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Grade 11, University Preparation
B2. Explaining Human Behaviour and Culture
B3. Socialization
THE ONTARIO CURRICULUM, GRADES 9–12 | Social Sciences and Humanities
By the end of this course, students will:
B2.1 explain, from an anthropological perspective, how various factors (e.g., physical environment, globalization, pandemics) influence and shape human behaviour and culture (e.g., technology, language, social structures, law, politics, religion and ritual, art)
Teacher prompts: “What features of Bedouin culture reflect the people’s response to environ­ mental conditions such as geographic location and climate?” “What are some ways in which geographic location has influenced the develop­ ment of Inuit cultures?”
B2.2 describe, from an anthropological perspec­ tive, the effects that diffusion, assimilation, and multiculturalism have on culture
Teacher prompt: “What are some ways in which minority cultural groups resist assimilation by a dominant culture (e.g., dress, food, language, religious practices, community associations)?”
B2.3 explain how studying cultural systems
of different times, places, and groups helps anthropologists understand human behaviour and culture in the present
Teacher prompts: “What is the value of doing ethnographies of ‘Western’ subcultures such as professional communities of information technology specialists or elite athletes?” “How
might an anthropologist study our school culture? How might the results differ if the anthropologist were an outsider to the school rather than an insider?”
By the end of this course, students will:
B3.1 explain how culture produces diverse forms of human behaviour (e.g., explain variations in rites of passage, language, family roles, or political practices from one culture to another)
Teacher prompts: “How does language shape individual or group awareness and under­ standing?” “What are some likely effects of eradicating languages?” “How and why has English come to dominate the globe, and what is the impact of this domination?” “How does a culture’s relationship with the land influence the environmental values of its people?”
B3.2 explain ways in which culture is an agent of socialization (e.g., in communicating and upholding such things as kinship rights and obligations, social customs, religious practices)
Teacher prompts: “How are cultural norms passed along from generation to generation? What may be the costs for any one individual of going against one’s cultural norms?” “How are the transmission lines of culture from gen­ eration to generation different in multicultural and multi-ethnic communities?”
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