SOCIAL STUDIES

Secondary I

Course Objectives

The course will focus on past and present territories and societies in the attempt to connect and
explain their significance with regards to both human development and human activity. It studies the
conditions and the settings which affect human behavior, existence and development. Although this
course is henceforth an amalgam of geographical and historical examinations, these analyses are
not mutually exclusive. Their correlation (connection) and union offer students a more appropriate
and effective approach in studying all the phenomena associated with human societies and human
representations of them.

GEOGRAPHY

Maps
 The World Map  Cartography
 Canada  Earth’s Internal Structure
 Natural Hazards  Making Sketches
 Interpreting Tables and Graphs  Interpreting Visual Documents

Natural Parks
 What is a Protected Territory?  Creating a Protected Territory
 Possible Threats to a Natural Park  UNESCO: the Protection of World Heritage
 Around the World

Managing Risk in an Urban Environment

 Threats to Large Cities  The Consequence of Natural Disaster
 Coping with Natural Disasters  Earthquakes / Volcanoes
 When the Climate Goes Awry  Around the World

Tourism
 Tourism and Tourists  The Issues of Tourism
 Tourism in Quebec  Iles-de-la-Madeleine : Tourist Destination
 Around the World

Montreal, the Metropolis of Quebec

 Growing Metropolises All Over the Planet  Finding Housing in an Urban Environment
 Getting Around in an Urban Environment  Getting Supplies in an Urban Environment
 Managing Waste in a Metropolis  Taking Care of Public Health in a Metropolis
 Around the World

Quebec’s Agricultural Territory

 Quebec’s Rural Landscape  Agricultural Production in Quebec
 Farming Practices  A Territory to Protect
 Around the World
HISTORY

History Basics
 Units of Measure  Historical Maps
 Causes and Consequences in History

Sedentarization
 First societies  Sedentarization and the Birth of Agriculture
 Social Organization  Native People’s Customs and Practices

Mesopotamia
 In Mesopotamia  Beginnings of Writing
 Social Organization  Commercial and Cultural Exchange
 Elsewhere

Democracy : First Experience in Athens

 Athens  The City-State Asserts Itself
 Society and Citizenship  Athenian Democracy
 Elsewhere

The Roman State

 Romanization  Rome : Capital of an Empire
 The Height of the Roman Empire  The Roman Influence
 Elsewhere

Christianization of the West

 The Christian West  the Structure and Power of the Church
 Medieval Society  The “Believe or Die” Attitude of the Church
 A Primarily Christian Cultural Heritage  Elsewhere

The Growth of Cities and Trade

 Commerce and Cities  Large-scale Commerce
 Boroughs  The Bourgeoisie and Social Hierarchy
 Elsewhere

Evaluation

Based on the Ministère de l’Éducation et de l’Enseignement supérieur, both the Geography and
History courses will be evaluated based on knowledge and competencies. There will be two formal
reporting periods with weightings for each term.

Results for term 1

1st report card
count for 40 % of students final mark
Results for term 2
2nd report card
count for 60 % of students final mark