Social Studies 10

Unit 1: Political Institutions, Governance & Policy

How Canada is governed — the models, ideologies, levels, and branches of government; First Peoples governance and the Indian Act; the Charter and electoral systems; environmental, political, and economic policy; and the inquiry skills (maps, graphs, data, citation) needed to study all of it.

• Forms of government and decision-making models

• Comparing political and economic ideologies

• Levels and branches of government

• First Peoples governance: the Indian Act, band councils, title, treaties, and land claims

• The Charter of Rights and Freedoms and Canada's electoral systems

• Environmental, political, and economic policies

• Reading maps, graphs, and data, and citing sources accurately

Unit 2: Canadian Autonomy & Identity

How Canada grew from a British colony into an autonomous nation on the world stage, and how Canadian identities — First Peoples, Francophone, immigrant, and shared national — have formed and been expressed.

• Canada's growing autonomy

• Canadian identities

Unit 3: Injustices & Human Rights

Residential schools and other injustices against First Peoples; the Chinese head tax, the Komagata Maru incident, the destruction of Hogan's Alley, and the internment of Japanese-Canadians; the Holocaust and the concept of genocide; and the advocacy — including the Truth and Reconciliation Commission — that has pushed for human rights and redress.

• Residential schools and other discriminatory policies and injustices against First Peoples

• The Chinese head tax and the Chinese Exclusion Act

• The Komagata Maru incident

• Racial segregation and the destruction of Hogan's Alley

• The internment of Japanese-Canadians

• The Holocaust and the concept of genocide

• The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: its report and calls to action

• Human-rights advocacy and redress movements

Unit 4: Conflict & Co-operation

Domestic conflicts and co-operation within Canada — Quebec sovereignty, constitutional accords, and First Peoples actions — and Canada's role in international conflicts and co-operation, from the world wars to today's international organizations.

• Quebec sovereignty

• Constitutional issues and accords

• First Peoples actions and organizations

• Global armed conflicts and Canada's role

• Canada in international organizations and agreements