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British Columbia Social Studies

The CTRL-F: Verification Skills learning outcomes link explicitly to British Columbia’s Social Studies program. The relevant curricular outcomes are listed by grade level and course below.

Last updated August 13, 2025.

 

GRADE 7

Grade 7 Social Studies

  • Assess the credibility of multiple sources and the adequacy of evidence used to justify conclusions (evidence)
    • Apply criteria to evaluate information and information sources (e.g., assess bias, reliability, authorship, currency, audience; confirm value using multiple sources)

 

GRADE 8

Grade 8 Social Studies

  • Assess the credibility of multiple sources and the adequacy of evidence used to justify conclusions (evidence)
    • Assess the accuracy of sources
    • Identify biases that influence documents
    • Locate and use relevant data

 

GRADE 9

Social Studies 9

  • Assess the justification for competing historical accounts after investigating points of contention, reliability of sources, and adequacy of evidence (evidence)
    • plan and conduct research using primary and secondary sources, including sources from a range of media types representing a range of perspectives
    • Assess information sources for selected topics in terms of bias and point of view

 

GRADE 10

Social Studies 10

  • Assess the justification for competing accounts after investigating points of contention, reliability of sources, and adequacy of evidence, including data (evidence)

 

 

GRADE 11

Explorations in Social Studies 11

  • Assess the credibility and justifiability of evidence, data, and interpretations (evidence)
  • Content: current issues in local, regional, national, or global politics as represented in mass media, such as “fake news,” authenticity of websites and other sources, and diverse forms of media (adapted from Political Studies 12)

Francophone History and Culture 11

  • Assess the justification for competing accounts after investigating points of contention, reliability of sources, and adequacy of evidence, including data (evidence)

 

GRADE 12

20th Century World History 12

  • Assess the justification for competing historical accounts after investigating points of contention, reliability of sources, and adequacy of evidence
  • Content: communication technologies

 Asian Studies 12

  • Assess the justification for competing historical accounts after investigating points of contention, reliability of sources, and adequacy of evidence

Comparative Cultures 12

  • Evaluate inferences about the content, origins, purposes, context, reliability, and usefulness of multiple sources from the past and present

Genocide Studies 12

  • Assess the credibility of, and the justification for the use of evidence after investigating the reliability of sources and data, the adequacy of evidence, and the bias of accounts and claims (evidence)
  • Content: movements that deny the existence of or minimize the scope of genocides
    • What questions can we ask of the evidence used by genocide denial groups to assess the credibility of the sources and recognize the bias in these sources?

Human Geography 12

  • Assess a variety of interpretations of geographic evidence after investigating different perspectives, reliability of sources, and adequacy of evidence (evidence and interpretation)

Law Studies 12

  • Assess the justification for differing legal perspectives after investigating points of contention, reliability of sources, and adequacy of evidence (evidence)

Physical Geography 12

  • Assess the interpretations of geographic evidence after investigating points of contention, reliability of sources, and adequacy of evidence (evidence and interpretation)

Political Studies 12

  • Analyze political data and assess the reliability of sources (evidence)
  • Explain and infer different perspectives on political issues, decisions, or developments

Social Justice 12

  • Assess the justification for competing accounts after investigating points of contention, reliability of sources, and adequacy of evidence, including data (evidence)

Urban Studies 12

  • Ask questions about the content, origins, purposes, and context of multiple sources in order to corroborate inferences gathered from them (evidence)

References:

BC Ministry of Education. (2016). Social Studies 7 – The Ancient World to the 7th Century (Grade 7). BC’s Curriculum. https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/curriculum/social-studies/7/core

BC Ministry of Education. (2016). Social Studies 8 – 7th Century to 1750 (Grade 8). BC’s Curriculum. https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/curriculum/social-studies/8/core

BC Ministry of Education.(2016). Social Studies 9 1750–1919 (Grade 9). BC’s Curriculum. https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/curriculum/social-studies/9/core

BC Ministry of Education. (2018). 20th Century World History 12 (Grade 12). BC’s Curriculum. https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/curriculum/social-studies/12/20th-century-world-history

BC Ministry of Education. (2018). Asian Studies 12 (Grade 12). BC’s Curriculum. https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/curriculum/social-studies/12/asian-studies

BC Ministry of Education. (2018). Comparative Cultures 12 (Grade 12). BC’s Curriculum. https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/curriculum/social-studies/12/comparative-cultures

BC Ministry of Education. (2018). Explorations in Social Studies 11 (Grade 11). BC’s Curriculum. https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/curriculum/social-studies/11/explorations-in-social-studies

BC Ministry of Education. (2018). Francophone History and Culture 11 (Grade 11). BC’s Curriculum. https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/curriculum/social-studies/11/francophone-history

BC Ministry of Education. (2018). Genocide Studies 12 (Grade 12). BC’s Curriculum. https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/curriculum/social-studies/12/genocide-studies

BC Ministry of Education. (2018). Human Geography 12 (Grade 12). BC’s Curriculum. https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/curriculum/social-studies/12/human-geography

BC Ministry of Education. (2018). Law Studies 12 (Grade 12). BC’s Curriculum. https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/curriculum/social-studies/12/law-studies

BC Ministry of Education.(2018). Physical Geography 12 (Grade 12). BC’s Curriculum. https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/curriculum/social-studies/12/physical-geography

BC Ministry of Education. (2018). Social Justice 12 (Grade 12). BC’s Curriculum. https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/curriculum/social-studies/12/social-justice

BC Ministry of Education. (2018). Urban Studies 12 (Grade 12). BC’s Curriculum. https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/curriculum/social-studies/12/urban-studies

BC Ministry of Education. (2025). Social Studies 10 (Grade 10). BC’s Curriculum. https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/curriculum/social-studies/10/core