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Ontario Canadian and World Studies – Politics

CTRL-F: Verification Skills learning outcomes link explicitly Ontario’s Canadian and World Studies Politics program. The relevant curricular outcomes are listed by grade level and course below.

Last updated August 15, 2025.

 

GRADE 10 

Grade 10 Civics

*Teachers should weave the expectations from strand A in with the expectations from strands B–E.

A1. Political Inquiry

A1.3 – Apply critical-thinking skills to assess the credibility and biases of relevant sources from a wide variety of media forms, including social media.

A2 Developing Transferable skills

  • A2.1 – Skills related to the Citizenship Education Framework such as developing understanding of power systems and institutions, and skills related to everyday work and life.
  • A2.3 – Apply concepts of political thinking when analyzing current events and issues.

B1. Civic Issues, Democratic Values

  • B1.3 – Analyze the methods and influence of foreign actors on democratic values in Canada, elections, and political discourse, including through the use of social media

C1. Civic Contributions, Inclusion, and Service

  • C 1.2 – Explain how various actions can contribute to the common good at the local, national, and/or global level.
  • C 1.5 – Explain various ways in which people can access information about civic matters, highlighting the importance of applying related digital literacy and critical-thinking skills, and assess the effectiveness of ways in which individuals can voice their opinions and influence others’ opinions on these matters, including through social media

 

GRADE 11

Grade 11 Politics in Action: Making Change

*Teachers should weave the expectations from strand A in with the expectations from strands B–D.

A1. Political Inquiry

  • A1.2 – select and organize relevant evidence, data, and information on issues of political importance and ways to address them from a variety of primary and secondary sources (e.g., primary: interviews, photographs, speeches, statistics, surveys; secondary: documentaries and other films, news stories, political cartoons, textbooks, websites), ensuring that their sources reflect different perspectives
  • A1.3 – assess the credibility of sources relevant to their investigations 

A2. Developing Transferable Skills

  • A2.2 – demonstrate in everyday contexts attributes, skills, and work habits developed through investigations into issues of political importance
  • A2.3 – apply the concepts of political thinking when analysing current events relating to issues of political importance at the local, national, and/or global level in order to enhance their understanding of these issues and their role as informed citizens

B1. Factors Affecting Political Engagement

  • B1.1 – identify some agents of political socialization (e.g., the family, public education, religious institutions, the media, peers, personal experience, political/ social organizations), and analyse how these agents affect their own personal political beliefs and engagement and the beliefs and engagement of others

C1. The Influence of Individuals and Groups

  • C1.4 – analyse the role of the media in influencing political change 

 

 

GRADE 12

Grade 12 Canadian and International Politics

*Teachers should weave the expectations from strand A in with the expectations from strands B–E.

A1. Political Inquiry

  • A1.2 – select and organize relevant evidence, data, and information on issues of political importance and ways to address them from a variety of primary and secondary sources (e.g., primary: interviews, photographs, speeches, statistics, surveys; secondary: documentaries and other films, news stories, political cartoons, textbooks, websites), ensuring that their sources reflect different perspectives
  • A1.3 – assess the credibility of sources relevant to their investigations 

A2. Developing Transferable Skills

  • A2.2 – demonstrate in everyday contexts attributes, skills, and work habits developed through investigations into issues of political importance
  • A2.3 – apply the concepts of political thinking when analysing current events relating to issues of political importance at the local, national, and/or global level in order to enhance their understanding of these issues and their role as informed citizens

D1. Civic Awareness and Responsibility

  • D1.1 – analyse the role of responsible citizenship in the local, national, and global community
  • D1.2 –  analyse the role of information technology and the media, including social media, in raising civic awareness of issues of national and global political importance

E2. Technology and Globalization

  • E2.1 – assess the influence of communications and information technologies, including social media, on politics in Canada and other countries

References:

Ontario Ministry of Education. (2015). The Ontario Curriculum Grades 11 and 12: Canadian and World Studies –  Economics, Geography, History, Law, Politics. https://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/secondary/2015cws11and12.pdf

Ontario Ministry of Education. (2022). Civics and Citizenship. Curriculum and Resources. https://www.dcp.edu.gov.on.ca/en/curriculum/canadian-and-world-studies/courses/chv2o/home