Alberta Outcome Chart: Social Studies Grade 10

Alberta Outcome Chart: Social Studies 10-1 – Canada in the Modern World

This outcome chart contains Media literacy learning expectations from the Alberta social studies curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the Media Awareness Network site.

Related Issues and General Outcomes
Students will: explore the impacts of globalization on their lives. assess economic, environmental and other contemporary impacts of globalization assess their roles and responsibilities in a globalizing world	Lessons Finding and Authenticating Online Information on Global Development Issues Beyond Media Messages: Media Portrayal of Global Development Celebrities and World Issues Making Media for Democratic Citizenship
Citizenship in Canada
The political processes are influenced by a variety of groups in the community Examine how television and other media are used to create images, communicate demands, disseminate policies and ideas Rights and responsibilities are associated with citizenship Examine rights (individual and collective) in Canadian society: human civil legal minority economic cultural language political	Lessons Cyber Bullying and Civic Participation Challenging Cyber bullying Making Media for Democratic Citizenship Backgrounders Cyber Bullying Cyber Bullying and the Law Fact Sheet Cyber Bullying Rights and Responsibilities: Backgrounder for Teachers Parents' Guide to Cyber Bullying
Perspectives on Globalization
Students will explore the impacts of globalization on their lives. Students will assess economic, environmental and other contemporary impacts of globalization. Students will assess their roles and responsibilities in a globalizing world.	Lessons that meet Grade Ten expectations Buy Nothing Day - Teachable Moment Earth Day - Teachable Moment Hurricane Katrina and the Internet Hurricane Katrina Protest in Quebec City: Anticipating the Media Coverage - Teachable Moment The Resource Racket: A Global Perspective on Resources and Consumption The Privacy Dilemma What Students Need to Know about Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Deconstructing Web Pages Hoax? Scholarly Research? Personal Opinion? You Decide! Bias Beyond Media Messages: Media Portrayal of Global Development Finding and Authenticating Online Information on Global Development Issues Making Media for Democratic Citizenship Celebrities and World Issues
SKILLS AND PROCESSES FOR SOCIAL STUDIES
DIMENSIONS OF THINKING Students will: develop skills of critical thinking and creative thinking: evaluate ideas and information from multiple sources determine relationships among multiple and varied sources of information assess the validity of information based on context, bias, sources, objectivity, evidence or reliability predict likely outcomes based on factual information analyze current affairs from a variety of perspectives develop skills of decision making and problem solving: describe a plan of action to use technology to solve a problem use appropriate tools and materials to accomplish a plan of action RESEARCH FOR DELIBERATIVE INQUIRY Students will: apply the research process: demonstrate proficiency in the use of research tools and strategies to investigate issues plan and perform complex searches, using digital sources develop, express and defend an informed position on an issue select and analyze relevant information when conducting research COMMUNICATION Students will: demonstrate skills of oral, written and visual literacy: understand that different types of information may be used to manipulate and control a message (e.g., graphics, photographs, graphs, charts and statistics) develop skills of media literacy: assess the authority, reliability and validity of electronically accessed information evaluate the validity of various points of view presented in the media appraise information from multiple sources, evaluating each source in terms of the author’s perspective or bias and use of evidence analyze the impact of various forms of media, identifying complexities and discrepancies in the information and making distinctions between sound generalizations and misleading oversimplification demonstrate discriminatory selection of electronically accessed information that is relevant to a particular topic

Last updated August 2008.