About Social Studies Class
First Nation People
For Humanities 8, it mostly develop students' communication, thinking, and personal and social core competencies. Most students feel this class is the hardest in grade 8, because it include both Social Studies and English two hard classes. For Social Studies 9, it separate to different classes with English, it mostly let students understand Western civilization over the past two centuries. It care about population, conflict, ethnicity, landforms, and geology.
Canada History
Social Studies is a required courses in RC Palmer Secondary School. It is kind hard than Math, Science (Biology, Physical, and Chemistry). For this class, student who English isn't pass can't take. Need to be ELL 3. It include history, geography, economics, civics, and government. This class in grade 8 is different than others grades, it merge with English class, called Humanities.
Canada Map
For Social Studies 12, there are four different for students to choose, they are 20th Century World History, Law, BC First Peoples, and Psychology. 20th Century World History is to learn the world in the 20th century beginning with the consequences of WWI, most focus on Ideology, war, race, conflict, society, and international. For Law, students will learn Canadian civil law, criminal law, human rights, and freedoms. They might also visit the court. For BC First people, it will let students depth know about the First Peoples, most focused on their cultures, worldviews, and practices, and the impact of colonization on them. For Psychology, it will help students understand themself, world, and the people around them.
Canada Government
For Social Studies 10, it will make the knowledge from Humanities 8 and Social Studies 9 be the base and develop them. It will make students be better to explanation, analysis and communication the things they know together. For Social Studies 11, students could choose the topic that they good at to write. There are 20th Century Word social, cultural or technological innovation, development, global development, rights of individuals in Canada. Laying the foundation for grade 12 in advance.
Canada Law
Social studies is a very important subject, its knowledge will be use a lot for students in the future, most point is what will happen after they entering society?