UNIT CONTENT ASSIGNMENTS

Unit 1: What is Civics? V Nov. 23 (Mariana) 1. Political Compass and

Concepts of Political - Classroom/Online
Thinking Expectations
- Course Outline (post,
no need to go over it
too much)
Nov. 23 - 27 - Install read & write
chrome
- What is civics?
- Political Compass
- Reflective Paragraphs
Reflective Paragraph
(DUE: Friday,
November 27th)
2. Infographic on Canva
- Create your own
political party (DUE:
Wednesday,
December 2nd)

V Nov. 24 (Mariana)
- Political Parties
- National and
provincial party
websites
- Look for
platforms
- Include party
links
- Assignment overview
- Canva Skill lesson
(infographic)
- Adam’s lesson

P Nov. 25/26 (Kirsten)

- Concepts of political
thinking - taking an
event and analyzing
through the difference
lenses
- Political
spectrum/ideologies
- Political philosophies

V Nov. 27 (Kirsten)
- Design your Party -
project check-in Q&A
- Review in-class
material

Unit 2: Civic Awareness V Nov. 30 (Mariana) 1. Opinion paragraph -

- What is civic Which level of
awareness? government impacts
- Levels of government your daily life the
Nov. 30 - Dec 8 - Assignments overview most? (DUE: Monday,
(3 parts - opinion December 7)
paragraph, debate, US a. Follow up with
vs. Canada) a debate

P Dec. 1/2 (Mariana/Kirsten)

- Continue levels of
government
- Branches of
government
- Give time to work on
on opinion paragraph
- Electoral systems

V Dec 3 (Kirsten)
- Indigenous Rights in
Canada
- UNDRIP powerpoint

V Dec. 4 (Kirsten)
- Skill building for having
debates
- Parts of a debate
- Exercise about having
three arguments and a
rebuttal

P Dec. 7/8(Mariana)

Dec 7: 75 minute presentation

on Financial Literacy

- Levels of government
debate
- What is civic
engagement and
social action?
- Examples of civic
engagement
- BLM
- Indigenous
communities
- Primer page of
research project - get
students to explore
issues at home
- Provide a list of
websites to
research the
 issues

Unit 3: Civic Engagement V Dec . 9 1. Research Project on a

and Social Action - Research Project Civic Issue - Oral
overview presentation and Slide
- Issue sign-up Deck (DUE: Thursday
Dec. 9 - 18 sheet & Friday, December
- Charter of Rights and 17/18)
Freedoms a. Use the
- Highlights of concepts of
Charter - political
http://civix.ca/re thinking to
sources/wp- discuss your
content/upload civic issue
s/2018/04/ON- b. Assess NGOs
Secondary- that do work
Handout- around your
7.2.pdf civic issue
- True/False
handout -
http://civix.ca/re
sources/wp-
content/upload
s/2018/09/Activ
ity-3.1-1.pdf
- Quiz -
https://www.go
conqr.com/quiz
/11935424/soci
al-9-the-
charter-of-
rights-and-
freedoms

- UNDRIP

V Dec. 10
- Research skills
- How to
navigate the
websites
- Website
credibility
(selecting and
navigating
websites)
- Citations
- What is a
research
 project?
(Research
project 101)

P Dec. 11/14
- Charter of Rights and
Freedoms
- Politically Active
Musicians and how the
issue they sing about
connects to the charter
- Research project time
(30 minutes)

V Dec. 15
- Slideshows 101
- How to make an
effective slideshow

V Dec. 16
- Presentation skills
- How to have do an
oral presentation

P Dec. 17/18
- Oral presentations of
research project
- Exit ticket or feedback
slip for peers who
have presented