This means it is possible to have students at the grade eleven level, with a variety of grade ten backgrounds. The objective of this unit is to introduce students to the way democracies organize themselves to make and carry out decisions for society. They will examine how individuals and societies make decisions about using scarce resources in ways which will create a high standard of living for members of society. Students will study the development of economic infrastructures that made the industrial revolution possible. The unit examines how British society in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries evolved as it went through the industrialization process.
Decision making involves a process of deciding what is important and worthwhile.
Ideologies provide frames of reference that people use in making judgements about what should or should not be done. Students will examine the ideologies of conservatism, liberalism, and socialism and their role in the political process. As society changed there were the ideological struggles between and among the social classes as industrializing societies attempt to reconcile competing interests. Nations, rich or poor, large or small, if they wish to have a high standard of living, must trade with other nations. Students will examine the concept of international trade and how it affects the economic well-being of Canadians.