Grade 12 · Alberta
Social 30-1: perspectives on ideology
All four related issues in Alberta Social Studies 30-1, plus a history unit on communism, fascism and the Cold War. Each has its own concepts page, practice questions and quizzes — or mix them all together for exam prep.
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Unit 1
Related Issue 1: Ideology and identity
What an ideology actually is, and how individualism and collectivism pull in different directions.
Unit 2
Related Issue 2: Resistance to liberalism
Where classical liberalism came from, who pushed back against it, and how it turned into modern liberalism.
Unit 3
Related Issue 3: The viability of liberalism
When liberal democracies limit rights — internment, emergency powers, the notwithstanding clause — and whether liberalism holds up.
Unit 4
Communism, fascism and the Cold War
The 20th-century ideologies that rejected liberalism outright, and the Cold War rivalry that shaped the world after 1945.
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Build a random quiz drawn from all 94 questions across every unit, at the level you choose. It is the closest thing here to a real exam.
About this course
Social Studies 30-1 asks one big question — to what extent should we embrace an ideology? — through four related issues. All four are here. The communism, fascism and Cold War unit goes deeper on the 20th-century history that Related Issues 2 and 3 draw on for examples.