Social+8

=  Grade 8: Historical Worldviews Examined  = =  = OVERVIEW - Grade 8 students will examine issues related to contact between societies with differing worldviews. They will explore elements of worldviews and how these views are expressed by people living in different times and in different places. Through this inquiry, students will reflect on their own worldviews and assess the influence that the past has on the present. Examples will be drawn from Japan, Renaissance Europe and Spanish and Aztec societies.

RATIONALE - Grade 8 students will learn how intercultural contact between societies leads to significant change and alters each society’s worldview.

LOCAL AND CURRENT AFFAIRS - In order to allow opportunities for students to engage in current affairs, issues and concerns of a local nature, the program of studies provides the flexibility to include these topics within the time allotted for social studies.