The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 9-12 - Ministère de l'éducation ...

SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES, GRADES 9
AND 10 (1999) AND GRADES 11 AND 12 (2000)
See the Preface for important information on the organization of the following material.
The different subjects represented in the social sciences and humanities curriculum provide
opportunities to consider environmental topics from a variety of perspectives, from responsible
consumerism in Family Studies to the role of the natural environment in various belief systems
in World Religions. In many of the strands in these courses, the development of environmental
understanding can be fostered through the learning context (e.g., a topic or issue related to
the environment).
FAMILY STUDIES
Food and Nutrition, Grade 9 or 10, Open (HFN1O/HFN2O)
Self and Others
– categorize the reasons why people eat the foods they eat (e.g., cultural, emotional,
environmental, nutritional, religious, social)
Personal and Social Responsibilities
• identify consumer responsibility in the investigation of current food issues
Note: This expectation provides an opportunity to examine environmental issues related to
agriculture and the processing of foods.
Diversity, Interdependence and Global Connections
– select and use regional and seasonal foods to plan and produce a Canadian food product
or meal
– complete an assessment of the influence of geography on food supply and production
– explain the importance of policy decisions as applied to global food issues (e.g., how
personal and family decisions can affect our world)
Note: These expectations provide opportunities to examine the environmental and economic
benefits of eating locally grown and produced foods, as well as to explore other food-related
environmental issues.
156 Environmental Education, Grades 9−12: Scope and Sequence of Expectations, 2011