Life 11 

Overall Expectations: 

Learners will reflect on their emerging sense of self. 

Specific Expectations: 

Investigate personal interests, gifts, strengths, and skills  

Question how personal, community, and societal values shape identity 

Investigate relationships with self, family, community, and environment 

Analyse the influence of personal interests, gifts, strengths, skills, and values on career interests 

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Overall Expectations: 

Learners will evaluate strategies used to navigate changing life circumstances in healthy ways. 

Specific Expectations: 

Investigate the types of transitions and changes that occur in life and careers  

Compare ways to support mental health in times of change 

Analyse how protective factors work in response to changing life circumstances 

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Overall Expectations: 

Learners will analyse the relationships between protective factors and the social determinants of health. 

Specific Expectations: 

Analyse the impact that career and education planning has on future employment 

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Overall Expectations: 

Learners will analyse skills and health behaviours that contribute to work and personal lives. 

Specific Expectations: 

Investigate how time management contributes to a sense of well-being  

Compare healthy ways to cope with emotions 

Investigate ways to cultivate healthy relationships in work and life 

Investigate strategies that support the achievement of personal and career goals 

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Overall Expectations: 

Learners will evaluate the transferability of skills for life and work. 

Specific Expectations: 

Analyse how to identify and use accurate and reliable sources of information to make informed decisions 

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Overall Expectations: 

Learners will evaluate methods used to protect the rights of self and others. 

Specific Expectations: 

Investigate laws and policies that support rights 

Investigate the role of negotiation and refusal skills in protecting the rights of self and others 

Compare methods youth can use to effectively advocate for an issue of importance 

Analyse skills needed for effective engagement in protecting rights 

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Overall Expectations: 

Learners will implement a response that addresses a community issue related to the social determinants of health. 

Specific Expectations: 

Select an issue that impacts the local community  

Investigate how personal skills can be developed through the implementation of a response 

Plan an advocacy action to address a local issue 

Evaluate how the advocacy action works to address the community issue 

Reflect on how the implementation of a response influences the understanding of an issue 

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