Is Canada a Democracy?
Assignment One: Political Participation - What Kind of Canada do we want?
Reading: pages 59 to 64, Civics Today.
Answer the following questions in one or two sentences:
- What determines whether a person will participate in politics?
- Why don't people vote?
- How can we get more voters out?
Read "In Praise of Another Election."
- What is the main point of Rick Salutin's column?
- What is your reaction to his opinion? Do you agree? disagree? Why?
Assignment Two: Your Political Self - Why don't we vote?
Reading: pages 64 to 67, Civics Today.
Answer questions 1 and 2 (page 66) and question 2 and 3 (page 67).
Assignment Three: Referendums and a New Voting System for Canada
Reading: pages 72 to 77, Civics Today.
Answer questions 1 and 2 (page 75), question 1 (page 76), and question 6 (page 77).
Assignment Four: The Youth Vote
Assignment Five: The Law
Part A: How a Government Bill Becomes Law
Using the information from this government webpage, create a colourful diagram illustrating the steps taken to make a bill (a proposed law) into a law.
Part B: The Judicial System
1) Reading: pages 51 to 55, Civics Today.
Answer questions 1 and 2 on page 55.
2) Reading: pages 29-30, Citizenship Issues and Action.
"Focus on an Issue: Do Schools Balance the Rights and Responsibilities of Students?"
Answer questions 1 to 3, page 30.
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