Different Perspectives: The Durham Report and Act of Union
Alberta Curriculum Objectives
Grade 10 Social Studies
Grade 12 Social Studies
Grade 10 (Social Studies 10)
Topic A: Challenges for Canada: the 20th Century and Today
THEME I: SOVEREIGNTY
Students will be expected to understand that:
b. the achievement of sovereignty has been a developmental process
shaped by internal and external forces
THEME III: IDENTITY
Students will be expected to understand that:
b. the Canadian identity is shaped by our values, attitudes and
cultures as they have emerged from our history and geography
Topic B: Citizenship in Canada
THEME I: POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
Students will be expected to understand that:
b. the structure and functions in Canada are important [esp. with
respect to Constitution Act, 1867, representative democracy
and responsible government, etc.]
Grade 12 (Social Studies 30)
Topic A: Political and Economic Systems
THEME II: IDENTITY
Students will be expected to understand that:
b. political leaders achieve, exercise and maintain power in different
ways in democracies and dictatorships
Examine how political power was achieved, exercised and maintained
in democracies and dictatorships:
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