District School Board of Niagara
Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School
Challenge and Change in Society
Grade 12, University/College Preparation
HSB4M
Credit Value: 1
Current Academic Year: 2011-2012
Last Year of Revision: 2010
Ministry Policy Document: The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 11 & 12: Social Sciences and Humanities
Department Chair: Eric Robineau
Course Developer: Mike Breaton
Textbook: Bain, Coyler et al. Transitions in Society: The Challenge of Change. Don Mills Ontario: Oxford UP, 2002.
Prerequisites: Any university, university/college, or college preparation course in social sciences and humanities, English, or Canadian and world studies.
Course Outline: This course examines the theories and methodologies used in anthropology, psychology, and sociology to investigate and explain shifts in knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviour and their impact on society. Students will analyse cultural, social, and biological patterns, in human societies, looking at the ways in which those patterns change over time. Students will also explore the
ideas of classical and contemporary social theorists, and will apply those ideas to the analysis of contemporary trends.
Unit One: Social Change
Unit Two: Social Trends
Unit Three: Social Challenges
Unit Four: Independent Study
Evaluation:
Test & Assignments 40%
Media & Process 15%
Culminating Activities: 15%
Final Demonstration (ISU) 10%
Exam 20%
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