Suggested Activity: Watch the video as a class and discuss key trends. Consider the role that the government plays in determining the energy mix.
BC – Social Studies 10 Alignment Guide
Summary
The Switch Classroom BC Social Studies 10 curriculum alignment guide connects lessons and activities directly to the provincial standards. Each activity is mapped to competencies such as questioning and predicting, processing and analyzing data, planning and conducting, applying and innovating, evaluating, and communicating. This structure helps teachers show alignment while supporting student growth in data literacy and critical thinking.
The guide highlights how Switch Classroom lessons align with both science and social studies content areas. Science topics include energy transfer and conservation, electricity, and environmental impact. Social studies areas include resource development and use, human–environment interactions, and decision-making and public policy.
Featured activities include the Energy Mix video, which introduces trends in global energy and the influence of government policy; the Energy Choices hands-on activity, where students explore the factors that shape decision-making; and the Demand Curve video, which shows how baseline and peak demand affect energy planning. In addition, the Environmental Impacts data set encourages students to analyze and reflect on how energy use affects communities and resources.
The BC Social Studies 10 curriculum alignment guide gives teachers a clear framework to integrate Switch Classroom lessons into required learning outcomes while making complex issues accessible for students.
- Social Studies Big Ideas:
- The development of political institutions is influenced by economic, social, ideological, and geographic factors.
- Worldviews lead to different perspectives and ideas about developments in Canadian Society.
- Social Studies Content: Environmental, political, and economic policies
- Sample topics include environmental issues, including climate change, renewable energy, overconsumption, water quality, food security, and conservation.
Resources
Introduction to Energy Choices
Suggested Activity: Use the hands-on activity to explore factors that influence our energy decisions.
The Demand Curve – Video
Suggested Activity: Assign the video and have students consider the role that baseline and peak energy demand play in making energy decisions.
Introduction to Environmental Impacts
Suggested Activity: Assign the data set and accompanying reflection questions.
The Energy Mix – Video
Suggested Activity: Watch the video as a class and discuss key trends. Consider the role that the government plays in determining the energy mix.
Introduction to Energy Choices
Suggested Activity: Use the hands-on activity to explore factors that influence our energy decisions.
The Demand Curve – Video
Suggested Activity: Assign the video and have students consider the role that baseline and peak energy demand play in making energy decisions.
Introduction to Environmental Impacts
Suggested Activity: Assign the data set and accompanying reflection questions.
Developing Media Literacy - Mini-Unit
Suggested Activity: Introduce students to the fundamentals of media literacy through the lens of researching energy topics.