Jasmine Ladines
What They Do
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In Grade 8, Social Studies is combined with another subject English, together called Humanities 8. This course helps students build the courage of strengthening their personal skills for communication and critical thinking from learning basic knowledge. Students explore areas of how sorts of languages and texts help us with supporting ideas of understanding ourselves, others, and globally around us. This course here at Palmer secondary school focuses on changes politically from the 7th Century to the year of 1750, Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Geography. Variety of text genres and sources they read from are novels, poems, non fiction, fiction and others.
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In Grades 9 and 10, Social Studies is continued to use their previous year in Humanities 8 to build on from skills. Students in these grades study events that are major just like the Western civilization from the 17th to 19th centuries that include political, social, economic related revolutions. Important topics for example imperialism, colonialism and conflicts are explored involving Indigenous people. Later on in the course, First Peoples truth and reconciliation is brought into focuses.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
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In Grades 11 and 12, Social Studies becomes more improved on being advanced but also allowing students to explore topics in courses freely. These courses mainly focus on the 20th century involving impacted conflicts specifically from World War l, while also studying about other conflicts such as World War ll, the Cold War, and human rights.
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SUMMARY IN BULLET POINTS
CONCLUSION
Overall, Social Studies from the high school Grades 8 to 12 helps students becomes more familiarized with history, our society, and our surroundings both globally and locally. As students progressively moved up a grade, each grade continue to make sure to work on developing on personal skills listed above.
FUN FACT!
Canada almost did not become one country.
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Social Studies is about how history has shaped the past, present, and future.
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In Grade 8 Social Studies, they focus on how languages/texts shape the world.
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In Grades 9/10, they explore the 17th century that focus on Western Civilization.
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In Grades 11/12, they explore the 20th century that focus on important conflict topics.
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Overall, Social Studies from grades 8-12 learn to build different perspectives about the society/history​.
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