Social 10 Smith Croxford: Unit #1 Identity

Social 10-1 Outcomes:

Related Issue 1 - To what extent should globalization shape identity?

General Outcome - Students will explore the impacts of globalization on their lives.

Specific Outcomes

Values and Attitudes Students will:

- acknowledge and appreciate the existence of multiple perspectives in a globalizing world

- appreciate why peoples in Canada and other locations strive to promote their cultures, languages and identities in a globalizing world

- appreciate how identities and cultures shape, and are shaped by, globalization

Knowledge and Understanding Students will:

- identify the various ways that people in Canada express their identities (traditions, language, religion, spirituality, the arts, attire, relationship to land, role modelling)

- explore understandings and dimensions of globalization (political, economic, social, other contemporary examples)

- explore the impact of communications technology and media on diversity (universalization of pop culture, hybridization, diversification)

- examine opportunities presented by globalization to identities and cultures of peoples in Canada (acculturation, accommodation, cultural revitalization, the affirmation of identity, integration)

- examine challenges presented by globalization to identities and cultures of peoples in Canada (assimilation, marginalization, accommodation, integration, homogenization)

- analyze the efforts to promote languages and cultures in Canada in response to globalization (language and cultural legislation, revitalization of language and culture)

Social 10-2 Outcomes:

Realted Issue 1 - Should globalization shape identity?

General Outcome: Students will explore the impacts of globalization on their lives

Specific Outcomes:

1.1 acknowledge and appreciate the existence of multiple perspectives in a globalizing world

1.2 appreciate why peoples in Canada and other locations strive to promote their cultures, languages and identities in a globalizing world

1.3 appreciate how identities and cultures shape, and are shaped by, globalization

Knowledge and Understanding:

1.4 identify the various ways that people in Canada express their identities (traditions, language, religion, spirituality, the arts, attire, relationship to land, role modelling)

1.5 explore understandings and dimensions of globalization (political, economic, social, other contemporary examples)

1.6 explore the impact of communications technology and media on diversity (universalization of pop culture, hybridization, diversification)

1.7 examine opportunities presented by globalization to identities and cultures of peoples in Canada (acculturation, accommodation, cultural revitalization, affirmation of identity, integration)

1.8 examine challenges presented by globalization to identities and cultures of peoples in Canada (assimilation, marginalization, accommodation, integration, homogenization)

1.9 analyze the efforts to promote languages and cultures in Canada in response to globalization (language and cultural legislation, revitalization of language and culture)

Textbook Glossary

Introduction to Globalizaiton - Global or Local Game

Critical Reading Article & Quiz

Chapter #1 Vocabulary
Chapter #1Globalization and Identity

Chapter #1 Presentation

Video on Colton Mining