1. Social Studies 30-2
Kyle Harvey

2. Course Syllabus
See Handout

3. Key Issue
This is the question you need to be able to answer very well by the end of the course:
“ To what extent should we embrace an ideology?”

4. Related Issues
There are 4 related issues in this course. Responding to the related issues will help you with the main issue. The 4 issues are related to the 4 units we are doing and they are

5. The 4 Related Issues “ Should ideology be the foundation of identity”?
“Is resistance to liberalism justified”?
“To what extent are the values of liberalism viable”?
“Should my actions as a citizen be shaped by an Ideology”?

6. Chapter Issues Each Chapter is based around a single issue.
Being able to answer this question will help you to understand the material and answer the related questions

7. Questions for Inquiry Each chapter has several questions for inquiry.
Answering these questions will help you to understand and answer the chapter issue

8. Chapter 1 – Exploring Different Ways of Thinking

9. Chapter 1 - Issues Key Issue
To what extent should we embrace an ideology?
Related Issue
Should ideology be the foundation of identity?

10. On which beliefs and values should my ideology be based?
Chapter 1 - Issues
Chapter Issue
On which beliefs and values should my ideology be based?
Question for Inquiry #2
What are the foundations that form and ideology?
Question for Inquiry #1
What factors influence collective and individual beliefs and values?

11. Issues and Vocab Sheets
The purpose of these pages is to allow you to write down evidence or ideas that relate to the issues.
The expectation is that you are taking notes during class.
The goal is by the end of the semester you will have fantastic study notes

12. Key Skill
Identify the grey area of ideas, assumptions, and perspectives in sources

13. Key Terms and Concepts (Pg 4)
Beliefs
Capitalism
Collectivism
Communism
Ideological Spectrum
Ideology
Individualism
Values
Worldview

14. Ideology (Pg 5)
Ideology – Is a system of thoughts based on beliefs and values
How should the world work?
How should we live together?
Should we care about others in society, how would that look?
What should the future look like?

15. Collective and Individual Beliefs (Pg. 6)
Collectivism – Generally put the needs of the group before the needs of the individual
Individualism – Generally values the individual over the group

16. Do you believe in Collectivism or Individualism?
Take 10 minutes to do the small assessment on Page 7 of your text in order to help you determine your ideology.
Do not write in the books.
Calculate how many C’s I’s and ?’s you have a record the marks on a piece of paper

17. Collectivists ?
Individualists

18. Collectivism
If you have more C’s, you tend to have beliefs that are focused on group happiness

19. Individualism
If you scored more I’s than any other response, you tend to be more concerned with individual happiness

20. Grey Area If you had several ?’s this means you have found grey area
You may choose different answers depending on the situation

21. The Grey Area (pg 8)
Controversial Issues that often have no easy solutions
When people do not see the grey area in an issue conflict results

22. The Grey Area
What are some issues that have a lot of grey area?

23. The Grey Area Abortion Capital Punishment War Affirmative Action
The Environment
Oil Developments
Religion

24. Video

25. Video Questions What was the issue in the video?
Are their two sides to this debate?
Are they represented in the video?
Is there grey area in this debate?

26. Factors that Influence Beliefs and Values (Pg 10)
There are many factors that can influence your beliefs and Values
Gender
Religion/Spirituality
Culture
Family
History
Language
Media
Ideology
Relationships with others

27. Culture (Pg 11)
Culture is a set of beliefs , customs, practices and social behaviors.
These shared cultural experiences can have a profound influence on ideology.

28. What are some specific ways culture can influence ideology?

29. Language (pg 12)
Like culture, language can influence ideology because of shared experiences that often unite people of the same language group

30. What are some specific ways language can influence ideology?

31. Religion and Spirituality (Pg 14)
Religion is a set of formalized beliefs and practices honored by followers of that religion.
Spirituality is not as formalized but involves following a set of personal guidelines in matters of religious and sacred issues.

32. Video about beliefs and actions

33. What are some specific ways religion and spirituality can influence ideology?

34. Environment and Relationship to Land (Pg 15)
People who have lived in an area for a long period of time may have a relationship to the land that is very strong.
Farmers, colonists and Aboriginal groups are among people who often show this strong relationship.

