Alberta · Grade 10
Social Studies 10-2
- SST1772
Alberta’s Grade 10 social studies course, from Globalization & Identity to Quality of Life & Global Citizenship.
- Units
- 4
- Lessons
- 9
- Skills
- 28
- Provincial exam
- None
- Official curriculum
- Alberta Education
Unit by unit
Every skill in the course, with its official code.
Unit 1 · 6 skills
Globalization & Identity
Expressing Identity in a Globalizing World
How people express their identities
I can identify the many ways people in Canada express who they are.
Official code: 1.4
Dimensions of globalization
I can explore what globalization means and its different dimensions.
Official code: 1.5
Communications technology, media and diversity
I can explore how communications technology and media affect diversity.
Official code: 1.6
Opportunities & Challenges to Identity
Opportunities globalization presents
I can examine the opportunities globalization creates for identities and cultures in Canada.
Official code: 1.7
Challenges globalization presents
I can examine the challenges globalization creates for identities and cultures in Canada.
Official code: 1.8
Promoting languages and cultures
I can analyze the efforts made in Canada to protect languages and cultures.
Official code: 1.9
The official wording · 6 outcomes
- 1.4
- identify the various ways that people in Canada express their identities
- 1.5
- explore understandings and dimensions of globalization
- 1.6
- explore the impact of communications technology and media on diversity
- 1.7
- examine opportunities presented by globalization to identities and cultures of peoples in Canada
- 1.8
- examine challenges presented by globalization to identities and cultures of peoples in Canada
- 1.9
- analyze the efforts to promote languages and cultures in Canada in response to globalization
Key ideas
People in Canada express their identities in many ways: traditions, language, religion, spirituality, the arts, attire, relationship to land and role-modelling.
Globalization can present opportunities to identities and cultures in Canada: acculturation, accommodation, cultural revitalization, affirmation of identity and integration.
Identity is expressed by both individuals and whole collectives — a family, a community, a nation.
It can help a culture reconnect, share itself with others, and be recognized.
Globalization is the process of the world becoming more connected, and it has several dimensions: political, economic, social and other contemporary examples.
Watch out for
- Thinking identity is only about ethnicity or country of origin, missing language, faith, the arts and relationship to land.
- Assuming globalization only threatens culture, missing the real opportunities it opens.
- Assuming a person has just one identity, when most people hold several at once.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Unit 2 · 7 skills
Historical Globalization & Imperialism
Foundations of Historical Globalization
Effects of cultural contact
I can identify the effects of early cultural contact between Europeans and Indigenous peoples.
Official code: 2.6
Foundations: capitalism, imperialism, Eurocentrism
I can explore the foundations of historical globalization.
Official code: 2.7
Historical globalization and imperialism
I can explore how historical globalization and imperialism were connected.
Official code: 2.8
Perspectives on the impacts of imperialism
I can examine different perspectives on the impacts of imperialism in Canada.
Official code: 2.9
Consequences & Responses
Consequences of imperialism for Aboriginal Peoples
I can examine the consequences of imperialism in Canada for Aboriginal Peoples.
Official code: 2.10
Attempts to address the consequences
I can analyze the attempts made to address the consequences of imperialism in Canada.
Official code: 2.11
Legacies that still influence globalization
I can identify the legacies of historical globalization that still shape the world.
Official code: 2.12
The official wording · 7 outcomes
- 2.6
- identify the effects of cultural contact between Europeans and Indigenous peoples in Canada and one other location
- 2.7
- explore the foundations of historical globalization
- 2.8
- explore the relationship between historical globalization and imperialism
- 2.9
- examine multiple perspectives on the political, economic and social impacts of imperialism in Canada
- 2.10
- examine the consequences of imperialism in Canada for Aboriginal Peoples
- 2.11
- analyze various attempts to address the consequences of imperialism in Canada
- 2.12
- identify legacies of historical globalization and imperialism that continue to influence globalization
Key ideas
The effects of cultural contact between Europeans and Indigenous peoples in Canada and one other location included the exchange of goods and technologies, depopulation and influences on government.
The consequences of imperialism in Canada for Aboriginal Peoples include the Indian Act, the consequences of residential schools and the wider social impact on Indigenous peoples.
Contact was two-way but deeply unequal — depopulation from disease devastated Indigenous nations.
These were deliberate government policies of control and assimilation, and their harm is ongoing.
The foundations of historical globalization include the rise of capitalism, industrialization, imperialism and Eurocentrism.
Watch out for
- Presentism — judging historical contact only by today's values instead of understanding what happened and why.
- Presentism — treating these as ancient history, when their consequences are still felt today.
- Assuming contact was an equal, friendly exchange, missing depopulation and the loss it caused.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Unit 3 · 7 skills
Globalization, the Economy & the Environment
The Economics of Globalization
Understanding economic globalization
I can explore what contemporary economic globalization means.
Official code: 3.3
Foundations of contemporary globalization
I can identify the foundations of contemporary globalization.
Official code: 3.4
Factors expanding globalization
I can identify the factors that expanded globalization after WWII.
Official code: 3.5
Challenges and opportunities
I can examine the political and economic challenges and opportunities of globalization.
Official code: 3.6
Environment & Sustainability
People, the land and globalization
I can explore different perspectives on people, the land and globalization.
