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

or James Bay hydroelectric project, the National Energy Program, wage and price
controls, Bank of Canada monetary policies)
– describe the impact of major developments in the Canadian consumer economy since
1945 (e.g., suburbanization, subsidized housing, targeting of teenage consumers,
shopping malls, personal credit cards, automated service)
World History Since 1900: Global and Regional Perspectives,
Grade 11, Open (CHT3O)
Change and Continuity
• describe the nature and impact of significant change since 1900
– describe major technological and economic changes since 1900 and their impact on
society (e.g., the automobile, electricity, electronic and computer technology;
progressive taxation, consumerism, global capitalism)
• explain the importance of chronology and cause-and-effect relationships within the context
of history since 1900
– analyse the relationships between selected political, social, economic, and cultural issues
and events since the beginning of the twentieth century (e.g., World War I and
isolationism, the Great Depression and social welfare legislation, fishing practices and
territorial waters, civil disobedience and economic disruption)
Citizenship and Heritage
– describe elements that have helped to create a sense of international and global unity
(e.g., political ideologies such as pacifism, communism, and socialism; international
women’s movements; humanitarian idealism; global environmental concerns)
Social, Economic, and Political Structures
– describe and assess local, national, and global implications of major economic crises
since 1900 (e.g., the Great Depression, China’s Great Leap Forward, the 1973 OPEC oil
crisis, eastern Europe and the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Asian financial crisis of
the 1990s, the technology stock crash of 2000, the Enron scandal)
– analyse the problems that have faced the underdeveloped world in achieving economic
stability and prosperity (e.g., lack of capital investment, exploitation of citizens as cheap
labour, fragile taxation base, political corruption, foreign ownership, debt load)
Canada: History, Identity, and Culture, Grade 12, University
Preparation (CHI4U)
Communities: Local, National, and Global
• describe the characteristics of Aboriginal communities before and after contact with
Europeans and analyse the significant effects of the interactions between Aboriginal
communities and the colonizers
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