Course info

As per Alberta Education’s Program of Studies, Social studies develops the key values, attitudes, knowledge, understandings, skills and processes necessary for students to become active and responsible citizens, engaged in the democratic process and aware of their capacity to effect change in their communities. ADLC’s Social Studies 20-4 course is available online and as a print course. Teachers who gain access to this course will see there are six Themes (units) of study.

Theme 1: Nationalism and Identity

Theme 2: The Path to a Canadian Identity

Theme 3: Understanding Ultranationalism

Theme 4: Understanding Internationalism

Theme 5: Canada Lends a Helping Hand

Theme 6: Canada’s Role in the World

Online: All lessons and assignments are provided as a complete course. Self-Check assignments are auto-graded. All other assignments are assessed by the teacher. Answer keys and rubrics are provided for the teacher as well. There are no tests or exams because this is not a requirement according to the Program of Studies for Knowledge and Employability courses.

Print: All lessons and assignments are provided as a complete course. These are available as pdf’s and located in the Teacher Resource section when a teacher gains access to the online course.

Note: Print resources cannot be purchased from ADLC. Print resources as PDF’s are accessible via teacher’s login to the online course in Moodle. Teachers can print at will. 

ADLC’s Knowledge and Employability courses are available only through ADLC’s Teacher Support service. The superuser of the school can add any K&E course via SIS. If the school does not have an assigned superuser, one can be requested using the SuperUser Request Form on www.adlc.ca.  ADLC’s Partner Support will process these requests and send a username and password to the new superuser. 

There is no cost to schools or teachers to access courses via Teacher Support.

Assessments(s): No tests or exams needed because these are not required as per the Program of Study.