEY: respect for self, respect for others, and respect for school rules.
Cheating of any kind will not be tolerated. Students are expected to do their own work. No mark will be awarded for any
work deemed to be copied. In short, do not put yourself in a position where this might apply to you.
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Food will be permitted into the classroom, unless it becomes a problem (distraction or mess).
Cell phone use in class may be permitted as part of learning activities, but only at the direction of the teacher.
Inappropriate use of personal devices will be treated as per school policy. These are considered learning tools and
should be used as such. If personal devices are being used for something other than educational purposes, they may
be confiscated or use may be restricted.
Listening to music on a phone or an Ipod may be permitted during individual work time, but always at the discretion
of the teacher. Earphones should not be used unless clear permission has been given to do so.
Due to the nature of Videoconferencing, please attend to the VOLUME of discussion during work time.
You must maintain a working classroom environment for both your peers in your class, as well as at other
sites.
ASSIGNMENTS and TESTS
All assignments will be given due dates and these dates will be firm (unless unforeseen and acceptable circumstances arise –
always at the discretion of the teacher). There will be no surprises. Unexcused late assignments may not be marked and will
remain in Maplewood as NHI. This may negatively affect your overall grade, so pay attention to due dates! If there are
circumstances that create a problem for completion of an assignment, a student should approach the teacher for an extension
prior to the due date. If the situation is deemed acceptable by the teacher, an extension may be granted. Three missed
assignments in a reporting period (term) will result in a phone call home.
Missed tests or quizzes must be excused by the teacher prior to the writing date (unless special circumstances do not permit). A
responsible student does not surprise a teacher with missed tests and late assignments. All re-writing of tests and quizzes will
take place outside of class time and it will be the responsibility of the student to make those arrangements. The writing of
missed tests must take place within one week of a student returning, or they will be entered into to Maplewood as NHI. If
you miss a test, quiz, or assignment due date, expect to write the tests/quiz, or submit the assignment, the day you return. If
possible, submitting an assignment electronically on the day of absence is acceptable.
ATTENDANCE and LATES
Attendance will be handled according to school policy. School policy states that you must have a parent or guardian call the
school to excuse any non-school related absence. If an absence is not excused, it will be recorded as unexcused on Maplewood.
If you come late to a class and the door is closed, please knock once and wait patiently and quietly in the hallway for
admittance into class. The teacher will let you in at the most convenient time for them and for the rest of class. Chronic
attendance problems may result in an attendance contract or may lead to withdrawal from the course.
MATERIALS
There are certain things that all students will be expected to bring to class every day. These materials include: pen, pencil,
social studies binder, and appropriate textbooks. Students will be asked to keep an organized notebook/binder which will serve
as an essential learning resource for the semester. There are a variety of formats a student can use to chronicle their learning.
Most will be through Ppt printouts & handouts.
FINAL THOUGHTS
There are a great many historical and modern day facts, figures, and concepts that you will be expected to learn through the
course of you social studies ‘career’, but they all pale in comparison to the ultimate goal of creating critically thinking, active
and responsible citizens that are prepared to contribute in a positive way to our Canadian, as well as our global, society – good
luck and have fun!
Remember, you get out of your education only as much as you put into it. You chose your attitude!
“Be the change you want to see in the world.” Mohandas Gandhi
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Throughout the social studies 20-1 course students will be engaged with a key issue that is interconnected to four related
issue questions. There is one key outcome that students will work towards, again, with four general outcomes guiding their
journey. Within each related issue there are specific outcomes that reflect important values and attitudes, including
knowledge and understanding outcomes.
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SCHEDULE (tentative)
*this schedule is a guideline and subject to change as we progress through the course material
Date
Topics
– Feb 5th
Feb 1st
~Introduction to Social Studies & Nationalism
~Identity (Individual/Collective), National identity
~Nationalism, Ultranationalism, Internationalism
Feb 8th – Feb 26th
Related Issue 1
Mar 2nd:
Unit Exam
Mar 9th – Mar 25th :
Related Issue 2
Apr 1st – 2nd :
Unit Exam
April 13th – May12th
Related Issue 3
May14th:
Unit Exam
May 24th – June 17th
Related Issue 4
Final Examinations:
~Nation, Nation-state, Country, National Identity
~Collective Consciousness, 11 Understandings of Nationalism
~5 Factors influencing Nationalism
~French Revolution, Quebec Separatism, Metis Identity
~National & Non-national Loyalists
~Pursuing National Interest & Foreign policy:
WWI & Interwar period
~Ultranationalism: WWI, WWII, Internment, Conscription
~ Genocide: Holocaust, Holodomor, etc.
~ Self-determination: Sovereignty & Self- Gov’t in Canada
~ 5 motives of successful nation states
~ Internationalism & Foreign Policy
~ International Organizations
~ Global issues
~Canadian Nationalism & national identity
~Visions of Canada
~Challenges/opportunities for Canadian identity
~Future visions of Canada
TBA
REFERENCES
Alberta Education, Online Guide for Implementation (2007), Edmonton, AB: author. Retrieved on December 15th 2015, from
http://www.onlineguide.learnalberta. ca/content-og/ssogscr/html/ summariesofcurrent research.html
Alberta Education, Social Studies 20-1 Program of Studies (2007), Edmonton, AB: author. Retrieved on December 20th 2016,
from http://www.education.gov.ab.ca/k_12/curriculum/bySubject/
social/ soc20_1.pdf
Roland Case, Mike Denos, Penney Clark and Peter Seixas (2006) “Teaching about Historical Thinking”, McGraw-Hill Ryerson,
2006.
ONLINE RESOURCES:
A. Teacher Logic
This portal is used as a tool for teachers to communicate with students and parents
about such things as attendance, marks, discipline, schedules, assignments, events,
fees and graduation requirements.
Updates:
 Marks on Maplewood will be updated as things are handed in and marked.
 Assignment marks will be updated before the end of unit & summative
exam. Except if you have handed in late assignments, these may not be upto-date.
 Further, a more thorough update will be made when marks are due to be
submitted for the mid-term report card. Students will be given a progress
report at this time to help them catch up on any missing assignments.
 Students may ask for a progress report periodically, but are encouraged to
access the Maplewood for themselves.
B. Google Classroom
This is an online resource that contains most of the Ppts used in class, as well as
most of the summative assignments. This can be accessed through the school
division website & the students use their same username & password for their
computer/email log-in. This is helpful if students have missed classes, or lost
note resources or assignment instructions.
There are also helpful writing resources for the students to access as well.
C. Email
 I will be communicating with students at times through their school email,
either with links to learning resources, assignments, or for reminders of due
dates. Students should expect this and check their email regularly.
D. Remind101 app will be used as well. Text @20social to (438) 793 – 7875
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