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The Justice System and Me

Prepare a summary of how the justice system helps protect citizen’s rights, supported with local and current examples, and draw attention to situations where help would be beneficial.


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Specific Outcomes

This critical challenge may address these outcomes:

Specific Outcome 6.1.1.1 - Students will recognize and respect the democratic rights of all citizens in Canada (C, I)
Specific Outcome 6.1.2.4 - How does Canada’s justice system help protect your democratic and constitutional rights? (C, PADM)
Specific Outcome 6.S.1.4 - Students will generate original ideas and strategies in individual and group activities
Specific Outcome 6.S.1.5 - Students will seek responses to inquiries from various authorities through electronic media
Specific Outcome 6.S.4.1 - Students will propose and apply new ideas, strategies and options, supported with facts and reasons, to contribute to decision making and problem solving
Specific Outcome 6.S.4.2 - Students will consider multiple perspectives when dealing with issues, decision making and problem solving
Specific Outcome 6.S.4.3 - Students will collaborate with others to devise strategies for dealing with problems and issues
Specific Outcome 6.S.4.4 - Students will select and use technology to assist in problem solving
Specific Outcome 6.S.4.7 - Students will use graphic organizers, such as mind mapping/webbing, flow charting and outlining, to present connections among ideas and information in a problem-solving environment
Specific Outcome 6.S.4.8 - Students will solve issue-related problems, using such communication tools as a word processor or e‑mail to involve others in the process
Specific Outcome 6.S.4.9 - Students will generate alternative solutions to problems by using technology to facilitate the process
Specific Outcome 6.S.5.2 - Students will work collaboratively with others to achieve a common goal
Specific Outcome 6.S.5.3 - Students will record group brainstorming, planning and sharing of ideas by using technology
Specific Outcome 6.S.5.4 - Students will extend the scope of a project beyond classroom collaboration by using communication technologies, such as the telephone and e-mail
Specific Outcome 6.S.6.1 - Students will demonstrate commitment to the well-being of their community by drawing attention to situations of injustice where action is needed
Specific Outcome 6.S.7.9 - Students will organize information, using such tools as a database, spreadsheet or electronic webbing
Specific Outcome 6.S.8.7 - Students will communicate effectively through appropriate forms, such as speeches, reports and multimedia presentations, applying information technologies that serve particular audiences and purposes
Specific Outcome 6.S.9.1 - Students will detect bias present in the media
Specific Outcome 6.S.9.2 - Students will examine and assess diverse perspectives regarding an issue presented in the media
Specific Outcome 6.S.9.3 - Students will analyze significant current affairs
C Citizenship
ER Economics and Resources
CC Culture and Community
I Identity
LPP The Land: Places and People
GC Global Connections
TCC Time, Continuity and Change
PADM Power, Authority, and Decision Making
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