Description
This Grade 10 Civics and Citizenship course explores the rights and responsibilities of active citizenship in a democratic society. Students use political inquiry and the concepts of political thinking to examine governance, rights, civic engagement and ways to create positive change.
What You’ll Learn
- Use political inquiry and the concepts of political thinking to investigate civic issues.
- Understand democratic values and how they connect to civic action.
- Explore Canadian and Indigenous governance systems, treaty relationships and Crown-Indigenous relations.
- Analyze rights and responsibilities in Canadian and global contexts.
- Evaluate traditional and social media for credibility, bias, misinformation and influence.
- Investigate civic engagement, inclusion, service and ways to create positive change.
Skills You’ll Develop
- Political inquiry and evidence evaluation
- Digital and media literacy
- Critical thinking and informed argument
- Discussion, debate and respectful engagement with multiple perspectives
- Civic action planning, collaboration and communication
Learning Outcomes
- Use political inquiry and political thinking to investigate issues, events and developments of civic importance.
- Apply civics-related transferable skills in everyday contexts and identify related career applications.
- Explain democratic beliefs and values and their relationship to civic action.
- Explain roles and responsibilities within Canadian and Indigenous governance systems and treaty relationships.
- Analyze key rights and responsibilities associated with citizenship and how those rights may be protected or infringed.
- Analyze contributions to the common good and the recognition of diverse beliefs, values and perspectives.
- Investigate a civic issue of personal interest and propose and assess methods for creating positive change.
