Pioneers and Immigrants

Atlantic Provinces Education Foundation Curriculum Key Stage Outcomes

Outcomes (Grade 9)	Outcomes (Grade 12)
Culture and Diversity	Culture and Diversity
	analyse how the function of a group may be influenced by such factors as ethnicity, age, gender and status
	evaluate group, institutional, and media influences on people and society in both historical and contemporary settings
	analyse cases and personal values regarding stereotyping, discrimination, and conformity and how they affect individuals and groups
	evaluate the causes and consequences of differing world views

Outcomes (Grade 9)	Outcomes (Grade 12)
Individuals, Societies, and Economic Decisions	Individuals, Societies, and Economic Decisions
use economic concepts to help explain economic development in their province, the Atlantic region, Canada, and the world

Outcomes (Grade 9)	Outcomes (Grade 12)
Interdependence	Interdependence
explain the complexity that arises from the interdependent nature of relationships among individuals, nations, human organizations, and natural systems
explain how values and perspectives influence interactions among people, technology, and the environment

Outcomes (Grade 9)	Outcomes (Grade 12)
People, Place, and Environment	People, Place, and Environment
analyse how the movement of people, goods, and ideas have shaped, and continue to shape, political, cultural and economic activity	evaluate how movement patterns create and affect interdependence
analyse ways in which social, political, economic, and cultural systems develop in response to the physical environment	analyse the causes and consequences of human modification of the environment on systems within the environment

Outcomes (Grade 9)	Outcomes (Grade 12)
Time, Continuity and Change	People, Place, and Environment
identify, evaluate, and use primary and secondary sources to investigate historical questions	identify and use primary and secondary sources to evaluate questions
demonstrate and understanding that the interpretation of history reflects perspectives, frames of reference, and biases	demonstrate an understanding that historians are selective in the questions they seek to answer and the evidence they use and that this influences their interpretation of history
apply historical methodology to interpret and understand time, continuity, and change at an age-appropriate level	apply historical methodology to interpret and understand time, continuity, and change at an age-appropriate level
analyse and evaluate historical and contemporary developments in order to make informed, creative decisions about issues	analyse and compare events of the past to the present in order to make informed, creative decisions about issues