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Description

Students express their opinion about some rules that are relevant to their everyday lives. The rules are introduced by short stories. This learning experience includes an optional pre-workshop activity, and an optional follow-up activity. In the pre-workshop activity, students are introduced to the role of rules in their lives. In the follow-up activity, students develop their argumentative skills creatively while they reinforce their knowledge about workshop topics.

Educational Objectives

After participating in these activities, students will be able to:

• identify and understand some legal rules that affect they everyday lives,

• decide what they think about these rules,

• express their opinion.

Suggested duration

1 to 4 periods

Subjects and subject-specific competencies

English Language Arts

• Competency 1 - Uses language/talk to communicate and learn

• Competency 3 - Produces text for personal and social reasons

Culture and Citizenship in Québec

The suggested levels for this learning experience vary according to the chosen debate topics.

Secondary I

Compulsory specific concepts [Normal, noir]: Public space and private space.

Secondary II

Compulsory specific concepts [Normal, noir]: Freedom of choice, Intimate relationships during adolescence, Non-consensual sharing of intimate images, Freedom of expression, Breaches and sanctions.

Secondary IV

Cultural realities and compulsory main concepts: Justice and the law - Injustice and Legal and judicial institutions.

Compulsory specific concepts: Caring and hostility online, Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Criminal law, Non-consensual sharing of intimate images, End-of-life rights.

Secondary V

Cultural realities and compulsory main concepts: Social groups and power relations - Social inequalities.

Compulsory specific concepts: Social inequalities.

Competency 2: Reflects on ethical questions:

• Engages in dialogue:

  • Takes into account points of view, feelings and experiences of others.

  • Uses methods to support own ideas.

Broad areas of learning

• Citizenship and Community Life:

  • Promotion of the rules of social conduct and democratic institutions

  • Adoption of a culture of peace

• Career Planning and Entrepreneurship:

  • Familiarity with the world of work, social roles, and occupations and trades.

Cross-curicular competencies

• Using information:

  • Putting information to use

• Solving problems:

  • Analyzing the components of a problem

• Exercising critical judgment:

  • Forming and expressing an opinion while understanding the opinions of others

Resources

• Tel-jeunes

• Justice Pro Bono Legal clinics

• Nunavik Community Justice Center

• Makivvik Justice Program Culturally

• Centre d’aide aux victimes d’actes criminels de Nunavik (CAVAC) (Sapummijiit)

• Nunavimmi Ilagiit Papatauvinga

Skills

• Competency 1 - Uses language/talk to communicate and learn 

• Competency 3 - Produces text for personal and social reasons