This course explores a range of contemporary legal issues and how they are addressed in both Canadian and international law. Students will develop an understanding of the principles of Canadian and international law and of issues related to human rights and freedoms, conflict resolution, and criminal, environmental, and workplace law, both in Canada and internationally. Students will apply the concepts of legal thinking and the legal studies inquiry process, and will develop legal reasoning skills, when investigating these and other issues in both Canadian and international contexts.


 

A. THE INQUIRY PROCESS AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT IN LEGAL STUDIES

OVERALL EXPECTATIONS
Throughout this course, students will:

1. The Inquiry Process in Legal Studies: use the legal studies inquiry process and the concepts of legal thinking when investigating legal issues in Canada and around the world, and issues relating to international law;
2. Developing Transferable Skills: apply in everyday contexts skills developed through the study of law, and identify careers in which a background in law might be an asset.
    

B. THE WORLD, 1450–1650OVERALL EXPECTATIONS

OVERALL EXPECTATIONS
By the end of this course, students will:

1. Social, Economic, and Political Context: analyse key aspects of social, economic, and political systems in some societies in different regions of the world between 1450 and 1650 (FOCUS ON:Historical Significance; Historical Perspective)
2. ​Communities, Conflict, and Cooperation: analyse how various factors affected interactions between groups in different regions of the world from 1450 to 1650 and how these interactions affected people’s lives (FOCUS ON: Cause and Consequence; Historical Perspective)
3. Identity, Citizenship, and Heritage: explain how some social, cultural, and political institutions and achievements contributed to the development of identity, citizenship, and/or heritage in different societies between 1450 and 1650 (FOCUS ON: Cause and Consequence; Continuity and Change)
    

C. THE WORLD, 1650–1789OVERALL EXPECTATIONS

OVERALL EXPECTATIONS
By the end of this course, students will:

1. Social, Economic, and Political Context: analyse the impact of some key social, economic, and political developments in different regions of the world between 1650 and 1789 (FOCUS ON: Historical Significance; Continuity and Change)
2. Communities, Conflict, and Cooperation: analyse various types of interactions between different groups from 1650 to 1789 and some forces that affected these interactions (FOCUS ON: Cause and Consequence; Historical Perspective)
3. Identity, Citizenship, and Heritage: explainhowsomepolitical,cultural,andreligiousdevelopments contributed to identity, citizenship, and/or heritage in different regions of the world between 1650 and 1789 (FOCUS ON: Historical Significance)
    

​D. THE WORLD, 1789–1900OVERALL EXPECTATIONS

OVERALL EXPECTATIONS
By the end of this course, students will:

1. Social, Economic, and Political Context: explain the impact of some key social, economic, and political developments in different regions between 1789 and 1900, with a particular emphasis on the Industrial Revolution (FOCUS ON: Historical Significance; Cause and Consequence)
2. Community, Conflict, and Cooperation: explain how war, revolution, reform, and other forces affected societies in different regions of the world between 1789 and 1900 (FOCUS ON: Cause and Consequence; Continuity and Change)
3. Identity, Citizenship, and Heritage: explain how nationalism, immigration, and the contributionsof some key political and cultural figures affected the development of identity, citizenship, and/orheritage in different regions of the world between 1789 and 1900 (FOCUS ON: Historical Significance; Historical Perspective)
    

E. THE WORLD SINCE 1900OVERALL EXPECTATIONS

OVERALL EXPECTATIONS
By the end of this course, students will:

1. Social, Economic, and Political Context: analyse key aspects of dominant social, economic, and political systems in different regions of the world since 1900 (FOCUS ON: Historical Significance; Cause and Consequence)
2. Communities, Conflict, and Cooperation: describe interactions between various groups since 1900, and explain how key individuals and some social, economic, and political forces have affected those interactions (FOCUS ON: Cause and Consequence; Historical Perspective)
3. Identity, Citizenship, and Heritage: analyse some key changes in and contributions to identity, citizenship, and heritage in different regions of the world since 1900 (FOCUS ON: Historical Significance; Continuity and Change)