Critical Challenge: Alternatives to Modern Liberalism

Specific Outcomes

This critical challenge may address these outcomes:

Curriculum Outcomes Addressed: 30-1

Specific Outcome 2.1	-	Students will appreciate Aboriginal contributions to the development of ideologies (C, LPP, PADM)
Specific Outcome 2.2	-	Students will appreciate how citizens and citizenship are impacted by the promotion of ideological principles (C, TCC)
Specific Outcome 2.3	-	Students will appreciate that individuals and groups may adhere to various ideologies (I, C, PADM)
Specific Outcome 2.11	-	Students will analyze perspectives on the imposition of the principles of liberalism (Aboriginal experiences, contemporary events) (PADM, ER, TCC)
Specific Outcome 2.12	-	Students will analyze the extent to which modern liberalism is challenged by alternative thought (Aboriginal collective thought, environmentalism, religious perspectives, neo-conservatism, postmodernism extremism) (PADM, ER, LPP)
Specific Outcome 2.13	-	Students will evaluate the extent to which resistance to the principles of liberalism is justified (PADM, ER, GC)
Specific Outcome S.1.1	-	Students will evaluate ideas and information from multiple sources
Specific Outcome S.1.4	-	Students will predict likely outcomes based on factual information
Specific Outcome S.1.5	-	Students will evaluate personal assumptions and opinions to develop an expanded appreciation of a topic or an issue
Specific Outcome S.1.6	-	Students will synthesize information from contemporary and historical issues to develop an informed position
Specific Outcome S.1.7	-	Students will evaluate the logic of assumptions underlying a position
Specific Outcome S.1.9	-	Students will analyze current affairs from a variety of perspectives
Specific Outcome S.3.5	-	Students will assess the impact of human activities on the land and the environment
Specific Outcome S.3.6	-	Students will assess how human interaction impacts geopolitical realities
Specific Outcome S.3.7	-	Students will use current, reliable information sources from around the world, including online atlases
Specific Outcome S.4.1	-	Students will demonstrate leadership in groups to achieve consensus, solve problems, formulate positions and take action, if appropriate, on important issues
Specific Outcome S.4.2	-	Students will develop inquiry strategies to make decisions and solve problems
Specific Outcome S.4.3	-	Students will generate and apply new ideas and strategies to contribute to decision making and problem solving
Specific Outcome S.5.2	-	Students will participate in persuading, compromising and negotiating to resolve conflicts and differences
Specific Outcome S.5.3	-	Students will interpret patterns of behaviour and attitudes that contribute or pose obstacles to cross‑cultural understanding
Specific Outcome S.5.4	-	Students will demonstrate leadership during discussions and group work
Specific Outcome S.5.5	-	Students will respect the needs and perspectives of others
Specific Outcome S.5.6	-	Students will collaborate in groups to solve problems
Specific Outcome S.6.1	-	Students will demonstrate leadership by engaging in actions that enhance personal and community well‑being
Specific Outcome S.6.2	-	Students will acknowledge the importance of multiple perspectives in a variety of situations
Specific Outcome S.7.1	-	Students will develop, express and defend an informed position on an issue
Specific Outcome S.7.2	-	Students will reflect on changes of perspective or opinion based on information gathered and research conducted
Specific Outcome S.7.3	-	Students will draw pertinent conclusions based on evidence derived from research
Specific Outcome S.7.4	-	Students will demonstrate proficiency in the use of research tools and strategies to investigate issues
Specific Outcome S.7.5	-	Students will consult a wide variety of sources, including oral histories, that reflect varied viewpoints on particular issues
Specific Outcome S.7.6	-	Students will integrate and synthesize argumentation and evidence to provide an informed opinion on a research question or an issue of inquiry
Specific Outcome S.7.8	-	Students will select and analyze relevant information when conducting research
Specific Outcome S.7.12	-	Students will record relevant data for acknowledging sources of information, and cite sources correctly
Specific Outcome S.7.13	-	Students will respect ownership and integrity of information
Specific Outcome S.8.1	-	Students will communicate effectively to express a point of view in a variety of situations
Specific Outcome S.8.3	-	Students will ask respectful and relevant questions of others to clarify viewpoints
Specific Outcome S.8.4	-	Students will listen respectfully to others
Specific Outcome S.8.5	-	Students will use a variety of oral, visual and print sources to present informed positions on issues
Specific Outcome S.8.7	-	Students will use appropriate presentation software to demonstrate personal understandings
Specific Outcome S.8.8	-	Students will compose, revise and edit text
Specific Outcome S.8.9	-	Students will apply general principles of graphic layout and design to a document in process
Specific Outcome S.9.1	-	Students will assess the authority, reliability and validity of electronically accessed information
Specific Outcome S.9.2	-	Students will evaluate the validity of various points of view presented in the media
Specific Outcome S.9.3	-	Students will appraise information from multiple sources, evaluating each source in terms of the author's perspective or bias and use of evidence
Specific Outcome S.9.5	-	Students will demonstrate discriminatory selection of electronically accessed information that is relevant to a particular topic