Official code: 3.7
Globalization and the environment
I can analyze how globalization affects the environment.
Official code: 3.8
Perspectives on sustainability and prosperity
I can examine different perspectives on sustainability and prosperity.
Official code: 3.9
The official wording · 7 outcomes
- 3.3
- explore various understandings of contemporary economic globalization
- 3.4
- identify foundations of contemporary globalization
- 3.5
- identify factors contributing to the expansion of globalization since the Second World War
- 3.6
- examine the political and economic challenges and opportunities of globalization
- 3.7
- explore multiple perspectives on relationships among people, the land and globalization
- 3.8
- analyze the impact of actions and policies associated with globalization on the environment
- 3.9
- examine multiple perspectives on sustainability and prosperity in a globalizing world
Key ideas
There are various understandings of contemporary economic globalization — the growing flow of goods, money, jobs and investment across borders.
There are multiple perspectives on relationships among people, the land and globalization — spirituality, stewardship, sustainability and resource development.
People describe it differently depending on whether they focus on growth, jobs, or who wins and loses.
Some see land mainly as a resource to develop; others see it as something to care for and be spiritually connected to.
A key foundation of contemporary globalization was the Bretton Woods Conference, which set up post-war rules and institutions for the global economy.
Watch out for
- Assuming economic globalization means only free trade, missing investment, jobs and money flows.
- Assuming everyone sees land the same way, missing the spiritual and stewardship perspectives.
- "Economic globalization is simply good" or "simply bad" — different people understand it very differently.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Unit 4 · 8 skills
Quality of Life & Global Citizenship
Globalization’s Impacts on People
Understandings of quality of life
I can explore different understandings of quality of life.
Official code: 4.4
Impacts on children and youth
I can examine how globalization affects children and youth.
Official code: 4.5
Impacts on women
I can examine how globalization affects women.
Official code: 4.6
Human Rights & Communities
Globalization, democratization and human rights
I can analyze the relationship between globalization, democratization and human rights.
Official code: 4.7
Effects on individuals and communities
I can examine how globalization affects individuals and communities.
Official code: 4.8
Acting as a Global Citizen
Perspectives on civic responsibilities
I can explore different perspectives on who is responsible for responding to globalization.
Official code: 4.9
Means to address globalization
I can analyze the means people and organizations can use to address globalization.
Official code: 4.10
Active, responsible global citizenship
I can develop a strategy to act as a responsible global citizen.
Official code: 4.11
The official wording · 8 outcomes
- 4.4
- explore various understandings of quality of life
- 4.5
- examine impacts of globalization on children and youth
- 4.6
- examine impacts of globalization on women
- 4.7
- analyze relationships between globalization and democratization and human rights
- 4.8
- examine how globalization affects individuals and communities
- 4.9
- explore multiple perspectives regarding the civic responsibilities that individuals, governments, organizations and businesses in Canada may have
- 4.10
- analyze means by which individuals, governments, organizations and businesses in Canada could address the opportunities and challenges of globalization
- 4.11
- develop strategies to demonstrate active, responsible global citizenship
Key ideas
There are various understandings of quality of life — different people and societies define a "good life" in different ways, not by income alone.
There are relationships between globalization and democratization and human rights — a connected world can help spread democracy and rights, or put them under strain.
There are multiple perspectives on the civic responsibilities that individuals, governments, organizations and businesses in Canada may have in addressing globalization.
Quality of life can include health, safety, rights, environment, culture and belonging, not just wealth.
Global media and pressure can expose abuses and support movements, but global business can also ignore or weaken rights.
Watch out for
- Assuming quality of life means only money or GDP, missing health, rights, environment and belonging.
- "Globalization is simply good for human rights" — it can spread rights AND enable abuses.
- Assuming only governments are responsible, missing the roles of businesses, organizations and individuals.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Plan the term
Pick your term and the days you study. Each unit gets its share of the weeks and comes back a week later for a review. The last two weeks go over the whole course.
Which course?
Alberta has 2 social studies courses for Grade 10. Here they are side by side.
- Social Studies 10-1SST17714 units · 29 skillsNo provincial examWhat it coversGlobalization & Identity · Legacies of Historical Globalization · Globalization & Sustainable Prosperity · Citizenship & Globalization
- Social Studies 10-2This courseSST17724 units · 28 skillsNo provincial examWhat it coversGlobalization & Identity · Historical Globalization & Imperialism · Globalization, the Economy & the Environment · Quality of Life & Global Citizenship
What a university, college or program asks for is theirs to say: check its admission page, and your school’s course guide.
The official curriculum
This page follows Alberta’s own curriculum for Social Studies 10-2.
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Questions about Social Studies 10-2
What is Social Studies 10-2?
Alberta’s Grade 10 social studies course: 4 units and 28 skills, from Globalization & Identity to Quality of Life & Global Citizenship.
What units are in Social Studies 10-2?
1. Globalization & Identity, 2. Historical Globalization & Imperialism, 3. Globalization, the Economy & the Environment and 4. Quality of Life & Global Citizenship.
Is there a provincial exam for Social Studies 10-2?
No. Alberta gives no provincial exam for Social Studies 10-2.
What comes after Social Studies 10-2?
Social Studies 20-1 and Social Studies 20-2.
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