Social Studies 3202 (Applied)

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 in everyday life
• Working together and taking action on real problems

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.

• Checking evidence, comparing, and asking why
• What matters, whose view, and what's fair

• Taking on a significant issue
• Taking on political and economic issues
• Taking on population issues
• Taking on environmental issues

Unit 3: Geography - 3. Interdependence

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

• What quality of life means
• How we measure quality of life

• What a connected world means
• Does a connected world help or hurt

• What sustainability means
• Sustainability and a good life

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

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

• How many people a place can support
• Problems of fast and slow population growth

• Using resources and quality of life
• Environmental problems and what we do about them

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

How economic factors influence quality of life.

• The gap between rich and poor
• Why the gap exists and what we do about it

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

How political factors influence quality of life.

• What makes a government steady
• Why governments get shaky and what helps