Social Studies 3201 (Academic)

Unit 1: Social Studies Concepts and Skills - 1. Civic Engagement

How democratic principles and civic engagement can influence the human experience.

• The principles of Canadian democracy
• Collaboration and acting on quality-of-life issues

Unit 2: Social Studies Concepts and Skills - 2. Inquiry and Research

Analyzing information and responding to issues of political, economic, population, and human-environmental concern that influence quality of life.

• Evidence, comparison, and causation
• Significance, perspective, and value judgements

• Responding to a significant issue
• Responding to political and economic issues
• Responding to population issues
• Responding to human-environmental issues

Unit 3: Geography - 3. Interdependence

Understanding quality of life and evaluating how globalization and sustainability relate to it.

• The concept of quality of life
• Measuring quality of life, then and now

• The concept of globalization
• Globalization's influence on quality of life

• The concept of sustainability
• Sustainability's influence on quality of life

Unit 4: Geography - 4. People, Place, and Environment

How population changes and human-environmental interactions influence quality of life.

• Carrying capacity and the demographic transition
• The challenges of high and low population growth

• Resource use and quality of life
• Consequences and responses to environmental issues

Unit 5: Economics - 5. Individuals, Societies, and Economic Decisions

How economic factors influence quality of life.

• The concept of economic disparity
• Causes of and responses to economic disparity

Unit 6: Politics - 6. Citizenship, Power, and Governance

How political factors influence quality of life.

• The concept of political stability
• Causes of and responses to political instability