PA+8.1

=Power and Authority= ====**Outcome PA 8.1 - //C//**//**ontemplate the implications of Canadian citizenship on the life of Canadians.** // ==== ====The Big Idea: Students need to understand our system of government and their relationship to it. What rights and the corresponding responsibilities do we have as Canadian citizens?====

__**Ideas for the Classroom:** __ Human rights is developing citizenship materials right now, but these have not been completed yet.

Links to Outcome IN 8.2 d, e

What rights and the corresponding responsibilities do we have as Canadian citizens?

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b. Analyze the contribution of two historical events in the evolution of Canadian citizenship to the nature of citizenship in Canada today (e.g., Elections Act, 1900; “blue bird” nurses in WWI obtain the vote in the 1917 federal election; Canadian women obtain the right to sit in the House of Commons, 1919; the contribution of the Famous Five; Federal Elections Act, 1920; Saskatchewan Bill of Rights, 1947; Canadian Bill of Rights, 1960; the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in Canada, 1982). ======

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c. Investigate the effects of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms on individuals and groups (e.g., language rights; right to reasonable access to justice in trials; same sex marriage; civil protections). ======

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Explore the differences between rights for Metis and Aboriginal people

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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">THIS IS AN ESSENTIAL INDICATOR: What rights and corresponding responsibilities do we have as Canadian citizens?

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Some Ideas: for your classroom: //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">1. Use a Frayer Model for terms, definitions and recording information. // //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">2. RAN Charts (reading and analyzing non-fiction) as an alterative organizer to the KWLS. // //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">3. Venn Diagrams are very useful for comparing and contrasting information. //