Unit 1: Democracy: Issues & Ideas
Exercise 1: The River Simulation - An Exercise Examining the Origins of Government and Conflict Resolution
•Development of Neolithic Societies
Exercise 2: Leadership Styles
•Ex.4 The Outer Space Experience
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•Leadership Styles
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Exercise 3: Power and Leadership in Different Types of Government
•Cartoonography
•Technology
Exercise 4: Evolution of Democracy
•Pericles Funeral Oration
•Magna Carta
•John Locke- "Concerning Civil Government"
• The American Constitution, Bill of Rights
•Mahatma Gandhi
•United Nations Declaration of Human Rights
Exercise 5: Degrees of Democracy
•5th Century Athens
•Iroquois Confederacy
•Libyan Constitution
•Libyan Human Rights Practices, US State Dept., 1996
•Swiss Parliament
•Governance Model for Ontario Schools
Exercise 6: Broadening the Definition of Democracy
•Rationale for Mind Maps
•Concept Maps
Exercise 7: Rights and Responsibilities in a Democracy
•SchoolNet Case Studies
•Ontario Human Rights Commission
Exercise 8: Conflict Resolution
Exercise 9: The Town Council Simulation
Exercise 10: Fundamentals of Democracy
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Unit 2: Democracy: The Canadian Context
Exercise 1: Canadian Conundrum - Confederation in 1867
•Constitution Act, 1867
•Sections 91 & 92, Constitution Act, 1867
•Venn Diagram: Federal & Provincial Powers
•Constitutional Dates in Canadian History
•Map of North America, 1815
•WH Pugsley Historical Map Collection
•McGill Digital Collection
•Territorial Evolution of Canada
•National Atlas of Canada
•Charlottetown Accord, Speech by George Brown
Exercise 2: Overview of Government: Federal, Provincial & Local
•Diagrams of Federal Government
•Ontario Provincial Government Diagram
•Diagram of government of City of Toronto
•CBC News for Political Figures
Exercise 3: Federal Government: Legislative Branch, House of Commons Simulation
•Canada's School Net
Exercise 4: Federal Government - Legislative Branch: MPs, Balancing Interests and Questions of Accountability
•B.C.'s Referendum Act
•List of MPs
•CBC News in Review Notebook
Exercise 5: Public Agencies Assignment
•United Way list of Social Agencies
Exercise 6: Information and Informed Citizenship: A Newspaper Exercise
•AJR Newslink: Hundreds of Canadian Newspapers
Exercise 7: Freedom of Information and the Right to Privacy
•Privacy Issues
•Media Awareness Network
Exercise 8: Political Spectrum, Political Parties and Points of View Assignment
•Canadian Political Parties
Exercise 9: Elections
•The Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
•Administration and Cost of Elections Project
•Elections Canada
Exercise 10: Unit Test
Exercise 11: The Future of Canadian Federalism: Two Case Studies - Charlottetown Accord & Aboriginal Self-Government
•Charlottetown & Canadian Constitution
•Info on Aboriginal Self-Government
•Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
Exercise 12: Judicial Branch
•Structure of Canadian judicial system
•Overview of Justice System
Exercise 13: Safeguarding the Rights of the Accused
•Case Studies that raise Charter Rights
•Supreme Court of Canada Court Decisions
•Ontario Human Rights Commission: Case Studies
•Charter of Rights & Freedoms Primer
Exercise 14: Legal Issues and Action Plans Assignment
• Web Networks
•Associations Canada.Com - Listing of Associations and Businesses
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Unit 3: Democracy: Global Perspectives
Exercise 1: Origins of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
•Declaration
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