Social Studies 30-1
Key Issue: To what extent should we embrace an ideology?
Related Issue 1
To what extent should ideology be the foundation of identity?
General Outcome
Students will explore the relationship between identity and ideology.
Specific Outcomes
~Values and Attitudes
Students will:
1.1 appreciate various perspectives regarding identity and ideology (PADM, TCC, I)
1.2 appreciate various perspectives regarding the relationship between individualism and common good (PADM, C, GC)
~Knowledge and Understanding
Students will:
1.3 explore factors that may influence individual and collective beliefs and values (culture, language, media, relationship to land, environment, gender, religion, spirituality, ideology) (I, C, LPP)
1.4 examine historic and contemporary expressions of individualism and collectivism (I, C, LPP, TCC)
1.5 examine the characteristics of ideology (interpretations of history, beliefs about human nature, beliefs about the structure of society, visions for the future) (TCC, PADM, LPP)
1.6 explore themes of ideologies (nation, class, relationship to land, environment, religion, progressivism) (TCC, PADM, LPP)
1.7 analyze individualism as a foundation of ideology (principles of liberalism: individual rights and freedoms, self-interest, competition, economic freedom, rule of law, private property) (PADM, ER, C)
1.8 analyze collectivism as a foundation of ideology (principles of collectivism: collective responsibility, collective interest, cooperation, economic equality, adherence to collective norms, public property) (PADM, ER, C)
1.9 analyze the dynamic between individualism and common good in contemporary societies (PADM, ER, C)
1.10 evaluate the extent to which personal identity should be shaped by ideologies (I, C)
C Citizenship
I Identity
ER Economics and Resources
LPP The Land: Places and People
GC Global Connections
CC Culture and Community
PADM Power, Authority and Decision Making
TCC Time, Continuity and Change
Related Issue 1
To what extent should ideology be the foundation of identity?
General Outcome
Students will explore the relationship between identity and ideology.
Specific Outcomes
~Values and Attitudes
Students will:
1.1 appreciate various perspectives regarding identity and ideology (PADM, TCC, I)
1.2 appreciate various perspectives regarding the relationship between individualism and common good (PADM, C, GC)
~Knowledge and Understanding
Students will:
1.3 explore factors that may influence individual and collective beliefs and values (culture, language, media, relationship to land, environment, gender, religion, spirituality, ideology) (I, C, LPP)
1.4 examine historic and contemporary expressions of individualism and collectivism (I, C, LPP, TCC)
1.5 examine the characteristics of ideology (interpretations of history, beliefs about human nature, beliefs about the structure of society, visions for the future) (TCC, PADM, LPP)
1.6 explore themes of ideologies (nation, class, relationship to land, environment, religion, progressivism) (TCC, PADM, LPP)
1.7 analyze individualism as a foundation of ideology (principles of liberalism: individual rights and freedoms, self-interest, competition, economic freedom, rule of law, private property) (PADM, ER, C)
1.8 analyze collectivism as a foundation of ideology (principles of collectivism: collective responsibility, collective interest, cooperation, economic equality, adherence to collective norms, public property) (PADM, ER, C)
1.9 analyze the dynamic between individualism and common good in contemporary societies (PADM, ER, C)
1.10 evaluate the extent to which personal identity should be shaped by ideologies (I, C)
C Citizenship
I Identity
ER Economics and Resources
LPP The Land: Places and People
GC Global Connections
CC Culture and Community
PADM Power, Authority and Decision Making
TCC Time, Continuity and Change