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SOCIAL STUDIES 10
March 27-31
- Recalibrating our timelines
- Semester 2 Mid-Semester Report April 25th
- Assignments, Blog Posts
- Canada’s Constitution & Charter of Rights & Freedoms
- Using the links from Moodle “Canada’s Constitution” and “Guide to Canada’s Charter of Rights & Freedoms“, answer the following:
- What is the purpose of Canada’s Constitution?
- What are the key parts of Canada’s Constitution?
- In 1982, an important addition was made to Canada’s Constitution that details how changes can be made; what was the name of this important addition and what was the process it laid out in which changes could be made to the constitution?
- In 1982, another important addition was the Charter of Rights & Freedoms: an important part of the Charter is the Notwithstanding Clause – what does this allow Provincial governments to do?
- Summarize the following parts of the Charter in one or two sentences:
- Guarantee of rights and freedoms – section 1
- Fundamental freedoms – section 2
- Democratic rights – sections 3 to 5
- Mobility rights – section 6
- Legal rights – sections 7 to 14
- Equality rights – section 15
- Official languages of Canada – sections 16 to 22
- Minority language educational rights – section 23
- Homework:
- Assignment: Answer one of the following questions and submit on BLOG (by March 31 – ready for discussion)
- Complete reading by March 31 – Chapter 9, 10, 11, 12
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