Working with Multiple Courses

Frequently, students who are enrolled in Knowledge and Employability Social Studies 20-4 are in the same class as students who are enrolled in Social Studies 20-2. Although there are similar themes in the two courses, there are differences in the learning outcomes. This will impact decisions that you must make in order to differentiate for students in the two courses.

For example, in Social Studies 20-4, Related Issue 3, students are only asked to address two key examples regarding how internationalism can be promoted by foreign policy (peacekeeping and foreign aid) (20-4.3f). In Social Studies 20-2, Related Issue 3, students are also asked to address examples of multilateralism, supranationalism, and international law and agreements (3.6) and the extent to which nationalism must be sacrificed in the interest of internationalism (3.9). These additional concepts and examples do not need to be explicitly addressed and should not be summatively assessed for students in Social Studies 20-4.

There are similarities in the Skills and Processes outcomes for both courses; however, differences exist in the complexity of the skills that students are required to demonstrate. When designing assessment tasks, it is essential to focus on the verb of the outcome to ensure that the assessment task is true to the level of cognition embedded within the outcome. When adapting 20-4 materials for a 20-2 class, it may be necessary to increase the complexity of the assessment task to align with a higher level skill.

Samples of how this adaptation plays out in an actual classroom context are provided in the Instructional Example.

Note: A full comparison of the outcomes from Social Studies 20-4, 20-2 and 20-1 can be found in Programs of Study Outcome Correlations for Social Studies 20-4, 20-2 and 20-1 .