Education, Citizenship and Youth
Distance Learning
Independent Study Option
Social Studies
The Independent Study Option offers the following levels in Social Studies. Please list the Subject Code, Subject Designation, and the ISO Designation on the application to identify the course(s) required.
| Subject Name | Subject Code | Subject Designation | ISO Designation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 Social Studies 10G | 0042 | 10G | 001 |
| Grade 10 American History (20G) | 0481 | 20G | 001 |
| Grade 10 Geography 20G: North America | 0102 | 20G | 001 |
| Grade 11 Agriculture (30S) | 0201 | 30S | 001 |
| Grade 11 Canadian History (30S) | 0040 | 30S | 000 |
| Grade 12 Geography (40S) | 1126 | 40S | 001 |
| Grade 12 History of Western Civilization (40S) | 1136 | 40S | 000 |
Each listing of a subject name is followed by a unique 10-digit code made up of three parts:
- Subject code. A 4-digit number that identifies each subject.
- Subject level. A 3-character code that identified the grade and level of a course.
- ISO designation. A 3-digit number that identifies the course version, course option, a textbook, auditapes, or videotape.
Grade 9 Social Studies (10G)
1 credit (1998)
Course Code 0042 10G 001
This course covers Canadian themes including:
- Canada’s physical environment
- Canadian identity
- Canadian society (government, law, and economics)
- Canada and the world
This course is designed to help students gain greater understanding of society, their role in society, and Canada’s role in the world.
Evaluation is based on
| Assignment (Module 2) | 10% |
| Midterm Exam (after Module 3) | 40% |
| Assignment (Module 5) | 10% |
| Final Exam (after Module 6) | 40% |
| Total | 100% |
Textbooks
Wood and Remnant. The People We Are. Toronto, ON:
Gage, 1980. (0042 10G 005)
$10.06 plus GST (reprint)
Smith, McDevitt, and Scully. Canada Today, 3rd Edition.
Scarborough, ON: Prentice Hall, 1996. (51953) MTBB
Grade 10 American History
(20G)
1 credit (1993)
Course Code 0481 20G 001
This is a survey course of American History from 1500–1990.
It begins with a brief history of Aboriginal peoples before
the arrival of Europeans, and it ends with a survey of
important social changes in the United States from 1960–1990.
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with some of the most important events and developments in American History, and how those events have affected Americans, and in some cases, how those events have affected Canadians and others.
Evaluation is based on
| Essay | 10% |
| Midterm Exam (after Module 5) | 40% |
| Essay | 10% |
| Final Exam (after Module10) | 40% |
| Total | 100% |
Textbook
Barber. A New Nation. McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1989.
(52295) MTBB (reprint)
Grade 10 Geography (20G)
1 credit (2000)
Course Code 0102 20G 001
Grade 10 Geography (20G) takes a regional approach
to the study of North America, focusing on the characteristics
and similarities of different regions in Canada, the United
States, and Mexico.
The course covers a general overview of:
- North America
- The Agricultural Interior
- The North
- The Western Cordillera
- Atlantic Canada–Appalachia
- The Industrial Heartland
- Canadian, Continental, and World Issues
Evaluation is based on
| Midterm: Project (Module 2 or 3) | 10% |
| Examination (after Module 3) | 40% |
| Final Term: Project (Module 4, 5 or 6) | 10% |
| Examination (after Module 7) | 40% |
| Total | 100% |
Textbooks
Headon. Continent of Contrast—A Study of North
America. Oxford University Press, New Revised Edition,
1992. (52170) MTBB
Stanford, ed. Canadian Oxford School Atlas 8th Edition.
Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press, 1998. (51945)
MTBB (useful Grade 7-Senior 4)
Grade 11 Agriculture (30S)
1 credit (2005)
Course Code 0201 30S 001
Grade 11 Agriculture is a full credit course that provides a comprehensive introduction to agriculture in Manitoba, including historical perspectives, as well as present concerns and trends. The aim of the course is to assist students in learning about the many dimensions of agriculture. The course draws upon the knowledge base of a variety of disciplines.
