Alberta Social Studies POS - Front Matter

by Thomas O

1. Vision

1.1. Citizenship

1.2. Identity

1.3. Multiple Perspecitves

1.4. Pleuralistic

1.5. Bilingual

1.6. Multicultural

1.7. Inclusive

1.8. Diversity

1.9. Respect for Difference

1.10. Social Cohesion

1.11. Sense of Belonging

1.12. Active and Responsible Citizen

2. Definition of Social Studies

2.1. Inquiry Interdicplinary

2.2. Issue-focused

2.3. Inquiry based

2.4. Ethical Issues

2.5. Who they are

2.6. Who they want to become

2.7. What society they want to live in

3. Role of Social Studies

3.1. Attitudes

3.2. Values

3.2.1. value and diversity

3.3. Knowledge

3.4. Understanding

3.5. Skills

3.6. Active and Responsible Citizens

3.7. Democratic Process

4. Skills and Processes

4.1. engage in active inquiry and critical and creative thinking

4.2. Problem Solving

4.3. Conflict Resolution

4.4. historical and geographic skills

4.5. conduct research

4.6. metacognition

5. Knowledge and Understanding

5.1. rights and responsibilities

5.2. Unique nature of Canada

5.3. History of Alberta, Canada, World

5.4. Historic and contemporary issues

6. Values and Attitudes

6.1. Diversity, Respect, Dignity

6.2. Social Compassion

6.3. Multiple Perspectives

6.4. Honor and Value tradtions

6.5. Evolving Identity

6.6. Global Consciousness