35. Aboriginal Beliefs and the Environment (Pg 15)
Aboriginal groups have such a strong relationship to their land that it shapes their entire worldview. A worldview is a way of seeing the world
Aboriginal groups see all living things, including the land, as interconnected relationships that cannot be separated.
They see themselves as stewards of the land and do not value the corporate standpoint.
Eg. Laws of Sacred life, Laws of Nature, Laws of Mutual Support

36. Video

37. What are some specific ways environment and land can influence ideology?

38. Gender (Pg 16)
Each gender shares common experiences that those from other genders do not normally face.
These common experiences can shape ideology

39. Gender (Pg 16) Gender roles can influence ideology
Culture can influence gender roles
Past inequalities can influence future ideology

40. What are some specific ways gender can influence ideology?

41. Media (Pg 17) We can look at two different kinds of media
News media
Advertising Media
Media is incredibly effective in shaping wants and desires which in turn shape beliefs and values and eventually ideology

42. Video
TV Influence Video

43. What are some specific ways media can influence ideology?

44. Objectivity in the Media (Pg 18)
Can there be any objectivity in the media?
Do certain newspapers promote certain agendas?
Do certain newscasters promote certain ideologies?
Are there biases in the media?
If so, can it be stopped, or at least minimized?

45. Ideology (Pg 19)
New ideas, discoveries and ways of looking at the world can change ideology
Formation of political parties can influence individual ideologies

46. People who have changed ideology
Charles Darwin – Theory of evolution
David Suzuki – Environmentalist
Margret Thatcher – Former British Prime Minster
Mahatma Gandhi – Humanitarian

47. The Famous Five (Pg 19)
A group of five Canadian women that challenged conventional voting laws and won the right for women to vote
Women were also recognized as persons under the law

48. What are some specific ways ideology can influence ideology?

49. Video
Factors that influence beliefs

50. Balancing Beliefs and Values (Pg 23)
Personal beliefs can complement or contend with other beliefs, friends, family and others in society
The question of “who am I, and what do I value?” is complex.
You often have to balance many values and beliefs to come up with your own personal set of ideas on how the world should be.

51. Summary of Collective and Individual Beliefs and Values (Pg 24)
Collective and individual beliefs are shaped by many factors
Sometimes beliefs favor collectivism sometime individualism
People will form individual beliefs and values that shape their identity
These beliefs and values are the basis for ideologies

52. Your Task
Individually for the next 5 minutes make notes on your issues sheets for
Inquiry Question#1 – What factors influence collective and individual beliefs and values
After 5 minutes I will assign you to a partner and you will share your answers. Feel free to write your partners answer on your sheet if you like.

53. Understanding Ideologies (Pg 25)
Question for Inquiry #2
What are the foundations that form an ideology?
This is the question you should be able to answer at the end of this lesson.

54. Understanding Ideologies (Pg 25)
The formation of an ideology involves the creation of new ideas
Feminism
Communism
Environmentalism
Each start with a small group of people that have common beliefs and values that they share with others.

55. Themes of Ideology (Pg 26)
Themes of ideology are the foundations for which people base their beliefs and values on
Some include
Nation
Religion
Class
Relationship to land and the environment

56. Nation (Pg 26)
A nation may be a recognized country like Canada, or it can be a group of people who share a common history, language custom, heroes such as Métis and Quebecois.

57. Nation (Pg 26)
The Quebecois are recognized in this country as a nation within Canada
Aboriginal groups are looking for similar recognition and privileges as well as others

58. Religion (Pg 27) Religion is a key theme in ideologies
Religions have moral codes that dictate what is right and wrong
Many people and states follow these codes in some way, shape or form.
Often the ideas of religion lead to war even though most religions do not promote war.

59. Class (Pg 27)
In our society often based on occupations and the amount of money we make.
Social classes such as upper, middle, lower, are often used.

60. Relationship to the land and Environment (Pg 27)
Western people have generally looked at resources and land as a means to make a living, as something to exploited. Advancement and Technology is praised.
Others, including Aboriginal groups, look at the land as a resources to sustain the group. A resource to be protected and shared. Technology is not usually looked at as positive

61. Characteristics of Ideology (Pg 28)
Characteristics are distinguishing features that separate one ideology from another
Examples include
Interpretations of History
Beliefs of Human Nature
Beliefs of Society
Visions of the Future

62. Interpretation of History (Pg 28)
No two people tell a story the exact same way. Sometimes the accounts are very different. This is true of history.
People who share an ideology tend to have a similar view of history. People with different Ideologies tend to different on the details of history.

63. Interpretation of History (pg 28)
Do you think that English and French Canadians have the same story to tell of Canadian History?
Do you think we are better off than we were 100 years ago? 50 years Ago? 10 years ago? Does it depend on who you ask?

