Social Studies 30-2 study plan

Define ideology in two or three sentences of your own wording and distinguish it from a single belief or value

Classify 10 supplied beliefs or values as individualist or collectivist and justify each classification in one clause

Explain how at least four factors (culture, language, religion, environment, gender, media) shape a person's ideology, giving one Canadian example for each factor

Build a comparison chart of individualism versus collectivism across five dimensions: role of government, property, motivation, freedom, and responsibility

Trace the shift from feudalism to classical liberalism on a five-event timeline and write one sentence of significance for each event

Summarize Locke's ideas of natural rights and the social contract from memory in 75 words or fewer

Identify six principles of classical liberalism (rule of law, individual rights, private property, economic freedom, competition, self-interest) and give one current Canadian example of each

Contrast classical liberalism and modern liberalism on four features without consulting notes

Sequence the American, French, and Industrial revolutions and state the cause-and-effect link between each one and the spread of liberal ideas

Analyze how each of those three revolutions either expanded or restricted rights for two groups such as women, workers, enslaved people, or Indigenous peoples

Distinguish economic liberalism from welfare-state liberalism using three policy examples for each side

Evaluate one criticism of classical liberalism using evidence drawn from the Industrial Revolution

Define conservatism, socialism, communism, and fascism and contrast them on five dimensions including view of human nature, role of the state, and economic organization

Explain why each of those ideologies resists or rejects liberalism, citing one historical example per ideology

Classify eight policy positions by ideology and justify each placement in one sentence

Differentiate authoritarian governance from liberal-democratic governance using four observable characteristics

Explain the causes of the Russian Revolution and the rise of Stalinism and describe their effects on individual rights

Explain the rise of fascism in Italy and Germany and how Nazi ideology rejected core liberal principles

Describe the characteristics of communist rule in the USSR and China and its consequences for citizens' rights and choices

Analyze two historical case studies of resistance to liberalism against four criteria: who resisted, why, what methods were used, and what the outcome was for individuals

Compare how liberalism and one alternative ideology would address the same issue such as wealth inequality, naming at least three concrete differences

Define citizenship and list the rights and responsibilities of Canadian citizens

Explain how a liberal democracy balances individual rights against the collective good using three Canadian examples

Identify four contemporary challenges to liberalism, such as terrorism, surveillance, globalization, and illiberal political movements, and state the tension each creates

Analyze one contemporary issue such as climate policy, digital privacy, or Indigenous self-government from two competing ideological perspectives

Explain how the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and federalism reflect liberal principles, and identify two places where collectivist values also appear, such as public health care

Evaluate the trade-off between freedom of expression and legal limits on hate speech, arguing both sides before reaching a position

Apply a four-step source-analysis method to three short passages you select, identifying perspective, bias, supporting evidence, and missing voices

Recall and self-test 40 key terms spread evenly across all four domains, targeting 85 percent or better

Answer four constructed-response practice items under timed conditions without notes

Analyze three source sets using the four-step method and write a thesis statement for each

Correct every missed item from earlier weeks by writing the correct reasoning into an error log and re-testing those items