Social Studies 30-1 study plan

Define ideology in your own words and distinguish it from worldview and belief system, supplying one concrete example of each.

Identify at least seven factors that shape individual and collective ideology (family, culture, religion, media, education, environment, economic position) and give a specific example of how each operates.

Explain the individualism–collectivism continuum and position six named ideologies along it, justifying each placement in one sentence.

Build a glossary of 25 course terms with a definition and a real-world example for each.

Compare the core principles of classical liberalism (individual rights and freedoms, rule of law, economic freedom, private property, self-interest, competition) against collectivist alternatives in a side-by-side table.

Trace the pre-liberal conditions of feudalism, absolutism, and mercantilism and explain in writing why each generated pressure for change.

Summarize the contributions of at least four Enlightenment thinkers to liberal thought, keeping each thinker's distinct position accurate.

Explain how and why ideologies spread, adapt, and are modified when they move between societies.

Analyze four historical or contemporary cases of resistance to liberalism by naming the ideology being resisted and the methods resisters used.

Distinguish resistance aimed at reforming a liberal system (protest, civil disobedience, legal challenge) from resistance aimed at replacing it outright.

Evaluate the methods illiberal movements and regimes use - propaganda, censorship, secret police, one-party rule, purges - and the consequences of each.

Practice source analysis on three political cartoons or quotations you source yourself, identifying message, technique, and ideological stance.

Explain each principle of liberalism with one Canadian and one international example.

Analyze tensions between liberal principles - individual rights versus collective security, economic freedom versus the common good - in written form.

Evaluate three government measures that have limited rights in a liberal democracy, stating the justification offered and the criticism made.

Compile a bank of 20 contemporary issue examples and tag each with the liberal principle it tests.

Examine how differing ideologies produce different government responses to the same issue (climate policy, surveillance, speech regulation, taxation).

Distinguish liberal democracy, illiberal democracy, and authoritarianism, giving a concrete example of each.

Write a 250-word position paragraph arguing a contemporary issue from a liberal standpoint, then write the collectivist rebuttal.

Identify the unstated ideological assumptions in one current news article.

Define citizenship and separate rights from responsibilities from legal obligations with examples of each.

Analyze at least eight forms of citizen action (voting, advocacy, petitioning, civil disobedience, dissent, litigation, jury service, public office) and state the ideological justification for each.

Evaluate how ideology determines what a society counts as legitimate citizen action.

Review Charter rights and the reasonable limits that can be placed on them.

Write two full-length position papers under a 60-minute time limit each, using evidence drawn from across all four domains.

Complete two timed source-based multiple-choice sets and review every rationale for the correct answer.

Synthesize the course around four recurring themes: identity, resistance, rights, and citizenship.

Re-teach your three weakest concepts from the error log by explaining each aloud or in writing without notes.

Re-attempt every item in the error log and confirm each is now answered correctly with a stated reason.

Complete two full-length timed practice exams under exam conditions.

Review the glossary, case-study chart, and issue bank for gaps, adding anything still missing.

Convert your weakest remaining topic into a one-page summary sheet you could teach from.