Grade 12 World Cultures (HSC4M)

The Ontario Grade 12 course World Cultures, code HSC4M, has four strands: Research and Inquiry Skills, The Concept of Culture, Cultural Expressions and Critical Cultural Issues. The museum maps parts of strands B and C only.

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Strand B: The Concept of Culture

How culture is defined, passed between groups and studied by scholars; the museum maps two lessons (B2.3, B3.1).

  1. Culture on the move How a script, a craft and a way of writing numbers passed from one group to another, and what changed on the way (B2.3). StoryInvention × 2
  2. A scholar's idea of culture: Edward Said What a leading figure in the study of culture argued about how one culture pictures another (B3.1). Scholar

Strand C: Cultural Expressions

Art, belief and the spread of cultural developments; the museum maps three lessons (C1.1, C1.3, C1.4, C2.1, C3.1, C3.2, C3.5).

  1. The art of the letter and of the building How a culture’s writing and architecture relate to its beliefs, its uses and its time and place (C1.1, C2.1). Object × 2
  2. Belief in daily life How religious beliefs touch pilgrimage, food and the way people live with their surroundings (C1.3, C1.4, C3.1). StoryReflection × 2
  3. Gifts that travelled A drink and a decorative art that crossed cultures, and how they were received and changed (C3.2, C3.5). StoryObject

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