Social Studies 30-2 case studies
Social Studies 30-2 · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Social Studies 30-2 Diploma Examination is part of Alberta's Grade 12 Diploma Examinations Program, administered under the province's Education ministry. According to the Government of Alberta, the program has three stated purposes: to certify the level of individual student achievement in selected Grade 12 courses, to ensure that provincewide standards of achievement are maintained, and to report individual and group results. The Social Studies 30-2 case studies are 5 cases and about 3,496 words.
1The Monday Pledge at Prairie Rose Elementary
Prairie Rose Elementary (K–6, 412 students) in a town of 6,300 has a new principal who wants a 'Community Values Pledge' read every Monday: 'We respect all people, we work hard, and we put the group before ourselves.' Two trustees support it as a cheap way to improve behaviour after 61 office referrals last term. One parent objects that 'put the group first' clashes with her family's emphasis on individual responsibility; a second says the pledge is empty because it leaves out God; a third asks whether a pledge nobody is compelled to believe can even count as an ideology.
680 words, about 3 min2The Loan Guarantee at Beaumont Coulee, 1931
Beaumont Coulee, 1931. Nine hundred people, third year of drought, wheat at 41 cents a bushel.
675 words, about 3 min3Northline Nickel and the Town That Needs the Mine
Kittiwake Bay, population 1,100, has lost 300 jobs since the fish plant closed. Northline Nickel offers 200 jobs and a $40 million investment on one condition: every worker signs an individual contract giving up the right to join a union, lives in company-owned housing, and buys from the company store and clinic, which Northline says keeps costs low enough to make the mine viable.
680 words, about 3 min4SafeCore in Rivergate
In Rivergate (84,000 people), reported thefts in the downtown transit mall rose 38 percent in one year. Council is debating 'SafeCore': 60 cameras with live facial recognition, random bag checks at the mall entrances, and a bylaw banning loitering within 50 metres of storefronts between 9 p.m.
734 words, about 4 min5The Civic Year Bill
The province (4.6 million people) proposes a 'Civic Year': every 18-year-old must complete six months of military or civil service. Those who refuse lose eligibility for the $4,000 provincial student grant and cannot obtain a driver's licence until age 21.
727 words, about 4 min