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THE ONTARIO CURRICULUM, GRADES 9 AND 10 | Canadian and World Studies
The Grade 10 civics (politics) course, Civics and Citizenship, is a half-credit open course – that is, a course designed to be appropriate for all students.
To proceed to any Grade 11 geography course, students must successfully complete either the academic or applied Grade 9 geography course. To proceed to any Grade 11 course in economics, history or law, students must successfully complete either the academic or applied Grade 10 history course. To proceed to Grade 11 politics, students must successfully complete the Grade 10 politics course, Civics and Citizenship. (See the prerequisite charts on pages 21–23.)
It should be noted that successful completion of either the academic or applied Grade 9 geography course allows students to proceed directly to the Grade 12 college preparation or workplace preparation geography course. Successful completion of either the academic or applied Grade 10 history course allows students to proceed directly to the Grade 11 or 12 workplace preparation course in economics, history, or law.
Although all Grade 11 and 12 courses in Canadian and world studies are optional, students should keep in mind that, to meet the requirements for the secondary school diploma, they must earn at least one senior-level credit in their choice of Canadian and world studies, English (including the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Course), French as a second language, classical studies and international languages, Native languages, First Nations, Métis, and Inuit studies (formerly Native studies), social sciences and humanities, guidance and career education, or cooperative education.9 Any Grade 11 or 12 course in the Canadian and world studies program will allow students to fulfil this requirement.
Locally Developed Compulsory Credit Courses (LDCCs)
School boards may offer one Grade 10 locally developed compulsory credit course
in Canadian history that may be used to meet the compulsory credit requirement in Canadian history.10 Whether it is counted as the compulsory credit or not, this course may be developed to prepare students for success in any of the workplace preparation courses offered in economics, history, or law.
Courses in Canadian and World Studies, Grades 9 and 10*
Grade
Course Name
Course Type
Course Code
Credit Value
Prerequisite
9 Issues in Canadian Geography
9 Issues in Canadian Geography
10 Civics and Citizenship
Academic
Applied
Open
CGC1D
CGC1P
CHV2O
1 None
1 None
0 .5 None
10
Canadian History since World War I
Academic
CHC2D
1
None
10
Canadian History since World War I
Applied
CHC2P
1
None
* See the information about the Grade 10 locally developed compulsory history course in the preceding section.
9. Ontario Schools, Kindergarten to Grade 12: Policy and Program Requirement, 2011 (OS), p. 55.
10. According to section 7.3.1 of Ontario Schools (p. 70), “Boards may develop locally and offer one Grade 9 course in English, in mathematics, in science, and in French as a second language, and one Grade 10 course in English, in mathematics, in science, and in Canadian history that can be counted as a compulsory credit in that discipline”.
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