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:
RESOURCES:

Primary Resources:

Exploring Nationalism Gardner, Hoogeveen, McDevitt, Scully, McGraw-Hill Ryerson,

2008.

Understanding Nationalism Hoogeveen, McDevitt, Scully, McGraw-Hill Ryerson,

2008. (Social 20-2)

Secondary Resource:

Perspectives on Nationalism, Harding, Smith, Meston, Yoshida, Oxford University Press,

2008.

ONLINE RESOURCES:

A. POWERSCHOOL
This portal is a tool for teachers to communicate with students and parents about
such things as attendance, marks, due date, and assignments.

Updates:
• PowerSchool is updated every three – four weeks.
• Assignment marks will be updated as the assignments are handed in, and before
the end of unit & summative exam. Except if you have handed in late
assignments, these may not be up-to-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 PowerSchool for themselves.

B. Google Classroom – accessible with your school log-in. Some assignments will be
posted here and expected to be submitted there. Review materials will also be posted
here, as well as other reference material.

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. Other Google Tools – Google Hangouts may also be available for remote sites
periodically throughout the semester.

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TEACHING STRATEGIES:
There will be opportunity for the students to engage in a variety of learning activities. This will attempt
to create a balance between teacher-directed & student-directed learning, as well as individual &
cooperative activities. These will include, but are not limited to:
• Individual Activities: student notes, brainstorming, frayer models, sketching/cartooning, vocabulary, etc.
• Small group Activities: pair & shares, brainstorming, case studies, summary posters, labs, etc.
• Large group activities: discussion/debate, jig-saw groups, guided reading, etc.

Many of the learning activities in class will attempt to actively engage the students in their own learning, and
activities that will emphasize critical thinking and effective communication. Meaningful discussion and total
participation techniques will often be used to practice these skills. The teacher’s role is that of facilitator,
offering up mini-lessons that use both print & visual resources, to explore concepts that students will then
interact with individually or collaboratively (within a group).

COURSE ASSESSMENT:

You will be assessed and evaluated with evidence of learning in the following areas:

Course Work (Related Issues) - 80%

10% 30% 20%

Related Issue #1 Related Issue #2 Related Issue #3

Related Issue #4 – 15 % Final Exam - 25%

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, 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:

1. Show respect for anyone who is speaking by being a good listener

2. Before speaking please raise your hand to be acknowledged - do not interrupt another person
3. Do not make disparaging remarks that would in any way offend someone

RESPECT is KEY: respect for self, respect for others, and respect for school rules. Non-compliance will not be tolerated.

Cheating of any kind will not be tolerated. Students are expected to do their own work, even on assignments. A zero will be
awarded to any student caught cheating. With copying work, there will be no discussion of who copied whom, bother parties will
receive zeros. In short, do not put yourself in a position where either of these might apply to you.

Cell phones may be used in class, but only at the direction of the teacher. Inappropriate use of a cell phone in class will result in
the following: 1. Forfeited in my desk until end of class. 2. Forfeited to office until end of day. Parent will be notified.
Further consequences will be dealt with as per school policy.

Listening to music on a personal device 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.

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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.
• If the due date will be missed due to an absence, excused or unexcused, electron submission may be
acceptable. Extremely late assignments (of more than one week) may not be marked and will remain in
PowerSchool as NHI.
• If a missing assignment is absent at the end of the unit, it will not be accepted and will be awarded a
permanent NHI or a “0” mark.
• If an assignment has been marked and handed back to the class, any assignments that are missing will
not be accepted.
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 writing
of missed 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 PowerSchool as NHI. If you miss a test, quiz, or in class essay, expect to write the
tests/quiz/essay the day you return.

If you wish to retake a test, you will be required to do a review assignment and will be required to make an apt to
meet with your teacher to demonstrate that you are ready for the retest.

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. Unexcused absences will be recorded as such.

If you come late to a class and the door is closed, a late slip must be collected and verified by the office before attending class.
Quietly enter the classroom at the most convenient time not disturbing the rest of class and submitting the late slip on the
teacher’s desk. More than one late in a week may result in the student making up missed time at lunch or after school, while
persistent lateness will lead to an attendance contract and administrative involvement. Chronic attendance problems 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.

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!

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 “Be the change you want to see in the world.” Mohandas Gandhi
“Some people see things as they are and ask 'why'? I see things as they have never been and ask 'why not'?”
George Bernard Shaw

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.

SCHEDULE (tentative)

*this schedule is a guideline and subject to change as we progress through the course material

Date Topics

Sept 4st – Sept 7th ~Introduction to Social Studies & Nationalism

~Identity (Individual/Collective), National identity
~Nationalism, Ultranationalism, Internationalism

Sept 10th – Sept 20rd Related Issue 1 ~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
Sept 20th: Unit Exam

Sept 24th – Nov 8th: Related Issue 2 ~Pursuing National Interest & Foreign policy:
WWI & Interwar period
~Ultranationalism: WWI, WWII, Internment, Conscription
Nov 8th: Unit Exam

Nov 9th – Dec 20th Related Issue 3 ~Canadian Nationalism & national identity
~Visions of Canada
~Challenges/opportunities for Canadian identity
~Future visions of Canada
~Self-determination: Sovereignty & Self- Gov’t in Canada
Dec 18th: Unit Exam

Final Examinations: TBA

REFERENCES

Alberta Education, Online Guide for Implementation (2007), Edmonton, AB: author. Retrieved on July 11th 2018, 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 July 15th 2018, from
http://www.education.gov.ab.ca/k_12/curriculum/bySubject/
social/ soc20_1.pdf

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 Roland Case, Mike Denos, Penney Clark and Peter Seixas (2006) “Teaching about Historical Thinking”, McGraw-Hill Ryerson,
2006.

Social 20-1 2018-2019

DATE: __________________________

I have read the course outline for Social Studies and understand my expectations as a
student and member of our classroom.

Student signature
_________________________________________________________
Parent signature
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