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Grade 12, Workplace Preparation
B1. Society and Community: explain how various social and environmental factors affected the lives of people in two or more societies in different regions of the world and at different times up to the fifteenth century (FOCUS ON: Historical Significance; Cause and Consequence)
B2. Politics and Conflict: demonstrate an understanding of political systems, political change, and conflict in some societies in different regions of the world and at different times up to the fifteenth century (FOCUS ON: Cause and Consequence; Continuity and Change)
B3. Work and Economies: explain how aspects of the economy, including types of work, affected two or more societies in different regions of the world and at different times up to the fifteenth century (FOCUS ON: Historical Significance; Historical Perspective)
B4. Culture and Heritage: explain the significance of various cultural developments, including the contributions of some individuals, for the heritage of two or more societies in different regions of the world and at different times up to the fifteenth century (FOCUS ON: Historical Significance; Continuity and Change)
THE ONTARIO CURRICULUM, GRADES 11 AND 12 | Canadian and World Studies
SPECIFIC EXPECTATIONS
B1. Society and Community
FOCUS ON: Historical Significance; Cause and Consequence
By the end of this course, students will:
B1.1 describe some key social structures in selected societies during this period (e.g., class or caste structures and other social hierarchies, families, gender roles, social and religious institutions, legal systems, the feudal system, bureaucracy/ administration), and explain how they contributed to social order
Sample questions: “What are some factors that determined a person’s social status in different societies during this period?” “How has recent evidence about the people who built the pyra- mids in Egypt affected earlier understandings about the social structures of that civilization?” “How did the feudal system contribute to social stability in medieval Europe or Japan?”
B1.2 analyse some of the causes and consequences of migration during this period (e.g., causes: natural disasters, political persecution, poverty, famine, war, slavery or other forms of forced migration; consequences: loss of traditional language, culture, and/or identity of migrating groups; new opportunities; cross-cultural influence)
Sample questions: “Which natural disasters had the greatest impact on migration during this period?” “Why did changes in land use cause some people to migrate?” “What criteria would you use to rank the importance of various reasons for migration during this period?” “What consequences did the migration of Central Asian Aryans have for India?” “Why did the Anishinaabe people regularly migrate between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean?”
B1.3 describe some educational developments and/or practices during the Middle Ages, and explain their significance (e.g., the establishment of the university system, the role of the Seven Mechanical Arts and the Seven Liberal Arts,
B. ORIGINS TO THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY
OVERALL EXPECTATIONS
By the end of this course, students will:
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