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

Challenge and Change in Society, Grade 12, University/College
Preparation (HSB4M)
Social Change
• describe key features of major theories from anthropology, psychology, and sociology that
focus on change
– identify conditions for change (e.g., objectification, advocacy, personality) and
impediments to change (e.g., cost, penalty, functional repercussions), as revealed in
studies of anthropology, psychology, or sociology
Note: These expectations provide an opportunity to examine the change of attitude with respect
to the natural environment.
– analyse the ways in which ecological knowledge resulting from advances in technology
(e.g., improved tools, irrigation systems) influences indigenous approaches to resource
management and land tenure
Social Challenges
• appraise the differences and similarities in the approaches taken by anthropology,
psychology, and sociology to the study of social challenges pertaining to health, social
injustice, and global concerns
– evaluate, from a psychological perspective, the role of perception in Canadians’
understanding of themselves, their families, and their local and global communities
Note: Global concerns today include environmental concerns.
PHILOSOPHY
Philosophy: The Big Questions, Grade 11, Open (HZB3O)
Applications of Philosophy to Other Subjects
• identify philosophical theories and presuppositions in natural science, history, art, social
science and humanities, and other subjects
Note: This strand offers opportunities to explore environmental connections. Questions that
could involve environmental education include “What is a meaningful life? What makes a
society just?”.
Social Sciences and Humanities 163