Curriculum Outcomes Addressed: 30-2

Specific Outcome 2.1	-	-Students will appreciate Aboriginal contributions to the development of ideologies (C, LPP, PADM)
Specific Outcome 2.2	-	Students will appreciate how citizens and citizenship are impacted by the promotion of ideological principles (C, TCC)
Specific Outcome 2.3	-	Students will appreciate that individuals and groups may adhere to various ideologies (I, C, PADM)
Specific Outcome 2.11	-	Students will examine perspectives on the imposition of liberalism (Aboriginal experiences, contemporary events) (PADM, ER, TCC)
Specific Outcome 2.12	-	Students examine the extent to which modern liberalism is challenged by alternative thought (Aboriginal collective thought, environmentalism, religious perspectives, extremism) (PADM, ER, LPP)
Specific Outcome 2.13	-	Students will evaluate the extent to which resistance to liberalism is justified (PADM, ER, GC)
Specific Outcome S.1.1	-	Students will analyze ideas and information from multiple sources
Specific Outcome S.1.2	-	Students will determine relationships among multiple sources of information
Specific Outcome S.1.4	-	Students will suggest likely outcomes based on factual information
Specific Outcome S.1.5	-	Students will evaluate personal assumptions and opinions
Specific Outcome S.1.6	-	Students will determine the strengths and weaknesses of arguments
Specific Outcome S.1.8	-	Students will analyze current affairs from a variety of perspectives
Specific Outcome S.3.4	-	Students will assess the impact of human activities on the land and the environment
Specific Outcome S.3.5	-	Students will use current, reliable information sources from around the world, including online atlases
Specific Outcome S.4.1	-	Students will demonstrate skills needed to reach consensus, solve problems and formulate positions
Specific Outcome S.4.2	-	Students will use inquiry processes to make decisions and solve problems
Specific Outcome S.4.3	-	Students will apply ideas and strategies to contribute to decision making and problem solving
Specific Outcome S.4.5	-	Students will use appropriate tools and materials to accomplish a plan of action
Specific Outcome S.5.1	-	Students will demonstrate leadership by persuading, compromising and negotiating to resolve conflicts and differences
Specific Outcome S.5.2	-	Students will make meaningful contributions to discussion and group work
Specific Outcome S.5.3	-	Students will identify behaviours and attitudes that contribute or pose obstacles to cross-cultural understanding
Specific Outcome S.5.4	-	Students will consider the points of view and perspectives of others
Specific Outcome S.6.2	-	Students will promote and respect the contributions of team members when working as a team
Specific Outcome S.7.1	-	Students will develop and express an informed position on an issue
Specific Outcome S.7.2	-	Students will develop conclusions based on evidence gathered through research of a wide variety of sources
Specific Outcome S.7.3	-	Students will use research tools and methods to investigate issues
Specific Outcome S.7.4	-	Students will consult a wide variety of sources, including oral histories, that reflect varied viewpoints on particular issues
Specific Outcome S.7.6	-	Students will select relevant information when conducting research
Specific Outcome S.8.1	-	Students will communicate effectively in a variety of situations
Specific Outcome S.8.2	-	Students will engage in respectful discussion
Specific Outcome S.8.3	-	Students will use a variety of oral, visual and print sources to present informed positions on issues
Specific Outcome S.8.7	-	Students will employ technologies to adapt information for context (situation, audience and purpose)
Specific Outcome S.9.1	-	Students will assess the authority, reliability and validity of electronically accessed information
Specific Outcome S.9.2	-	Students will analyze the validity of various points of view in media messages
Specific Outcome S.9.5	-	Students will demonstrate discriminatory selection of electronically accessed information

C	Citizenship
ER	Economics and Resources
CC	Culture and Community

I	Identity
LPP	The Land: Places and People
GC	Global Connections

TCC	Time, Continuity and Change
PADM	Power, Authority, and Decision Making