Transcript Social Studies Course Selections

Social Studies
Course
Selection
For Students Entering
Grade 11 + 12
Social Justice
 Do
you believe in social justice and
equality for all?
 The
Social Justice 12 will help you figure
out what needs to be changed and what
it takes to “be the change.”
Social Justice
 The
course focuses on a wide variety of social
justice issues such as sexism, misogyny,
homophobia, transphobia, heternormativity,
racism, colourism, ability/disability, human
rights, etc. that affect your lives, communities,
and the world.
Social Justice
 The
course addresses how individual world
views shape and inform the understanding of
and participation in social issues.
 It
further looks to understand the roots of past
and present social injustices.
Social Justice
 You
will focus on:

Raising awareness of social justice issues.

Analysis and critique of social injustices to gain
a more thorough understanding of them.

Finally, you will choose a specific issue to focus
on and develop your own personal action
plans for making change in an area you feel
passionate about.
Social Justice
 It
is highly recommended that students
taking this course are mature, openminded, independent, hard-working, and
have a strong social conscience.
 This
course is also tailored to those
students continuing on to post-secondary
and those who want to be being active
citizens/humans.
BC First Peoples/ Contemporary
Indigenous Studies

Did you know that not all Indigenous people in
Canada have status?

Did you know that the majority of Indigenous
ancestral lands in BC were taken by the
government without the legally required treaty
process?

Did you know that honoring First Nation’s cultures
does not include wearing a headdress or a
Pocahontas Halloween costume?
BC First Peoples/ Contemporary
Indigenous Studies
 The
course celebrates and studies the
traditional and contemporary cultures,
languages, artistic expression, literature, and
oral histories of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit.
 It
uses inquiry skills, historical thinking skills,
experiential- and place-based learning,
Indigenous perspectives and knowledge, and
local community and Elder/Knowledge
Keeper collaboration.
BC First Peoples/ Contemporary
Indigenous Studies
 Through
holistic and relational
understandings to the land, you will better
understand the connectedness and the
reciprocal relationship of Indigenous People’s
sense of place, identity, worldview, and
language.
BC First Peoples/ Contemporary
Indigenous Studies
 The
fight for self-governance and selfdetermination is focused upon to show how
First Peoples challenge and resist Canada's
ongoing colonialism and cultural genocide.
 The
process of reconciliation will also be
critically discussed.
BC First Peoples/ Contemporary
Indigenous Studies
 You
will also have the opportunity to research
and explore issues of interest and discover
how you are personally connected and/or
affected by them.
BC First Peoples/ Contemporary
Indigenous Studies
 This
course will provide you with the
understandings needed to participate in
today’s world and in the process of
reconciliation as we all work towards fostering
healing and addressing injustices.
20th Century World History
 How
do the decisions and actions of the
past impact the present?
 How
do authoritarian regimes succeed to
form governments?
 Why
do we have a responsibility to respond
to injustices?
20th Century World History
 This
course is a must for those continuing
onto college/university as you will gain
pertinent skills and knowledge that will help
you with the transition to post-secondary
school.
 20th
Century World History concentrates on
the time period between 1900 and 2000
while focusing on present-day issues.
20th Century World History
 The
course explores a wide range of
subjects, from global conflicts, civil wars,
revolutions, independence movements,
Indigenous rights, genocide, social and
cultural developments, to consumerism,
using the six historical thinking concepts,
inquiry skills, and concept-based learning.
20th Century World History
 History
12’s aim is to develop your abilities
to question the past and to appreciate
the contested nature of historical
knowledge.
 The
course provides you with the
opportunity engage with contemporary
documentary, historical, and dramatic
films, relevant fieldtrips, and
symposiums/conferences.
20th Century World History
 It
is highly encouraged that students
taking 20th Century World History are
mature, independent, hard-working, and
have a strong desire to learn.
 This
course will help you learn why the
world is the way it is in the 21st Century.
Physical Geography
 Physical
Geography helps to explain the
natural and human phenomenon that we
see in our everyday lives.
 Questions
such as these are focused on
and discussed:
Physical Geography

Why is our province prone to a megathrust
earthquake?

Why has the landscapes of North America
been shaped the way it has?

Why have Metro Vancouver’s weather and
climate patterns changed over time?

