Page 14 - Social Sciences Humanities - The Ontario Curriculum Grades 9 to 12 - 2013

THE ONTARIO CURRICULUM, GRADES 9–12 | Social Sciences and Humanities
Schools and school boards can play a role by coordinating efforts with community partners. They can, for example, help organize visits by students to community centres, libraries, museums, science centres, or farmers’ markets; facilitate contact between students and advocacy or volunteer groups working in areas of interest to students; and work with leaders of existing community programs to find ways to promote such programs, and
to publicize the issues underlying them, within schools.
In choosing community partners, schools should build on existing links with their local communities and create new partnerships in conjunction with ministry and school board policies. These links are especially beneficial when they have direct connections to the curriculum. For example, schools could develop links with different faith groups in the community, inviting members of those groups to participate in presentations to enrich the world religions courses. In addition, local ethnocultural groups could be asked to demonstrate specialized food preparation skills in a food and nutrition class or traditional fabrics and apparel in fashion classes.
12