64. Beliefs About Human Nature (Pg 28)
History is full of stories about extreme humanity and brutality.
Most people live between the extremes but those who have been exposed to either humanity or brutality may view the world differently.

65. Beliefs about Human Nature (Pg 30)
“It is silly to go on pretending that that under the skin we are all brothers. The truth is most likely that under the skin we are all cannibals, assassins, traitors, liars and hypocrites.”
Henry Miller (American Writer )
“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty”
Mahatma Gandhi (Spiritual & Political leader, and Humanitarian (1869 – 1948)

66. Beliefs about Human Nature (Pg 30)
How does beliefs on human nature influence ideology?

67. Influential Philosophers (Pg 30)
Thomas Hobbes (1588 – 1679)

68. Influential Philosophers (Pg 30)
John Locke (1632 – 1704)
Warning – Very bad language, if you need to leave please let me know now. (The D word and the F word Twice)

69. Influential Philosophers (Pg 30)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau ( )
“Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains” (1762)

70. Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
Private property and ownership led to corruption
People lost their compassion for one another and based their happiness on the opinions of others
He wanted to strip humanity of society and bring them back to what made them equal and good
The will of the people was absolute authority
However he did not want representative assemblies, he wanted direct law making by the citizens

71. Beliefs about Society (Pg 32)
What are your beliefs on society?
Are the based on peace and goodwill or tyranny and fear
Do you believe in collectivism or individualism

72. Beliefs about Society (Pg 32)
Should there be no smoking by-laws?
Should there be free health care?
Should we help fund a new hockey arena?
Is the amount of money you make, the car you drive, the home you live in, they toys you play with important to you?
Can you drive a Ferrari through a poor neighborhood and still feel good about yourself?

73. Beliefs about Structures of Society (Pg 34)
Society can said to have three main parts
Economic Structures
Political Structures
Informal Social Structures
The way these structures look depend on the values and beliefs of the people in that society, and can change over time.

74. Informal Social Structures (Pg 34)
Based on acceptable social behaviors and they way we treat others .
Do we spit on the ground?
Do we belch in restaurants?
Do we take care of elderly and disabled?

75. Economic Structures of Society (Pg 35)
These are the rules about who benefits from the fruits of labour and resources in society?
How much do people get paid, should there be a minimum?
Does the government step in to set wages, prices, hours worked?
Should the market determine the economic flow of land, labour and capital?

76. Two Economic Structures (pg 35)
Communism
Society (through government) is responsible for the well being of its members
Motivated to work hard because the want everyone in society to be provided for
Capitalism
Individuals are responsible for their own well being
People are motivated to work hard to gain money, freedom, happiness.

77. Political Structures of Society (Pg 36)
Sets out the rules that citizens are expected to follow or face consequences.
The rules and consequences vary from one ideology to the next

78. Political Structures of Society (Pg 36)
Should we have the death penalty?
Should Marijuana be illegal?
Should we be able to protest against the government?

79. Political and Economical Spectrum (pg 36)
Maximum Political Freedom for Individual
Democratic
Capitalism
Democratic
Socialism
High Gov’t control
of Economy
High Economic freedom for individual
Communism
Fascism
Maximum Political Control by Government

80. Visions of the Future (Pg 37)
Many ideologies include a vision of what the future will look like
These visions could include
Equality
Freedoms of many kinds
Overthrowing the powers that be

81. Summary of Characteristics of Ideologies (Pg 38)
Ideologies are the system of thought that try to explain who we are and how we should live together
There are several themes to ideologies: nation, religion, class, and relationship to land and environment

82. Summary of Characteristics of Ideologies (Pg 38)
Characteristics of Ideologies include
Interpretations of history
Beliefs about human nature
Beliefs about society
Visions for the future

83. Summary of Characteristics of Ideologies (Pg 38)
The factors, themes and characteristics all mix together to form your personal ideology. As new information and experiences are had personal ideologies expand and change.

84. Your task On your own for 5 minutes add to your issues pages
After 5 minutes you will be put into partners to share ideas
Questions for Inquiry #1 What factors influence collective and individual beliefs and values
Question for inquiry #2 What are the foundations that form an ideology
Chapter Issue – On which beliefs and values should my ideology be based?
Related Issue – Should Ideology be the foundation of identity
Key Issue – To what extent should we embrace an ideology

85. End of Chapter 1