Grade 9: Cluster 2
Democracy and Governance in Canada
Learning Experience
9.2.1
Peace, Order, and Good Government
9.2.1 ACTIVATING STRATEGIES
No websites recommended
9.2.1 ACQUIRING STRATEGIES
A free resource kit may be ordered from Canadian Heritage at Canadians and Their Government: A Resource Guide:
http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/pec-csp/rsrce-eng.cfm
The Resource Guide is also available on-line:
http://www.pch.gc.ca/special/gouv-gov/index-eng.cfm
A short booklet explaining government in Canada: How Canadians Govern Themselves, is available on-line from the Library of Parliament at:
http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/library/idb/
forsey/index-e.asp
9.2.1 APPLYING STRATEGIES
Government of Canada, Explore the Hill:
http://www.parliamenthill.gc.ca/index-eng.html
CPAC in the Classroom:
http://www.cpac.ca/
Library of Parliament Education:
http://www.parl.gc.ca/common/AboutParl_education.asp?Language=E
(Information sheets, learning activities, teacher and students resources)
About Parliament:
http://www.parl.gc.ca/common/Aboutparl.asp?Language=E
Parliament of Canada, Democracy in Action:
http://www.parl.gc.ca/Publications/Democracy-e.htm
(the Parliamentary process and how a bill becomes a law)
A Week in the House of Commons:
http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/infonotes/weekinhouse/index-e.htm
Education, Making Canada’s Laws:
http://www.parl.gc.ca/Publications/Democracy-e.htm
Maple Leaf Web, Political Cartoons:
http://www.mapleleafweb.com/political-cartoons
Mackay Editorial Cartoons:
http://www.mackaycartoons.net/
About Parliament – Education :
http://www.parl.gc.ca/common/AboutParl_Education.asp?Language=E
Learning Experience
9.2.2
Representing Canadians
9.2.2 ACTIVATING STRATEGIES
Elections Manitoba, Your Power to Choose education program:
http://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/en/Educators/index.html
Elections Canada, Learning Resources, Election Simulation:
http://www.elections.ca/content_youth.asp
?section=yth&dir=res/tea/sim&document=index&lang=e&textonly=false
9.2.2 ACQUIRING STRATEGIES
Parliament of Canada, People:
http://www.parl.gc.ca/common/AboutParl_People.asp?Language=E
(current listings of Senators and Members of Parliament)
Assembly of First Nations:
http://www.afn.ca/
Elections Manitoba:
http://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/en/
(search electoral division and MLA)
Elections Canada
http://www.elections.ca/home.asp?textonly=false
Speaker of the House of Commons:
http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/House/Speaker/index_e.html
Governor General of Canada
http://www.gg.ca/
Elections Canada:
http://www.elections.ca/home.asp?textonly=false
Elections Manitoba:
http://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/en/
Elections Canada, Information on Past Elections:
http://www.elections.ca/intro.asp
?section=pas&document=index&lang=e&textonly=false
2004 Canadian Election Results:
http://www.sfu.ca/~aheard/elections/2004-results.html
Manitoba Legislative Building Tour:
http://www.gov.mb.ca/legtour/
Elections Canada, National Forum on Youth Voting:
http://www.elections.ca/content.asp
?section=med&dir=eveyou/forum&document=index&lang=e&textonly=false
Elections Canada, Young Voters:
http://www.elections.ca/content_youth.asp
?section=yth&document=index&lang=e&textonly=false
Elections Canada Online, Press Release, “Elections Canada Reaches Out to Young Electors from Coast to Coast”:
http://www.elections.ca/content.asp
?section=med&document=feb1104&dir=pre&lang=e&textonly=false
9.2.2 APPLYING STRATEGIES
Elections Manitoba, Your Power to Choose election education program:
http://www.electionsmanitoba.ca/en/Educators/index.html
Elections Canada, Learning Resources, Election Simulation:
http://www.elections.ca/content_youth.asp
?section=yth&dir=res/tea/sim&document=index&lang=e&textonly=false
Maple Leaf Web, Political Cartoons
http://www.mapleleafweb.com/political-cartoons
Mackay Editorial Cartoons:
http://www.mackaycartoons.net/
Elections Canada, A History of the Vote in Canada:
http://www.elections.ca/content.asp
?section=gen&document=index&dir=his&lang=e&textonly=false
Learning Experience
9.2.3
Building a Just Society
9.2.3 ACTIVATING STRATEGIES
The Supreme Court of Canada:
http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/
Supreme Court of Canada, Statue of Justitia:
http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/details/d2-eng.asp
Gallagher Law Library, Themis, Goddess of Justice:
http://lib.law.washington.edu/ref/themis.html
Justice Canada Youth quiz:
http://www.canada.justice.gc.ca/en/quiz/index.html
9.2.3 ACQUIRING STRATEGIES
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Kids’ Stop, Dates in History:
http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ks/4000_e.html
(comprehensive timeline of First Nations history in Canada)
CBC Indepth: Aboriginal Canadians, The First Nations Governance Act:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/aboriginals/indianact.html
(excellent concise history of the Indian Act)
A Brief Introduction to Aboriginal Law in Canada:
http://www.canadalegal.com/gosite.asp?s=1003
Youth Justice Renewal, Youth Justice Legislation – A Chronology:
http://canada.justice.gc.ca/en/ps/yj/information/chronology.html
Sources of Canadian law:
http://canada.justice.gc.ca/en/dept/pub/just/CSJ_page7.html
Canadian Encyclopedia, Civil Law:
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm
?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTJ0001641
Canadian Encyclopedia, Criminal Law: http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm
?PgNm=TCE&Params=J1ARTJ0002022
Canada’s School Net, Law, Frequently Asked Questions:
http://www.law-faqs.org/nat.htm
Students Government of Canada, Youth Justice Renewal:
http://canada.justice.gc.ca/en/ps/yj/index.html
Canada’s Court System:
http://canada.justice.gc.ca/en/dept/pub/trib/index.html
Government of Canada, Youth Justice Renewal:
http://canada.justice.gc.ca/en/ps/yj/index.html
Parental Responsibility Act:
http://www.gov.mb.ca/justice/safe/parental.html
Myths and realities about Youth Justice:
http://canada.justice.gc.ca/en/ps/yj/information/mythreal.html
UN Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Plain Language Version:
http://www.iwgia.org/sw1592.asp
INAC, Treaties with Aboriginal People in Canada:
http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/pr/info/tra_e.html
9.2.3 APPLYING STRATEGIES
Manitoba Courts:
http://www.manitobacourts.mb.ca/attending_courts.html
http://www.communitylegal.mb.ca/programs/speakers-bureau/
Learning Experience
9.2.4
Citizen Participation
9.2.4 ACTIVATING STRATEGIES
No websites recommended
9.2.4 ACQUIRING STRATEGIES
Your Guide to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/pdp-hrp/canada/frdm-eng.cfm
Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Rights and Responsibilities:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/publications/discover/index.asp
9.2.4 APPLYING STRATEGIES
No websites recommended
Learning Experience
9.2.5
Democractic Ideals in Canada
9.2.5 ACTIVATING STRATEGIES
9.2.5 ACQUIRING STRATEGIES
CBC Archives. The Dark Age of Quebec (Padlock Law):
http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-68-109-717/arts_entertainment/refus_global/clip
Canadian Encyclopedia, War Measures Act:
http://www.canadianencyclopedia.ca/index.cfm
?PgNm=TCE&ArticleId=A0008439
9.2.5 APPLYING STRATEGIES
No websites recommended
