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Grade 11, University Preparation
D3. Socialization
THE ONTARIO CURRICULUM, GRADES 9–12 | Social Sciences and Humanities
in social attitudes regarding, for example, drinking and driving or environmentally responsible behaviour?”
By the end of this course, students will:
D3.1 explain how structural changes take place in social institutions (e.g., family; religious institutions; legal, political, educational, and health systems;
the military) in response to diverse influences (e.g., demographic or economic change, introduction of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, social movements)
Teacher prompts: “How has awareness of Aboriginal sentencing circles influenced the Canadian justice system?” “How have Ontario schools changed over the past few decades in response to increased ethnocultural diversity in the province?”
D3.2 explain the ways in which social structures (e.g., economy, family, class, race, gender) affect individual and group behaviour
Teacher prompts: “Why do more thirty- and forty-year-olds return to school during economic downturns?” “Why might some progressive, egalitarian couples fall back on stereotypical gender roles when they become new parents?” “How do institutions use racial profiling, and what is the impact on individuals and groups?”
D3.3 evaluate the relative influence of primary agents of socialization (e.g., family, peers) and secondary agents of socialization (e.g., media, religion) on the socialization of the individual
Teacher prompt: “Between family and peers, which has the greater influence on the behav­ iour of four-year-olds? Ten-year-olds? Sixteen­ year-olds?”
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