Grade 11 Canadian and World Studies
CHA3U1: American History, Grade 11, University Preparation
This course examines the development of American social, political, and economic structures from colonial times to the present. Students will analyze the chronology of events and evaluate the roles played by specific individuals and groups throughout American history. Students will conduct research and analysis, and communicate, in a variety of ways, their knowledge and understanding of the country that is Canada’s closest neighbour and most important cultural influence and economic partner.
Prerequisite: Canadian History in the Twentieth Century, Grade 10, Academic or Applied
CGG3O1: Travel and Tourism: A Regional Geographic Perspective, Grade 11, Open
This course focuses on travel and tourism to examine the unique characteristics of selected world regions from a geographic perspective. Students will develop an understanding and appreciation of the ways in which the natural environments, economies, cultures, and other aspects of world regions interact. Prerequisite: Geography of Canada, Grade 9, Academic or Applied
CLU3M1: Understanding Canadian Law, Grade 11, University/College Preparation
This course explores legal issues that directly affect students’ lives. Students will acquire a practical knowledge of Canada’s legal system and learn how to analyze legal issues. They will also be given opportunities to develop informed opinions on legal issues and to defend those opinions and communicate legal knowledge in a variety of ways and settings, including legal research projects, mock trials, and debates.
Prerequisite: Canadian History in the Twentieth Century, Grade 10, Academic or Applied
CHW3M1: World History to the Sixteenth Century, Grade 11, University/College
Preparation This course investigates the history of humanity from earliest times to the sixteenth century. Students will analyze diverse societies from around the world, with particular regard to the political, cultural, and economic structures and historical forces that form the foundation of the modern world. They will examine the influence of selected individuals and groups, as well as of particular innovations, and will develop skills of historical inquiry, organization, analysis and communication.
Prerequisite: Canadian History in the Twentieth Century, Grade 10, Academic or Applied
CIE3M1: The Individual and the Economy, Grade 11, University/College Preparation
This course explores elements of the Canadian economic system that will help students make informed decisions about how to use resources to satisfy wants and needs. Students will use economic concepts and models, as well as methods of economic inquiry, to analyze the choices they will make during their lives as consumers, contributors, and citizens in a mixed economy.
Prerequisite: Canadian History in the Twentieth Century, Grade 10, Academic or Applied, CHW3M5 Histoire mondiale jusqu’au XVIIe siècle. This course is for Extended or French Immersion. For the English descriptor, please see World History to the Sixteenth Century, Grade 11, University/College Preparation (CHW3M1).
