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Canadian and World
Studies
Course Selection
Options
For Grades 11 & 12
Grade 11 Course Offerings
Physical Geography – CGF3M1
Natural Disasters: Why do they happen?
Earthquakes: Shake, Rattle, & Roll!
Volcanoes: The Heat Within the EarthBlowing your top!
Landslides & Mudslides: Why is the Earth
on the Run?
Tornadoes & Hurricanes: Up! Up! & Away!
Interested in finding out more?
Take Physical Geography CGF 3M1
Grade 11 Course Offerings
Travel & Tourism – CGG 3M1
Have you ever wanted to explore frontier
regions like Siberia or the Yukon?
Have you ever wanted to experience the
culture of Thailand or the Carribean?
Do you dream of traveling through
historical Peru?
What about Japan, Kenya, or Egypt?
Now you can go "Around the World in 90
Days"
Interested in learning more?
Take Travel & Tourism – CGG 3M1
Grade 11 Course Offerings
American History - CHA3U1
Have you ever wondered why Americans see
themselves as the Leaders and Protectors of
the Free World?
How did the US become such a major global
Superpower & is that “superpower” status in
decline?
Who are the people and personalities
that have shaped American identity?
Is Globalization the same as
Americanization?
Interested in finding out? Take
American History CHA 3M1
Grade 11 Course Offerings
World History to the 16th Century - CHW3M1
Did human beings really evolve from apes?
Why is Africa considered the Cradle of
Civilization?
How did the Egyptians build the Pyramids
at Giza?
Why were Athens and Sparta arch-rivals?
How could an Empire like Rome rise to such
greatness and then collapse?
Interested in finding out?
Take World History to the 16th Century- CHW 3M1
Grade 11 Course Offerings
Parenting – HPC3O1
A two week old fetus is already the
size of a pinhead.
Do you know why you have green,
blue or brown eyes?
A child is a girl if she has XX
chromosomes and a boy if he has XY
chromosomes.
Consuming alcohol, tobacco or taking an
X-ray while pregnant can cause birth
defects.
The average cost of raising a child from
1-18 years of age is $175, 000.
Interested in finding out more?
Take Parenting – HPC 3O1
Grade 12 Course Offerings
World Issues – CGW4U1
Nicole is a 15 year old girl.
Her family struggles to put food on the
table and the water they drink isn't safe.
The air she breathes is toxic and her
government is doing little to help.
Nicole is pressured and abused
BECAUSE she is a girl and . . .
Nicole is Canadian.
Interested in finding out more?
Take World Issues CGW 4U1
Grade 12 Course Offerings
Canadian & World Politics –CPW 4U1
Why is Canada’s Prime Minister more powerful
than the President of the United States?
Why are Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin, Chairman
Mao, the Ayatollah Khomeini and Hossni
Mubarak some of history’s most notorious
totalitarian rulers?
Will Palestinians & Israelis ever attain
peace in the Middle East?
Why was America attacked on Sept. 11th?
Is Canada a World leader on the global
stage or are we merely a puppet of the
United States?
Interested in finding out?
Take Canadian & World Politics CPW4U1
Grade 12 Course Offerings
Canadian History – CHI4U1
Did you know there are over 600 First Nations
groups in Canada, that speak over 50 different
languages? Take Canadian History, Identity
and Culture to learn about the fascinating
world of Canada’s Aboriginal People.
Did you know that slavery existed in Canada,
well into the 19th century?
What does being “Canadian” mean to you? Is
there a distinct Canadian culture that goes
beyond hockey, Tim Horton’s and saying
“Eh”?
Did you know that the Americans
attempted to take over Canada in 1812 but
failed?
Did you know that Sir John. A. Macdonald
was an alcoholic and that William Lyon
Mackenzie King would “speak” to his dead
dog for spiritual guidance? Take CHI4U
and learn about some of Canada’s wacky
Prime Ministers.
Grade 12 Course Offerings
World History – CHY4U1
How did the Western World come to be
recognized as the “civilized & civilizing”
part of the world?
Who were the Medici and how did their
power & influence transform
Florence into the centre of Renaissance
art, architecture and culture?
Is the Mona Lisa painting really a self portrait
of DaVinci himself?
Why do revolutions happen & do they
transform societies for better or worse?
Was the Fall of the Soviet Union inevitable and
does its fall suggest that Democracy &
Capitalism will always champion over
Communism & the Command Economy?
Interested in finding out?
Take World History– CHY 4U1
Grade 12 Course Offerings
Individuals & Families – HHS4M1
Did you know three in five marriages end in
divorce?
More than 60% of people in Canada living under
the poverty line are women & children
Did you know the average number of children per
family in North America is less than 1.
Interested in finding out more?
Take Individuals & Families – HHS 4M1
Grade 12 Course Offerings
Classical Civilizations – LVV4U1
What is Mythology???.....Random, illogical
stories or the basis of Modern Western
society?
Ever wonder how the Ancient Greeks moved
from die hard beliefs of Zeus, Apollo and the
Olympian Gods to developing sound, logical
Philosophical thought?
Who were the first writers of Ancient Greek
and Roman history? What impact did
these writers like Homer and Virgil have
on the development of powerful societies
such as Sparta, Athens and Rome?
Who was the first Homer?
Interested in finding out?
Take Classical Civilization
LVV 4U1