The course examines physical and climatic features of Manitoba, the agricultural resource base, soil management practices, crop varieties, and plant and animal science. The course material has been organized into four modules:
- Module 1: Manitoba Agriculture: An Overview
- Module 2: Soil Science
- Module 3: Plant Science
- Module 4: Animal Agriculture in Manitoba
Evaluation is based on
| 4 Assignments (10% each) | 40% |
| Midterm Exam | 30% |
| Final Exam | 30% |
| Total | 100% |
Resources
There is no required textbook for the course. There are several supplementary resources for this course that will be provided with the course materials:
- Budget Guidelines for a Dairy Enterprise, April 1998 (Manitoba Agriculture)
- Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating (Health Canada) 1992
- Freedom Five: Livestock Welfare in Alberta, DVD (Alberta Farm Animal Care)
- Growing Manitoba (Agriculture in the Classroom)
- Guidelines for Estimating Swine Farrow-Finish Costs, March 1999 (Manitoba Agriculture)
- Guidelines for Estimating Swine Farrow-Wean Costs to 5 kg, April 1999 (Manitoba Agriculture)
- Manitoba Agricultural Review, 2002 (Manitoba Agriculture)
- Manitoba Agricultural Statistics, 2003 (Manitoba Agriculture)
- Manitoba Official Highway Map (Province of Manitoba)
- Seed Identification Chart (Manitoba Agriculture)
- Selected Highlights from the State of the Environment: Report for Manitoba 1995: Focus on Agriculture (Manitoba Environment/Manitoba Conservation)
- Some See a Farm...We See an Industry (Manitoba Agriculture)
Grade 11 Canadian History (30S) 1 credit (1987)
Course Code 0040 30S 000
Primarily a social history of Canada, this course presents
a variety of topics which illustrate the development of
the Canadian people. Among the groups and issues studied
are Aboriginal people and their culture, immigrants and
multiculturalism, federalism and provincial rights, political
parties, industrialization, minority rights, and Canada’s
place in world affairs. Substantial attention is paid
in this course to Western Canada, its people, the way
it has changed, and questions of crucial importance to
its future.
Evaluation is based on
| Midterm Exam (after Module 3) | 50% |
| Final Exam (after Module 6) | 50% |
| Total | 100% |
Textbook
Francis and Riddoch. Our Canada: A Social
and Political History. Pippin Publishing, 1995. Contact the ISO office at 800-465-9915 for purchasing information.
Grade 12 Geography (40S)
1 credit (2002)
Course Code 1126 40S 001
Grade 12 Geography (40S) deals with the interrelationships
of humans and the worldwide environment. Students explore
the environment, population, food supply, resources, industrialization,
urbanization, and how human relationship with the environment
also influences economics, sociology, politics, and ecology.
Evaluation is based on
| Assignment Part A | 7.5% |
| Assignment Part B | 7.5% |
| Midterm Exam (after Module 3) | 35% |
| Outline A | 5% |
| Research Essay | 10% |
| Final Exam (after Module 6) | 35% |
| Total | 100% |
Textbooks
Dunlop. Towards Tomorrow: Canada in a Changing World—Geography.
Toronto, ON: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987. (52494)
MTBB
Stanford, ed. The Canadian Oxford School Atlas, 8th
edition. Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press, 2004.
(51945) MTBB (useful Grade 7-Senior 4)
Video CD's/Videotapes
Choose one CD or videotape from the following and your choice will be the topic of an assignment.
CD-0283 or VT-0283—A PopulationcStory: Collision With
the Future?
CD-8258 or VT-8258—Famine and Chronic Persistent Hunger:
A Life and Death Distinction /Seeds
Choose one from the following
CD-0215 or VT-0215 —Materials of Civilization
CD-1585 or VT-1585—Mexico: The Land and the People
$5.50 each plus PST and GST
Grade 12 History of Western Civilization
(40S) 1 credit ( 2000)
Course Code 1136 40S 000
This course introduces the people, ideas, and events that
have shaped Western civilization. Canadian political,
economic, legal, and social systems are based on these
traditions. In this senior history course, more than thirty
centuries of material is handled using six major themes:
religion, ideology, humanism, individualism, secularism,
and skepticism. It is structured into modules as follows:
- Historical Overview
- Pre-modern Western Civilization
- Renaissance, Reformation, and Absolutism vs. Representative Government
- The Age of Reason and the Political, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolutions
- Major Movements and Events from 1815 to 1919
- 1919 to the Present
Evaluation is based on
| Essay | 10% |
| Midterm Exam (after Module 3) | 40% |
| Essay | 10% |
| Final Exam (after Module 6) | 40% |
| Total | 100% |
Textbook
Beers. World History: Patterns of Civilization.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1993. (52540) MTBB (reprint)
Video CD's/Videotapes
“The World—A Television
History” series (the first two videotapes are considered an introduction to the course.)
CD-8204 or VT-8204—Human Origins/The Agricultural
Revolution
CD-8205 or VT-8205—The Birth of Civilization/The
Age of Iron
CD-8206 or VT-8206—Greece and Rome/The World Religions
CD-8207 or VT-8207—The End of the Ancient World/Islam
CD-8208 or VT-8208—Europe Recovers/The Expansion of Europe
CD-8210 or VT-8210—The Ottoman Empire/China and Japan
CD-8212 or VT-8212—Europe: State and Power/Asia
CD-8213 or VT-8213—The West and the Wider World/The Age
of Revolution
CD-8214 or VT-8214—The Making of the United States of
America/The Making of Russia
CD-8215 or VT-8215—Industry and Empire/The End of the
Old Order
CD-8216 or VT-8216—The World in Conflict/The Modern World
$5.50 each plus PST and GST
