Examine the role of power and authority in the application of diverse decision-making processes in a variety of contexts.
- Contribute to classroom decision making by using the majority-rule model and the consensus model.
- Formulate contexts in which the majority-rule model and the consensus model would be effective.
Assess the impact of citizens’ willingness and ability to actively engage in the Canadian political processes.
- Describe examples of legislation or policy at a variety of governance levels (federal, provincial, First Nation, or Métis) which were initiated, modified, or rejected as a result of public pressure.
- Articulate the reasons a person would get involved in the Canadian political system and the possible actions which might be taken (e.g., lobby Members of Parliament, hold elected members accountable, work for a political party, be informed).
- Analyse the obstacles to political involvement (e.g., language, culture, disability, socio-economic status, gender, time constraints, apathy).
- Propose avenues for people to individually and collectively influence the Canadian political system (e.g., voting, civil disobedience, participation in political parties, labour organizations, non-governmental organizations).
Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Contemplate the implications of Canadian citizenship on the life of Canadians.
- 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).
- 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).
- Examine the personal implications of the rights and responsibilities of Canadian citizenship.
Investigate the meaning of culture and the origins of Canadian cultural diversity.
- Formulate a definition of culture from responses to the question, “What is culture?” (e.g., A group’s beliefs, norms, institutions, and communication patterns; a learned way of living shared by a group of people).
- Examine the extent to which cultural groups are able to retain their cultural identity in Canada, with reference to elements of culture, including kinship patterns (e.g., how children are perceived, relationship to the aged, family networks, living arrangements, rites of passage), artistic patterns (e.g., self-expression in visual art, music, literature, dance, fashion), religious patterns (e.g., tenets of doctrine, worship habits, place of religion in daily life), education patterns (e.g., methods of passing on the culture, who attends school, who is eligible for higher education), recreational and play patterns (e.g., sports, games, traditions, celebrations).
- Describe the purposes and results of heritage languages and bilingualism policies in Canada and Saskatchewan.
- Identify questions and issues of importance to Francophone people in Canada and Saskatchewan (e.g., linguistic and educational rights, changing demographics), and assess the impact of language and education laws on the Francophone community
- Analyze the impact of language and education laws on minority groups in Canada.
Assess how historical events in Canada have affected the present Canadian identity.
- Compare the perspectives taken in cases of injustice in Canadian history (e.g., the vote for women, vote for Aboriginal peoples, Chinese head tax, internment of Japanese and Ukrainian Canadians, restrictions on immigration of Jews during World War II).
Contemplate the implications of Canadian citizenship on the life of Canadians.
- 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).
- Compare and evaluate the citizenship processes in place for a person born in Canada and a person entering the country (including the citizenship test and the oath of citizenship).
- Examine the personal implications of the rights and responsibilities of Canadian citizenship.
Investigate the meaning of culture and the origins of Canadian cultural diversity.
- Investigate why First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities strive to preserve and revitalize their languages, and determine the consequences of the disappearance of cultures and languages.
Assess how historical events in Canada have affected the present Canadian identity.
- Compare the perspectives taken in cases of injustice in Canadian history (e.g., the vote for women, vote for Aboriginal peoples, Chinese head tax, internment of Japanese and Ukrainian Canadians, restrictions on immigration of Jews during World War II).
Contemplate the implications of Canadian citizenship on the life of Canadians.
- Investigate the provisions of the Indian Act, and its affects on people of Aboriginal ancestry.
Examine the role of power and authority in the application of diverse decision-making processes in a variety of contexts.
- Investigate and describe the consensus decision-making model employed in traditional Aboriginal communities or jurisdictions.
- Describe traditional First Nations, Inuit, and Métis models of governance and selection of leaders.
- Compare the structure of leadership and decision-making process in an Aboriginal community to that of the parliamentary system in Canada.
Describe the influence of the treaty relationship on Canadian identity.
- Describe the influence of varying views of the land in motivating the treaty relationship.
- Explore unfulfilled aspects of Treaty (e.g., education, health care) in Canada.
- Explore the Treaty Land Entitlement process in Canada.
- Relate land claims and fishing and hunting rights to treaty provisions.
- Represent the benefits of the treaties for all Canadians.
Assess how historical events in Canada have affected the present Canadian identity.
- Compare the perspectives taken in cases of injustice in Canadian history (e.g., the vote for women, vote for Aboriginal peoples, Chinese head tax, internment of Japanese and Ukrainian Canadians, restrictions on immigration of Jews during World War II).
Contemplate the implications of Canadian citizenship on the life of Canadians.
- 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).