Constitutional rights. Civic responsibilities.
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Who is this for?
This course was designed by subject-matter experts to fulfill the requirements of:
- Ontario’s Grade 10 Civics (CHV20)
- Alberta’s Grade 9 Social Studies (9.1 Governance and Rights)
- British Columbia’s Grade 10 Social Studies (government First people’s governance, political institution, and ideologies unit)
- Manitoba’s Grade 9 Social Studies (Cluster 2: Democracy and Governance)
- And more!
Course details:
The entire course has 24 lessons. Each lesson contains either a short reading or short video that can be assigned as homework ahead of the class. The course is three units with an optional capstone “Changemakers” project provided at the end.
- LESSON 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE
- LESSON 2: WHAT IS A CITIZEN?
- LESSON 3: WHAT IS CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY?
- LESSON 4: THE “CANADIAN EXPERIMENT”
- LESSON 5: PARLIAMENT I (HOUSE OF COMMONS & SENATE)
- LESSON 6: PARLIAMENT II (“HOW A BILL BECOMES A LAW”)
- LESSON 7: FEDERALISM I (FEDERAL POWERS)
- LESSON 8: FEDERALISM II (PROVINCIAL POWERS)
The Google Drive attached contains eight lessons covering topics including:
- LESSON 9: THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- LESSON 10: POLITICAL PARTIES
- LESSON 11: MUNICIPALITIES
- LESSON 12: INDIGENOUS GOVERNANCE
- LESSON 13: FREEDOM OF RELIGION
- LESSON 14: FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
- LESSON 15: FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY & ASSOCIATION
- LESSON 16: DEMOCRATIC & MOBILITY RIGHTS
- LESSON 17: RIGHT TO “LIFE, LIBERTY, & SECURITY OF THE PERSON”
- LESSON 18: LEGAL RIGHTS (I.T.P.)
- LESSON 19: EQUALITY RIGHTS
- LESSON 20: REASONABLE LIMITS & NOTWITHSTANDING CLAUSE
- LESSON 21: LANGUAGE & EDUCATION RIGHTS
- LESSON 22: PROPERTY RIGHTS
- LESSON 23: INDIGENOUS AND TREATY RIGHTS
- LESSON 24: INTRODUCTION TO “CHANGEMAKERS” PROJECT
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