Social Studies 20:
World Issues

• The Basis for Curriculum Reform in Social Studies and History
  • The Aim of Social Studies Education
  • The Goals of Social Studies Education, K-12
  • Themes for the Social Studies, 1-12
  • Core Curriculum
  • Indian and Métis Curriculum Perspectives
  • Gender Equity
  • Resource-Based Learning

• Conceptual Teaching
  • The Twenty Core Concepts
  • Concept Attainment
  • Concept Application
  • Distribution of Concepts, Grades 1 - 12

• Scope and Sequence of Intellectual Abilities
• Mastery Learning of Skills/Abilities
• Effective Teaching of Skills/Abilities

• Evaluation of Student Learning
• Evaluation of Values Objectives
• Evaluation of Skills/Abilities
• Types of Evaluation
• Guiding Principles of Student Evaluation
• Phases of the Evaluation Process

Grade Eleven Social Studies and History World Issues

• Curriculum Overview, Grades 6-12
• Course Goals for World Issues
  • A Summary of World Issues From the Social Studies Perspective and From the History Perspective
  • The Core Concepts of World Issues
  • Social Studies Foundational Objectives
  • History Foundational Objectives
  • A Conceptual Overview of World Issues
• Assessment of Skills/Abilities
  • Assessment of Dialectical Thinking
  • Dialectical Thinking
  • Assessment of Decision Making
  • Decision Making
  • Assessment of Problem Solving
  • Problem Solving
  • Assessment of Conflict Resolution
  • Conflict Resolution
• Organization of the Curriculum Documents
  • General Objectives
  • Teaching Strategies
  • Activity Guide
  • Learning Cycle
  • Identifying The Core Content
  • The Adaptive Dimension
• Planning A Year of Study: Choosing a Sequence of Units
• Unit Planning Guide
• Lesson Planning Guide
• Assessment Strategies
• Unit One: Human Rights
• Unit Two: Population
• Unit Three: Environment
• Unit Four: Wealth and Poverty
• Unit Five: World Governance