2008 09 Calendar.indd - Algoma District School Board

Fashion and Creave Expression, Grade 11 Open (HNC3O)
This course explores what clothing communicates about the wearer and how it becomes a creave and entrepreneurial outlet
through the design and producon processes. Students will learn, through praccal experiences, about the nature of fashion design;
the characteriscs of fibres and fabrics; the construcon, producon, and markeng of clothing; and how to plan and care for a
wardrobe that is appropriate for an individual’s appearance, acvies, employment, and lifestyle. Students will develop research
skills as they explore the evoluon of fashion and its relaonship to society, culture, and individual psychology.
Prerequisite: None Bawang, SJD, and White Pines only
Living Spaces and Shelter, Grade 11 Open (HLS3O)
This course analyses how different types of living spaces and forms of shelter meet people’s physical, social, emoonal, and cultural
needs and reflect society’s values, established paerns of living, and economic and technological developments. Students will learn
how to make praccal decisions about where to live and how to create funconal and pleasing environments, and will explore
occupaonal opportunies related to housing and design. They will also learn skills used in researching and invesgang living
accommodaons and housing. Prerequisite: None SJD only
Parenng, Grade 11 Open (HPC3O)
This course focuses on the skills and knowledge needed to promote the posive and healthy nurturing of children, with parcular
emphasis on the crical importance of the early years to human development. Students will learn how to meet the developmental
needs of young children, communicate and discipline effecvely, and guide early behaviour. They will have praccal experiences with
infants, toddlers, and preschoolers, and will learn skills in researching and invesgang quesons relang to parenng.
Prerequisite: None All schools except Bawang, Chapleau, and Hornepayne
Living and Working With Children, Grade 11 College Preparaon (HPW3C)
This course focuses on the well-being of children in families and community sengs. Students will study child behaviour and
child development in the context of relaonships with parents and others in the community, and will learn through research and
by observing and interacng with children. This course prepares students for further study of children, familiarizes them with
occupaonal opportunies related to working with children, and introduces them to skills used in researching and invesgang
children’s behaviour in response to others. Prerequisite: None Bawang, Elliot Lake, and Michipicoten only
General Social Science
Introducon to Anthropology, Psychology, and Sociology, Grade 11 University/College Preparaon (HSP3M)
This course introduces the theories, quesons, and issues that are the major concerns of anthropology, psychology, and sociology.
Students will develop an understanding of the way social sciensts approach the topics they study and the research methods they
employ. Students will be given opportunies to explore theories from a variety of perspecves and to become familiar with current
thinking on a range of issues that have captured the interest of classical and contemporary social sciensts in the three disciplines.
Prerequisite: None Bawang, CASS, Elliot Lake, Michipicoten, SJD and White Pines only. Also offered as part of the French Immersion
Program at SJD.
Philosophy
Philosophy: The Big Quesons, Grade 11 Open (HZB3O)
This course addresses three (or more) of the following quesons: What is a person What is a meaningful life What are good and
evil What is a just society What is human knowledge How do we know what is beauful in art, music, and literature Students will
learn crical-thinking skills in evaluang philosophical arguments related to these quesons, as well as skills used in researching and
invesgang various topics in philosophy. Prerequisite: None Korah only
World Religion
World Religions: Beliefs, Issues, and Religious Tradions, Grade 11, University/College Preparaon (HRT3M)
This course enables students to discover what others believe and how they live, and to appreciate their own unique heritage.
Students will learn about the teachings and tradions of a variety of religions, the connecons between religion and the
development of civilizaons, the place and funcon of religion in human experience, and the influence of a broad range of religions
on contemporary society. This course also introduces students to skills used in researching and invesgang world religions.
Prerequisite: None SJD and Hornepayne only
54 ADSB 2008-2009 Course Calendar