Where Do You Stand?

Unit 1 - Open Your Eyes

Zoom Meetings
As part of the office hours, I will have an introductory
lesson for each major activity

● Participate live through Zoom

○ Explore content
○ Go over assignment expectations and rubric
○ Question and answer
● Will be recorded and accessed later in “contents”
Zoom Meetings
These lessons are BASIC INTRODUCTIONS

Does not cover all the content

You still need to read through all the content and

instructions to be successful in the course
Go through ALL Activities
You should be going through all activities and content

Only hand in the assignments that are listed in the

outline (10 assignments)
ePortfolio
You will be asked to make reflections and create a portfolio of work.

You can save this in Google Drive or on your computer.

Although it will not be marked, you will need to refer to these works in
your culminating project.
Voting in Canada

Why do you think this is

happening?
Exploring a Civic Issue
What is the issue represented by
this image?

What might be the different points

of view on this issue?

Why might people hold these

beliefs and values?
For what reasons might someone
want to change the way people
behave about this issue?

What rules or regulations passed

by the government could
influence people’s behaviour
about this issue?
Assignment: What is a Civic Issue
It is important to ask questions that allow you to build an
understanding of the issue.

Answer 5 questions for EACH photo

Assignment: What is a Civic Issue
1. What is the issue represented by these images?
2. What might be some of the different points of view on
this issue?
3. Why might people hold these beliefs and values?
4. For what reasons might someone want to change the
way people behave about this issue?
5. What rules or regulations passed by the government
could influence people’s behaviour about this issue?
Rubric

To access the rubric

- Go to “assignments”
- Click on “activity 1 -
What is a Civic Issue”
- Unhide “rubric”
Caution: Using Google Doc
You can use Google Doc to work on assignments

BUT, you MUST download your entire work as .pdf and

then you can submit into assignments

You CANNOT paste the Google Doc link in a word

document
Submission
● Needs to be in PDF
● Submit in assignments folder under Unit 1
“Activity 1 - What is a Civic Issue”

Due: Monday, July 5

Ultimate Due Date: Tuesday, July 6 @ 11:59 PM