Grade Eleven Social Studies and History World Issues
Curriculum Overview, Grades 6-12
The following model represents the curriculum structure from grades 6 to 12 showing the place of grade 11 in relation to the other courses.
COURSE THEMES
Course Goals for World Issues
The goal of grade eleven social studies and history is to help students understand the major issues facing humanity at the end of the twentieth century. The social studies program examines issues such as human rights, population growth, wealth creation, environmental change, and world governance. The history program examines the conditions, ideas, and events of the twentieth century which gave rise to these issues. The social studies and history programs examine the current state of these issues and alternative viewpoints for dealing with these issues.
Note: Students have the choice of taking one of history, social studies, or Native Studies at the grade ten level. This means it is possible to have students at the grade eleven level, who come from different grade ten courses. The history and social studies programs at the grade ten level use similar concepts so that students who take either history or social studies will have similar backgrounds in concepts and skills/abilities. There is also some similarity in concepts between the grade eleven social studies and history programs. The Skills/Abilities Objectives are the same for both grade eleven courses.