Social Studies 10 curriculum focuses on the big ideas of how Global and regional conflicts have been a powerful force in shaping our contemporary world and identities. The course will also investigate the development of political institutions and the influences of economic, social, ideological, and geographic factors. Also studied is how historical and contemporary injustices challenge the narrative and identity of Canada as an inclusive, multicultural society. Events and time periods studied in SS10 include: Canada’s parliamentary system, the social, economic and political impacts of the 1920s and 1930s, Canada’s role in the Second World War and the Cold War, Canada’s continually evolving culture and identity through to contemporary times. SS10 offers a continuation of Canada’s development as a global, first world country and hopes to answer the question “What can Canada offer the world?”