New Brunswick · Grade 12
World Issues 120
New Brunswick’s Grade 12 social studies course, from Humanity to Geopolitics.
- Units
- 3
- Lessons
- 10
- Skills
- 15
- Provincial exam
- None
- Official curriculum
- curriculum.nbed.ca
Unit by unit
Every skill in the course, with its official code.
Unit 1 · 5 skills
Humanity
The Distribution of Wealth
Measuring wealth and disparity
I can use demographic and human-development measures to analyse how wealth is distributed and why.
Official code: 1.1
Solutions to poverty and economic disparity
I can propose solutions to poverty and economic disparity and explain the difference between equality and equity.
Official code: 1.1
Conceptions of Quality of Life
Quality of life beyond economics
I can investigate what quality of life means beyond money, using the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Official code: 1.2
Cross-Cultural Understanding
Identity, diversity, and common humanity
I can explain both the diversity of the human experience and the common humanity all peoples share.
Official code: 1.3
Analysing rights documents
I can analyse what the major rights documents say about the rights and responsibilities of people.
Official code: 1.3
The official wording · 5 outcomes
- 1.1
- analyze factors that influence the distribution of wealth locally, nationally, and internationally
- 1.1
- analyze factors that influence the distribution of wealth locally, nationally, and internationally
- 1.2
- investigate different conceptions of quality of life including conceptions beyond those measured by economic success
- 1.3
- demonstrate cross-cultural understanding of identity, diversity, and unity
- 1.3
- demonstrate cross-cultural understanding of identity, diversity, and unity
Key ideas
Demographics is the statistical study of populations; demographic data describes them.
Quality of life includes health, education, safety, environment, and rights - not just income.
People worldwide share basic needs and wants, yet express their cultural identities in diverse ways.
The Human Development Index (HDI) combines life expectancy, education (literacy), and income to measure development beyond money alone.
The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set global targets across many dimensions of well-being.
Watch out for
- Thinking GDP alone measures well-being - the HDI adds health and education.
- Thinking a high income guarantees a high quality of life - other factors matter.
- Thinking diversity and common humanity are opposites - both are true at once.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Unit 2 · 4 skills
Interdependence
Issues from Global Interactions
Globalization and the global village
I can analyse how globalization makes societies interdependent and the issues this creates.
Official code: 2.1
Media, bias, and fake news
I can judge whether a media source is credible and identify bias and fake news.
Official code: 2.1
Actions for Peace and Sustainability
Actions and movements for peace and sustainability
I can analyse actions and movements that support peace and sustainability, including the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Official code: 2.2
Personal and Social Responsibility
Taking responsible action as a global citizen
I can plan and take responsible action as a global citizen to support a peaceful and sustainable world.
Official code: 2.3
The official wording · 4 outcomes
- 2.1
- analyze issues resulting from interactions among individuals, groups, and societies
- 2.1
- analyze issues resulting from interactions among individuals, groups, and societies
- 2.2
- analyze actions that support peace and sustainability
- 2.3
- demonstrate personal and social responsibility for a peaceful and sustainable world
Key ideas
Interdependence means people, nations, ecosystems, and institutions are connected in global networks.
Sustainable development meets present needs without harming the ability of future generations to meet theirs.
Global citizenship means seeing yourself as responsible beyond your own community.
Globalization ('the global village', 'a flattened world') links economies and cultures worldwide.
The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a global agenda; several together can support peace in a region.
Watch out for
- Thinking countries are self-contained - they are deeply interdependent.
- Thinking sustainability is only environmental - it also has social, economic, and peace dimensions.
- Thinking learning about issues is enough - this outcome requires real action.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Unit 3 · 6 skills
Geopolitics
Defining Geopolitics
What geopolitics is
I can define geopolitics and break a geopolitical issue into its components.
Official code: 3.1
The Origins and Evolution of Conflict
Origins and evolution of conflict
I can analyse where a conflict comes from, how it evolves, and what patterns conflicts share.
Official code: 3.2
Strategies to defuse conflict
I can analyse the strategies the world uses to try to defuse and end conflicts.
Official code: 3.2
Human Rights: Violations and Solutions
Human-rights violations, including Indigenous rights
I can evaluate the causes and consequences of human-rights violations, including those affecting Indigenous peoples.
Official code: 3.3
Advocating and solving human-rights violations
I can compare how people and organizations advocate for human rights and work to solve violations.
Official code: 3.3
Assessing Social Justice Initiatives
Assessing social-justice initiatives
I can assess social-justice initiatives and demonstrate responsible citizenship by engaging with a real injustice.
Official code: 3.4
The official wording · 6 outcomes
- 3.1
- define geopolitics
- 3.2
- analyze the origins; evolution; and local, national, and/or global responses to conflicts
- 3.2
- analyze the origins; evolution; and local, national, and/or global responses to conflicts
- 3.3
- evaluate causes, consequences, and solutions to violations of a group or individual's human rights
- 3.3
- evaluate causes, consequences, and solutions to violations of a group or individual's human rights
- 3.4
- assess social justice initiatives, demonstrating responsible citizenship, from various institutions and agencies including governments, NGOs, and individuals
Key ideas
Geopolitics is how geography, power, and motivation shape relations between countries.
Conflicts have origins (causes) that can be traced through causality.
Human-rights violations affect groups and individuals around the world, with identifiable causes.
Responsible citizenship and civic duty mean acting for the good of the community and world.
A geopolitical issue has key players, geographical locations, and motivations for involvement.
Watch out for
- Thinking geopolitics is only about war - it covers resources, trade, and influence too.
- Thinking conflicts start suddenly - they usually have deeper origins.
- Thinking human-rights violations are only distant - they occur in Canada's history too.
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?
New Brunswick has 2 social studies courses for Grade 12. Here they are side by side.
- Law 12014 units · 115 skillsNo provincial examWhat it coversUnit 1: Foundations of the Law · Unit 2: Criminal Law · Unit 3: Civil Law - Torts · Unit 4: Contracts · Unit 5: Family Law · Unit 6: Estate Law · Unit 7: Environmental Law · Unit 8: Consumer Law · Unit 9: Aboriginal Peoples and Law · Unit 10: International Law · Unit 11: Labour Law · Unit 12: Youth and the Law · Unit 13: Human Rights · Unit 14: Property Law
- World Issues 120This course3 units · 15 skillsNo provincial examWhat it coversHumanity · Interdependence · Geopolitics
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The official curriculum
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Questions about World Issues 120
What is World Issues 120?
New Brunswick’s Grade 12 social studies course: 3 units and 15 skills, from Humanity to Geopolitics.
What units are in World Issues 120?
1. Humanity, 2. Interdependence and 3. Geopolitics.
Is there a provincial exam for World Issues 120?
No. New Brunswick gives no provincial exam for World Issues 120.
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