Subject area descriptions are based on what students are expected to learn by the end of a course (provincial learning outcomes). Classroom programming may vary to accommodate local situations such as second language learners and students with special needs. Parents are encouraged to discuss specific details about their child's programming with the subject area teachers.
In all grades, students develop skills in literacy and communication, working with others, solving problems, and using technology.
Through the study of English language arts, each student from Kindergarten to Grade 12 learns to understand, appreciate, and use language in everyday life. Students learn to listen, speak, read, write, view, and represent at different times and in different ways, both in the English language arts classroom and in their day-to-day experiences outside it. To assist them in these learning experiences, teachers and students choose and use appropriate learning resources, including, for example, novels, plays, essays, film, and poetry.
Students are required to achieve credit in one of the following three Grade 11 English language arts courses; however, they may take more than one.
| Transactional Focus (30S) Grade 11 |
Comprehensive Focus (30S) Grade 11 |
Literary Focus (30S) Grade 11 |
|---|---|---|
| This course focuses
on the day-to-day use of language for a variety of practical
purposes. Students produce and engage with oral, written,
and visual texts that inform, direct, persuade, plan,
analyze, argue, and explain. Students may, for example,
view television commercials and news broadcasts, write
articles and editorials, or listen to radio broadcasts
and speeches to gather information and ideas. While the texts students read, view, and write have a practical purpose, they often use literary devices and expressive language to convey meaning. |
This course balances practical and literary purposes and uses of language. (See descriptions of Transactional Focus and Literary Focus.) Students produce and explore oral, written, and visual texts that inform, persuade, analyze, foster understanding and empathy, reflect culture, express feelings and experiences, and bring enjoyment. | This course focuses on the purposes and forms of literature. Students produce and engage with oral, written, and visual texts that foster understanding and empathy, reflect culture, express feelings and experiences, and bring enjoyment. They may also produce and engage with texts that, for example, inform, persuade, or analyze (e.g., oral and print reviews, discussions of background or interpretation). |
Note: In each course, selection of materials for study is determined by schools, teachers, and students, and may vary from one classroom to another.
- extend their understanding through personal and critical study of a variety of experiences, ideas, and viewpoints
- develop learning goals based on personal achievements, needs, and interests
- monitor their understanding of what they read, see, and hear in order to select and adjust comprehension strategies
- respond personally and critically to a wide range of materials they read, see, and hear, and examine the distinctive characteristics of each type of text
- examine a variety of methods used to communicate information, ideas, and opinions
- plan and conduct inquiry or research to investigate a variety of questions and topics by accessing and evaluating appropriate information sources
- demonstrate increasing confidence and control in using a variety of methods to communicate information, ideas, and opinions effectively for a particular purpose, audience, and situation
- use a variety of skills and strategies to revise, edit, and proofread their work
- work cooperatively with others by encouraging and supporting them; and recognize and analyze the effect of this process on self and one's perception of the world
Senior Years English Language Arts...
The Senior Years mathematics curricula emphasize important interrelated processes, including communication, connections, estimation and mental mathematics, problem solving, reasoning, and visualization.
Grade 11 Applied
Through classroom learning activities in Applied Mathematics, students acquire technical communication skills, solve problems using technology, and develop responsibility and flexibility in their work habits.
Using technology as a tool, students explore many mathematical concepts, often while working on projects. While the content of the Applied Mathematics curriculum is similar to that of the Pre-Calculus Mathematics curriculum, the emphasis on technology as a means of solving problems allows modelling of many real-world situations. The following table identifies the topics addressed in the Senior Years Applied Mathematics curriculum.
- Non-Linear Functions
- Personal Finance
- Systems of Equations
- Linear Programming
- Budgets and Investments
- Data Management and Analysis
- Precision Measurement
- Geometry
Refer to post-secondary mathematics requirements for information on admission to Manitoba colleges and universities.
Grade 11 Consumer
The Consumer Mathematics curriculum emphasizes number sense, consumer problem solving, and decision making.
Students develop valuable knowledge and skills that will allow them to make informed decisions as they become independent citizens. The Consumer Mathematics curriculum addresses financial management, career exploration, home ownership and maintenance, as well as more traditional topics such as trigonometry and statistics. The following table identifies the topics addressed in the Senior Years Consumer Mathematics curriculum.
- Problem Analysis
- Analysis of Games and Numbers
- Relations and Formulas
- Income and Debt
- Data Analysis and Interpretation
- Measurement Technology
- Owning and Operating a Vehicle
- Personal Income Tax
- Applications of Probability
Refer to post-secondary mathematics requirements for information on admission to Manitoba colleges and universities.
Grade 11 Pre-Calculus
Pre-Calculus Mathematics is designed for students who will be continuing studies at the post-secondary level in fields related to mathematics and science. This curriculum is intended as preparation for calculus at the university level.
The study of functions is the major focus of the Pre-Calculus Mathematics curriculum. Other topic areas include algebra, geometry, trigonometry, probability, and statistics. The following table identifies the topics addressed in the Senior Years Pre-Calculus Mathematics curriculum.
- Quadratic Functions
- Trigonometry
- Algebra
- Analytic Geometry
- Geometry
- Consumer Mathematics
- Logic/Proof
- Functions
Refer to post-secondary mathematics requirements for information on admission to Manitoba colleges and universities.
The combined physical education/health education curriculum develops the knowledge, skills, and attitudes for maintaining physically active and health lifestyles. The curriculum focuses on making healthy decisions related to physical activity participation, healthy eating, substance use, sexual reproductive health, and injury prevention. It encourages schools to involve parents in planning for implementation of content that might be sensitive in some communities.
