Social Sciences Humanities - The Ontario Curriculum Grades ...

2013

The Ontario Curriculum Grades 9 to 12

REVISED

Social Sciences

and Humanities

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CONTENTS

PREFACE

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Secondary Schools for the Twenty-First Century . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Supporting Students' Well-being and Ability to Learn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

INTRODUCTION

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The Importance of the Social Sciences and Humanities Curriculum . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Ideas Underlying the Social Sciences and Humanities Curriculum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Roles and Responsibilities in the Social Sciences and Humanities Program . . . . . . 9

THE PROGRAM IN SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES

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Overview of the Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Curriculum Expectations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Strands in the Social Sciences and Humanities Curriculum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

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Basic Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

The Achievement Chart for Social Sciences and Humanities, Grades 9?12 . . . . . 27

SOME CONSIDERATIONS FOR PROGRAM PLANNING IN SOCIAL SCIENCES

AND HUMANITIES

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Instructional Approaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Health and Safety in Social Sciences and Humanities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Planning Social Sciences and Humanities Programs for Students

with Special Education Needs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Program Considerations for English Language Learners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Environmental Education and Social Sciences and Humanities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Healthy Relationships and Social Sciences and Humanities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Equity and Inclusive Education in the Social Sciences and Humanities Program . . . 42

Financial Literacy in Social Sciences and Humanities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Literacy, Mathematical Literacy, and Inquiry/Research Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Critical Thinking and Critical Literacy in Social Sciences and Humanities . . . . . . . 46

The Role of the School Library in the Social Sciences and Humanities Program . . . 48

Une publication ?quivalente est disponible en fran?ais sous le titre suivant : Le curriculum de l'Ontario, de la 9e ? la 12e ann?e ? Sciences humaines et sociales, 2013.

This publication is available on the Ministry of Education's website, at ontario.ca/edu.

The Role of Information and Communications Technology in the Social

Sciences and Humanities Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

The Ontario Skills Passport: Making Learning Relevant and Building Skills . . . . . 50

Education and Career/Life Planning through the Social Sciences and

Humanities Curriculum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Cooperative Education and Other Forms of Experiential Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Planning Program Pathways and Programs Leading to a Specialist High

Skills Major . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Ethics in Social Sciences and Humanities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

COURSES

EQUITY STUDIES

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Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Gender Studies, Grade 11, University/College Preparation (HSG3M) . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Equity, Diversity, and Social Justice, Grade 11, Workplace Preparation (HSE3E) . . . . 70

Equity and Social Justice: From Theory to Practice, Grade 12, University/

College Preparation (HSE4M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

World Cultures, Grade 12, University/College Preparation (HSC4M) . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

FAMILY STUDIES

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Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Exploring Family Studies, Grade 9 or 10, Open (HIF1O/2O) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Fashion and Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Clothing, Grade 10, Open (HNL2O) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Understanding Fashion, Grade 11, College Preparation (HNC3C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Housing and Home Design, Grade 11, Open (HLS3O) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

The World of Fashion, Grade 12, University/College Preparation (HNB4M) . . . . . 141

Food and Nutrition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Food and Nutrition, Grade 9 or 10, Open (HFN1O/2O) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Food and Culture, Grade 11, University/College Preparation (HFC3M) . . . . . . . . 163

Food and Culture, Grade 11, Workplace Preparation (HFC3E) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Nutrition and Health, Grade 12, University Preparation (HFA4U) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Nutrition and Health, Grade 12, College Preparation (HFA4C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Food and Healthy Living, Grade 12, Workplace Preparation (HFL4E) . . . . . . . . . . 202

General Family Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Dynamics of Human Relationships, Grade 11, Open (HHD3O) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Families in Canada, Grade 12, University Preparation (HHS4U) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Families in Canada, Grade 12, College Preparation (HHS4C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Human Development throughout the Lifespan, Grade 12, University/

College Preparation (HHG4M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Personal Life Management, Grade 12, Open (HIP4O) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

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Raising and Caring for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Working with Infants and Young Children, Grade 11, College

Preparation (HPW3C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Raising Healthy Children, Grade 11, Open (HPC3O) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Working with School-Age Children and Adolescents, Grade 12,

College Preparation (HPD4C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

GENERAL SOCIAL SCIENCES

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Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299

Introduction to Anthropology, Psychology, and Sociology, Grade 11,

University Preparation (HSP3U) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300

Introduction to Anthropology, Psychology, and Sociology, Grade 11,

College Preparation (HSP3C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309

Challenge and Change in Society, Grade 12, University Preparation (HSB4U) . . . 318

PHILOSOPHY

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Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

Philosophy: The Big Questions, Grade 11, University/College Preparation (HZB3M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

Philosophy: Questions and Theories, Grade 12, University Preparation (HZT4U) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337

WORLD RELIGIONS

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Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355

World Religions and Belief Traditions: Perspectives, Issues, and Challenges, Grade 11, University/College Preparation (HRT3M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356

World Religions and Belief Traditions in Daily Life, Grade 11, Open (HRF3O) . . . . 369

GLOSSARY

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