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Alberta · Grade 8

Social Studies

Historical Worldviews Examined

Outline

Lessons for this subject are being written.

Below is how the official curriculum organizes it. Each strand will get full lessons like the ones in Grade 1 Mathematics.

Curriculum strands

8.1From Isolation to Adaptation: Japan

Edo-period isolation and Meiji-era adaptation

8.2Origins of a Western Worldview: Renaissance Europe

Renaissance ideas, trade and exploration

8.3Worldviews in Conflict: The Spanish Conquest of the Aztec Civilization

Clash of Aztec and Spanish worldviews