Effective September 2008 the Grade 11 Active Healthy Lifestyles credit is a required credit for graduation. The design of the new course will allow for schools and students/parents/guardians to determine how the learning outcomes of the curriculum will be achieved. This may be accomplished through a teacher-directed delivery model during IN-class time and a student-directed model of the OUT-of-class time. Students must complete a physical activity practicum that addresses health-related fitness components. This physical activity practicum must be a minimum of 55 hours of moderate to vigorous physical activity. In addition students will learn about fitness management, mental-emotional health, the social impact of sport, and substance use and abuse prevention.
The Department has developed general guidelines for managing risk in OUT-of-class activities as well as selected safety checklists for safe participation in many common physical activities. This information is available in the OUT-of-Class Safety Handbook: A Resource for Grades 9-12 Physical Education/Health Education.
Senior Years Physical Education/Health Education...
In the Kindergarten to Grade 12 science classroom, students are actively engaged in "doing" science and developing related skills and attitudes, as well as extending their understanding of science concepts. In addition, they make links between science and daily life, and learn to appreciate both the power and limitations of science as a way of understanding their world.
In Grade 11, Biology, Chemistry, Interdisciplinary Topics in Science, and Physics are optional courses.
Social studies is the study of people in relation to each other and to the world in which they live. In Manitoba, social studies comprises the disciplines of history and geography, draws upon the social sciences, and integrates relevant content from the humanities. As a study of human beings in their physical, social, and cultural environments, social studies examines the past and present, and looks toward the future. Social studies helps students acquire the skills, knowledge, and values necessary to become active democratic citizens and contributing members of their communities, locally, nationally, and globally.
Canada: A Social and Political History (Required)
Note: To be replaced by a new History of Canada in 2009-2010 (see below).
Grade 11 Social Studies focuses on the historical development of Canada. Students explore a variety of issues, including challenges faced by Aboriginal peoples, cultural diversity and immigration, English-French relations, and regionalism. Students also examine the evolution of government in Canada from the British parliamentary model to the contemporary party system, as well as their roles, responsibilities, and rights as Canadian citizens.
Grade 11 students are required to achieve one credit in either Grade 11 (Senior 3) Social Studies (30G) or Grade 11 (Senior 3) Social Studies (30S).
In Grade 11, the six units of study are:
- The Peopling of Canada
- New Societies to 1867
- Government, Federalism, and Politics
- Social and Economic Changes in Canada Since 1850
- Western Canada
- Canada's External Relations
The new History of Canada curriculum is currently under development. Voluntary implementation is scheduled for 2009-2010, and system-wide implementation begins in 2010-2011.
The new Grade 11 History of Canada curriculum supports citizenship as a core concept and engages students in historical inquiry. Guided by essential questions, students focus on the history of Canada from pre-contact times to the present. Through this process students become historically literate and better able to understand the Canada of today.
Historical thinking concepts, based on the work of Dr. Peter Seixas at the Centre for Historical Consciousness at the University of British Columbia, are embedded throughout this curriculum and provide the foundation for historical inquiry. The curriculum also identifies historical literacy skills, including historical inquiry, critical historical thinking and communication.
This curriculum is organized around five themes. Enduring Understandings are identified under each theme. The Enduring Understandings also serve as broadly stated learning outcomes. The themes are
- First Nations, Metis and Inuit Peoples
- French-English Relations
- Identity, Diversity and Citizenship
- Governance and Economics
- Canada and the World
The curriculum is also presented in five clusters that are based on chronological time periods. Each cluster includes Learning Experiences for activating, acquiring and applying student learning. Supports will be provided in this curriculum for teachers to use either a thematic or a chronological approach to teaching history, or a combination of both approaches.
Agriculture: A Cornerstone Industry (Optional)
This course is designed to give the student an idea of the important role agriculture plays in the community, province, on the national scene, and around the world. The aim of the course is to make students aware of the main issues in agriculture and to ask key questions about those issues. Students will see the relevance of agriculture in politics, economics, and the social system. Students will gain an appreciation of some of the ethical and environmental choices the industry faces in production, marketing, and research.
Agriculture: A Cornerstone Industry explores many issues not dealt with in detail in any other school curricula. Even for those who do not choose a career in agriculture, the course can provide new insights about the changes taking place in one of the pillars of the world economy.
Major Topics
The study is divided into seven units: (Units V – VII require teacher development)
- Unit I: Agriculture: A Necessity for Life
- Unit II: Process from Production through to Consumption
- Unit III: Agricultural Trends: Changes Resulting from Technology
- Unit IV: Agriculture and the Environment
- Unit V: Current Issues in Local, National and International Agriculture
- Unit VI: Career Opportunities in Agriculture
- Unit VII: Student Research in Agriculture
Physical Geography (Optional)
Physical Geography is a survey course, providing an introduction to the broad field of physical geography. The contemporary approach to physical geography education emphasizes the nature of earth systems and their interactions with each other and with humans, ecological patterns, environmental issues, and the limitations that the physical world places on human activities and, in turn, the impact of human activities on the physical world. When considered within this new approach, the study of physical geography is both timely and relevant in view of the global challenges facing humankind on Planet Earth.
Major Topics
- Unit 1: The Earth: A Vibrant Planet
- Unit 2: The Ground Beneath our Feet: Understanding the Lithosphere
- Unit 3: The Water all Around: Understanding the Hydrosphere
- Unit 4: The Air Above: Understanding the Atmosphere
- Unit 5: All That is Living: Understanding the Biosphere
Senior Years Social Studies...