• History 12
    • Class Charter and Rules Activity
    • Sept - Historiography, Review of WW1
    • Sept- Treaty of Versailles Simulation
    • Oct - Russian Revolution
    • Oct - Joseph Stalin
    • Nov - 1920s and 1930s USA
    • Apr - 1920s and 1930s - Germany and Italy
    • Nov - World War 2
    • Nov - Propaganda Mini-Unit
    • Dec-Jan - Cold War
    • Jan -China
    • Ongoing - Post-Colonialism, Arab-Israli, Islam, Cold War in Asia
    • FINAL PROJECT INSTEAD OF EXAM
    • Term Paper Info
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  • Law 12
    • Introduction to Law
    • Classifying the Law
    • Government and Statute Law
    • Charter of Rights/Freedoms
    • Comparative Prison Analysis
    • Crime Scenes and Forensics
    • Policing
    • Corruption
    • Body Cameras
    • Famous Criminals
    • Tort Law
    • Family Law
    • Making Murder
    • Homelessness and Addiction
    • Law in the News
    • Final Exam Alternative
    • Law Day at Courthouse
  • History Through Film
    • Blogs
    • Art of Discussion
    • 1900-1919 - WW1
    • 1920s / 1930s
    • Non-Violent Peace Movements
    • Rise of Dictators / Road to War
    • WW2
    • Post - War Era
  • English 11
    • Mini Unit on Morality and Ethics
    • Short Stories
    • Happiness
    • Intolerance and Poetry Thematic Unit
    • Lit Circles
    • Developing our Passions!
    • Instruction Writing + Non Fiction
    • Mini Creative Write
    • Photography / Storytelling Unit
    • Monsters
    • Final Exam Alternative
  • Socials 9
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    • Napoleon - Jan/Feb
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    • First Contact/ Explorers - May/June
    • WW1 - New Curriculum
    • Linear Midterm
    • Final Exam
    • Socials 9 Class Videos
  • SOCIALS 11
    • Feb - Government Structure
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    • Feb/Mar World War 1
    • Apr - 1920s - The Roaring 20s
    • Apr - The Dirty Thirties
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      • WW2 - Lecture/Notes/Vid Approach
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    • Apr - Cold War
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    • Provincial Exam Review
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    • Midterm exam - Linear SS11
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    • Sept-Oct - Creative Writing
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    • Sept- Jan - Movie Studies
    • Nov - Research Project
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    • Dec- Mythology
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    • Racism/Prejudice Thematic Unit
    • Stress Relief
    • Instruction Writing + Non Fiction
    • Sept - Feb - Comm 11/12 Class Videos
  • Social Studies 10
    • Metis Unit - Louis Riel "Freedom Fighter or Terrorist?"
    • Louis Riel Part 2: Return of the Jedi
    • Confederation
    • SS10 Final Exam Materials
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    • Sept - Creative Writing
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  • Inquiry Meeting - Jan 2017
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  • Christmas Assembly
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Mr. Fitton's Website

Constitutional Law - Our Charter of Rights and Freedoms

This unit will explore briefly, how Canada became independent.  We will spend less time looking at this history of Canadian independence and the construction of the constitution (which is covered in Social Studies 11) and more of a look at the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. 

1. We will start with the signing of the Charter of Rights by the Queen and the work backwards, before looking in great detail at the Charter of Rights. 

2. Here is footage of the Constitution and Charter being signed by HRH Queen Elizabeth Windsor
2. We will watch a humorous video on the difference between America and Canada and the length it took each to gain their independence. 

3. We will watch a brief video of Trudeau and his legacy of creating the charter. 
 4. Mr. Fitton distributed a copy of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms to each student. Mr. Fitton will print a sheet for you to take notes on each section of the charter.  (See page two of Document below); you may fill in the notes based on the powerpoint, or based on your research through the textbook or the resources found below courtesy of the legal education society. 
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-You will be able to use this sheet of notes as part of your research for your Charter Project.  
charter_activity.pdf
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5. Charter Scavenger Hunt Activity. Use the scavenger hunt document and read / skim pages 99-121 to fill in the blanks.
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charter_scavenger_hunt_2018_reviseed.doc
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Students may also elect to use sections from this Pdf from the Law Education Society located below. It contains concise descriptions of each section of the charter as well as case studies and examples. When students begin their charter video project, they can use this resource.  This is Mr. Fitton's attempt at using text sets (you can use your textbook, the charter itself, law education society materials, or even youtube videos that you find yourself)
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6. A video that overviews your rights.  Watch Charter of Rights and Freedoms - and also a video with a song (watch from 0:21-03:21)
7. Mr. Fitton showed a few examples of student projects about the charter from other schools. Just to show the variety of ways you can demonstrate your learning on this project. 

Examples of Student Projects to Inspire you as you create your own - final unit project

Your imagination is the limit. Students have created "Draw my Life" style videos; claymation; artistic apps; a combination of their art and video; voiceovers with pictures from internet sources; interviews with actors, your own song. 

Work to teach the class in an engaging way that also satisfies your creative desires or pushes you to try new things. 

Lesson 2 - Debate on the Charter

1. Hook - watch the youtube videos dealing with protests and discuss how it could relate to the charter. 

2. Class discussion of the Raw footage and the Newscasts. Discuss primary vs secondary sources. 
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_G20_Toronto_summit_protests 

3. Students will eventually participate in a "Today's Meet" style debate on the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. They will base their arguments principally on two articles from the globeandmail.com - which each student will have to annotate. Or an article from the Toronto Star. 
4. Students will prepare for the debate/discussion by doing an annotation of one of the articles below. 
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canadian_charter_of_rights_and_freedoms_at_30_|_toronto_star.pdf
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Here are examples of student annotations from the past:

Lesson 3 - Review 

Watch the following film to review the charter and its history. 
2. Students will go to the library round tables. On each table will be a page of the texbook with a Charter Issue Case Study.

3. Students will read the paper at the table and then discuss the charter issue with textbook questions and with self-generated discussion questions.

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P. 99 - R Vs Tessling
P. 105 R Vs Fenton
P. 108 R Vs Sauve
P. 112 R Vs Latchmana
P. 114 R Vs Nguyen
P. 117 Andrews Vs Law Society of BC

​Students will rotate to three of six tables every ten minutes for a discussion. 

Then we will have a debate. See handout below.
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Lesson 4 - Charter Project

Students will have three class days to complete their Charter of Rights and Freedoms Project. In this project, students will get to research a section of the charter and use technology to demonstrate their learning.  See project handout below. 
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Student Examples from Years Past
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2018 Student Examples

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https://dil-sites.weebly.com. (A student created website)

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Final class debate - How Private is Your Garbage ---- P. 126/127 of Textbook! 
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