Social Studies 10-2
Alberta · 10-2 · Social Studies — the complete curriculum-aligned outline, taught skill by skill by MapleMind's AI tutor.
Unit 1: Globalization & Identity
Should globalization shape who we are? How people in Canada express their identities, what globalization means, and how a globalizing world both opens up and threatens identities and cultures.
- How people express their identities
- Dimensions of globalization
- Communications technology, media and diversity
- Opportunities globalization presents
- Challenges globalization presents
- Promoting languages and cultures
Unit 2: Historical Globalization & Imperialism
Should we respond to the legacies of historical globalization? Where globalization came from, its ties to imperialism, and its lasting consequences — especially for Indigenous peoples in Canada.
- Effects of cultural contact
- Foundations: capitalism, imperialism, Eurocentrism
- Historical globalization and imperialism
- Perspectives on the impacts of imperialism
- Consequences of imperialism for Aboriginal Peoples
- Attempts to address the consequences
- Legacies that still influence globalization
Unit 3: Globalization, the Economy & the Environment
Should globalization shape the economy and the environment? How economic globalization works, what expanded it, its economic and environmental trade-offs, and competing views of sustainability.
- Understanding economic globalization
- Foundations of contemporary globalization
- Factors expanding globalization
- Challenges and opportunities
- People, the land and globalization
- Globalization and the environment
- Perspectives on sustainability and prosperity
Unit 4: Quality of Life & Global Citizenship
How should I, as a citizen, respond to globalization? Its impact on quality of life and on specific groups, its link to human rights, and how individuals in Canada can act as responsible global citizens.
- Understandings of quality of life
- Impacts on children and youth
- Impacts on women
- Globalization, democratization and human rights
- Effects on individuals and communities
- Perspectives on civic responsibilities
- Means to address globalization
- Active, responsible global citizenship
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