How can we use our natural resources while
maintaining a sustainable environment?
Physical Geography
 To
better understand our world, Physical
Geography incorporates data from a
variety of sources, and works to
understand the impact natural processes
have on the landscape and human
settlement.
 The
course also critically identifies how
human activities and our resource-use
affects the environment, our weather,
and our climate.
Physical Geography
 Geographical
Thinking, Inquiry, and
Place-Based Learning are utilized
throughout the course so that you
develop critical thinking skills and acquire
hands-on experiences.
 Physical
Geography focusses on assessing
the significance of places by identifying
the physical and/or human features that
characterize them; these are understood
from Indigenous and European-Canadian
world views.
Physical Geography
 Key
to this course is your ability to make
reasoned ethical judgments about
controversial actions in the past and/or
present, and whether we have a
responsibility to respond today in the 21st
Century.
 You
encouraged to have had an
assessment of a C+ or higher in Social
Studies 10 and have the prerequisite study
skills.
Human Geography
 Is
Human Geography the course for you?
 Human
geographers have a special way
of looking at the world.
 When
they investigate global
phenomenon such as civil wars, they are
interested in finding out “how” and “why”
of the event.
Human Geography
 Those
who study human geography
explore the relationship between humans
and our environment from the personal to
the global scale.
 They
search for knowledge to help create
a more just and equitable world.
Human Geography
 You
will investigate Indigenous
understandings, knowledge, and
relationships that have evolved out of a
close and respectful relationship with
nature; a focus on a diversity of
geographical perspectives will allow you
to see beyond the Western-centric lens.
Human Geography
 You
will also engage with geographic
tools such as GIS and satellite images and
photos to identify physical and human
characteristics of various communities.
Human Geography
 In
addition, by working through various
essential questions this course will help you
gain the tools to assess the validity of
geographical data or images, make
reasoned ethical judgments about
controversial actions in the past or
present, and aid you to determine
whether we have a responsibility to
respond to inequality and environmental
degradation in our world.
Law Studies
 Law
Studies is an academic inquiry course
designed to allow all senior students an
opportunity to explore the key areas of
Canadian law including criminal law, civil
law, family law, and Indigenous law.
Law Studies
 Students
will work to understand
Canada’s correctional system, legislation
concerning children and youth, and
structures for global dispute resolutions
such as the International Criminal Courts
and the International Court of Justice.
 The
structures and powers of the federal
and provincial courts, the Constitution of
Canada, the Canadian Charter of Rights
and Freedoms, and the role of the
judiciary are also addressed in Law
Studies.
Law Studies
 Moreover,
students will explore several big
ideas including understanding that legal
rights and responsibilities allows citizens to
participate more fully in society, and that
laws can maintain the status quo and can
also be a force for change.
Law Studies
 Students
will also comprehend how a
society’s laws and legal framework
affects many aspects of people’s daily
lives, and develop an understanding that
laws are interpreted and these
interpretations many evolve over time as
a society’s values and worldviews
change.
Genocide Studies
 How
are genocides humanly possible?
 What
choices do people make that allow
collective violence to happen?
 How
do people make distinctions between
“us” and “them”?
Genocide Studies
 Genocide
Studies addresses these and
other difficult but essential questions through
critical discussions, historical thinking,
concept-based learning, and inquiry skills.
Genocide Studies
 The
aim of Genocide Studies is to develop
your abilities to assess the credibility and
justification of past and current genocides,
how the “norms” of society and the actions
of individuals and/or groups have significant
impacts on events and decisions, to make
reasoned ethical judgments about actions
taken or not taken, and to assess the varying
responses to all genocides.
Genocide Studies
 The
course explores a wide range of
genocides from ancient and modern times
including those that took place in the
following nations: Cambodia, Tibet, Iran,
Armenia, Canada and the USA, Congo,
Bosnia, Rwanda, Sudan, Sierra Leone,
Germany, USSR, Guatemala, East Timor, and
India.
Genocide Studies
 Genocide
Studies examines how genocides
begin, how they are recognized and
responded to, and what responses are
available in regards international law and
enforcement.
 Moreover,
the focus of this course is to
understand that the intentional destruction
of peoples and their cultures is not
inevitable; that attempts of genocide can
be disrupted and resisted.
Genocide Studies
 This
course is a must for those continuing
onto post-secondary school
(college/university), let alone for being an
active global citizen.
 It
is pertinent that students taking
Genocide Studies are mature,
independent, hard-working, and have a
strong social conscience.
Psychology 11
 Have
you ever wondered why humans
behave the way they do?
 Psychology
11 serves as an introduction to
the field of psychology, and explores the
diversity of human behavior through the
study of the human brain.
Psychology 11
 The
course is open to those students who
have a keen interest in the social sciences
and behavioral psychology.
 It
will introduce you to the social sciences
and provide you with an understanding of
the origin and application of major
theories, studies, and discoveries
throughout history; it is not designed to
train you as psychologists.
Psychology 11
 Psychology
11 focusses on a variety of
topics including: how the brain functions,
mental health and stress, perception,
personality types, altered states of
consciousness, learning, memory, and
intelligence.
 Class
topics will be introduced through a
variety of media, including television
shows, movies, research, and
experimental case studies.
Psychology 11
 You
will discover a great deal about
human behavior, and most importantly
about yourself.
 It
is highly recommended that students
taking Psychology 11 are mature,
independent, hard-working and selfmotivated.
Psychology 12
 Have
you ever wondered how we
develop as human beings?
 Psychology
12 is open to those students
who have a keen interest in the social
sciences and behavioural psychology.
 Psychology
12 can be taken on its own or
as a continuation of Psychology 11.
Psychology 12
 This
course focusses on a variety of topics
in psychology, including many or all of the
following: human development through
the lifespan, motivation and emotion,
personality theory, mental illnesses,
therapy, and social psychology.
Psychology 12
 Class
topics will be introduced through a
variety of media, including television
shows and movies, documentaries,
newspaper articles, and research and
experimental studies.
 Assessment
will take various forms
including written compositions,
experiment participation, inquiry based
research and creative, self-reflection
projects.
Psychology 12
 It
is strongly recommended that students
taking Psychology 12 are mature,
independent, hard-working, and selfmotivated.
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Questions?
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