Related Issue Two (20-1)
To what extent should national interest be pursued?
General Outcome
Students will assess impacts of nationalism, ultranationalism and the pursuit of national interest.
Specific Outcomes: Values and Attitudes
Students will:
2.1 - appreciate that nations and states pursue national interest
2.2 - appreciate that the pursuit of national interest has positive and negative consequences
2.3 - appreciate multiple perspectives related to the pursuit of national interest
Specific Outcomes: Knowledge and Understanding
Students will:
2.4 - explore the relationship between nationalism and the pursuit of national interest
2.5 - analyze how the pursuit of national interest shapes foreign policy (First World War peace settlements, the interwar period)
2.6 - analyze the relationship between nationalism and ultranationalism
2.7 - analyze nationalism and ultranationalism during times of conflict (causes of the First and Second World Wars, examples of nationalism and ultranationalism from the First and Second World Wars, ultranationalism in Japan, internments in Canada, conscription crises)
2.8 - analyze ultranationalism as a cause of genocide (the Holocaust, 1932-1933 famine in Ukraine, contemporary examples)
2.9 - analyze impacts of the pursuit of national self-determination (successor states; decolonization; Québecois nationalism and sovereignty movement; First Nations, Métis and Inuit self-government; contemporary examples)
Students will assess impacts of nationalism, ultranationalism and the pursuit of national interest.
Specific Outcomes: Values and Attitudes
Students will:
2.1 - appreciate that nations and states pursue national interest
2.2 - appreciate that the pursuit of national interest has positive and negative consequences
2.3 - appreciate multiple perspectives related to the pursuit of national interest
Specific Outcomes: Knowledge and Understanding
Students will:
2.4 - explore the relationship between nationalism and the pursuit of national interest
2.5 - analyze how the pursuit of national interest shapes foreign policy (First World War peace settlements, the interwar period)
2.6 - analyze the relationship between nationalism and ultranationalism
2.7 - analyze nationalism and ultranationalism during times of conflict (causes of the First and Second World Wars, examples of nationalism and ultranationalism from the First and Second World Wars, ultranationalism in Japan, internments in Canada, conscription crises)
2.8 - analyze ultranationalism as a cause of genocide (the Holocaust, 1932-1933 famine in Ukraine, contemporary examples)
2.9 - analyze impacts of the pursuit of national self-determination (successor states; decolonization; Québecois nationalism and sovereignty movement; First Nations, Métis and Inuit self-government; contemporary examples)