Strand A: Critical Thinking and Literacy Skills

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Depth

At a glance

Curriculum expectations

A1 — select and organize information about the classical world from a variety of oral, written, and visual primary and secondary sources
A2 — interpret and evaluate information to make inferences about the cultural customs and values of the classical world
A3 — communicate knowledge and understanding of the classical world using a variety of media
A4 — describe how learning about the classical world relates to and enhances their understanding of other cultures and fields of study, the contemporary world, and their own experience

Lessons

Whose account is it?How to weigh what a source says when two accounts of one book differ and a well-known story rests on one author (A1.3, A2.2).

Brief

Strand A of the Classical Civilization course: Critical Thinking and Literacy Skills. The museum maps one lesson, on weighing the accounts of Arabic books about Greek learning. ¹

Sources

Ontario Ministry of Education, The Ontario Curriculum: Classical Studies and International Languages

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islam.museum contributors. “Strand A: Critical Thinking and Literacy Skills”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/course/ca-on-g12-lvv4u-a/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-12.

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