Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Canadian Charter of Rights and FreedomsLearning Goal:

We are learning to describe the major rights and responsibilities of Canadian citizens

Canadian Charter of Rights and FreedomsGuided Inquiry Questions:

❏What are rights and responsibilities?

❏What does it mean to be a Canadian Citizen?

❏What are the rights and responsibilities of Canadian citizens?

❏What are the rights and responsibilities of Canadian landed immigrants?

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms The Canadian

Charter of Rights and Freedoms was passed in 1982 as the first part of the new Canadian Constitution.

Group Activity - Rights & Responsibilities Cards

- Sort cards into categories

- On the index cards, write more items that would fit in your categories

- How did you determine your categories? What characteristics/attributes did you use to create the categories?

- Share your sorting strategies and categories with the class

Canadian Charter of Rights and FreedomsVideo Viewing - Glorious and Free

Record descriptions of the images you see in the video, phrases from the song lyrics, references to the Canadian Charter of Rights and your thoughts about the intended message of the video.

Video - Post Discussion- Discuss the images you saw in the video

- What are your thoughts about the song lyrics and the Charter Rights?

- Are there connections between your classroom rights, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and the UN Rights of the Child?

- What patterns do you see?

Student Activity (5 mins maximum)

On the maple leaf, write what you appreciate about living in Canada

Consolidate and DebriefReal-life examples of the need for the protection of rights and

freedoms.

❏Have you seen examples in the news of occasions when people’s rights have not been protected?

- Malala Yousafzai (education for girls)

- Iqbal Masih (child labour)

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RESEARCH ON THESE TWO CHILD

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