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Alberta

Grade 10
Social Studies: Canada in the Modern World; Information and Technology; Art; Language Arts

Grade 11
Social Studies: The Growth of the Global Perspective; Information and Technology; Art; Language Arts

Grade 12
Social Studies: The Contemporary World; Information and Technology; Art; Language Arts

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British Columbia and Yukon

Grade 10
Social Studies: Canada 1815-1914; Changes in Canadian Society: Identity, Family and Women's Roles; Economy and Technology; Art; Language Arts

Grade 11
Social Studies: Canada in the Twentieth Century: Social, Cultural and Economic Issues; Identity and Forces that Divide and Unite French and English-speaking Canadians; Canada in the World Community; Art; Language Arts

Grade 12
History: The Twentieth Century; Geography; Art; Language Arts

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Manitoba

Senior 2
Social Studies: North America: A Geographic Perspective; Technology; Art; Language Arts

Senior 3
Social Studies: A Social and Political History; Technology; Art; Language Arts

Senior 4
Social Studies: World Geography, Interdependence; Role of Media; Technology; Art; Language Arts

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New Brunswick

Grade 10
Technological Competence; Social Studies: Atlantic Canada in the Global Community; Fine Arts; Language Arts

Grade 11
Technological Competence; Social Studies: Atlantic Canada in the Global Community; Modern History; Physical Geography; Fine Arts; Language Arts

Grade 12
Technological Competence; Social Studies: Atlantic Canada in the Global Community; Canadian History; Canadian Geography; Fine Arts; Language Arts

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Newfoundland and Labrador

Grade 10
Social Studies; Canadian History, Canadian Geography, Canadian Issues; Art; Language Arts

Grade 11
Social Studies; Art; Language Arts

Grade 12
Social Studies; Art; Language Arts

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Nova Scotia

Grade 10
Technological Competence; Social Studies; Fine Arts; Language Arts

Grade 11
Technological Competence; Social Studies; Modern History, Canadian History, Canadian Geography; Fine Arts; Language Arts

Grade 12
Technological Competence; Social Studies; Fine Arts; Language Arts

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Nunavut and the Northwest Territories

Grade 10
Canada in the Modern World; Fine Arts; Language Arts

Grade 11
The Growth of the Global Perspective; Fine Arts; Language Arts

Grade 12
Fine Arts; Language Arts

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Ontario

Grade 10
History: Canadian History, Change and Continuity, Citizenship and Heritage, Social, Economic and Political Structures, Methods of Historical Inquiry; Geography: Geographic Foundations, Global Connections, Understanding and Managing Change; Business Studies; Technological Education; Art; Language Arts

Grade 11
History: Canadian History; Change and Continuity, Citizenship and Heritage, Social, Economic and Political Structures, Methods of Historical Inquiry; Geography: Physical Geography, Global Connections, Understanding and Managing Change; Business Studies; Technological Education; Art; Language Arts

Grade 12
History: Canadian History; Change and Continuity, Citizenship and Heritage, Social, Economic and Political Structures, Methods of Historical Inquiry; Geography: Geographic Foundations, Global Connections, Understanding and Managing Change; Business Studies; Technological Education; Art; Language Arts

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Prince Edward Island

Grade 10
Technological Competence; Canadian and Social Studies; Art; Language Arts

Grade 11
Technological Competence; North American Studies; Art; Language Arts

Grade 12
Technological Competence; Canadian Studies; Art; Language Arts

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Quebec

Secondary 3
The Geography of Quebec and Canada; Art; Language Arts

Secondary 4
History of Quebec and Canada; Art; Language Arts

Secondary 5
Economics; The Twentieth Century: History and Civilisations; Art; Language Arts

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Saskatchewan

Grade 10
Social Studies: Social Organizations; Art; Language Arts

Grade 11
Social Studies; Art; Language Arts

Grade 12
Social Studies: Canadian Studies; Art; Language Arts

 

   
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