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Local Government Makeover

Identify the three most significant changes an urban municipality would have to make to its government to become a provincial government.


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Specific Outcomes

This critical challenge may address these outcomes:

Specific Outcome 6.1.4.1 - How are representatives chosen to form a local government (i.e., electoral process)? (PADM)
Specific Outcome 6.1.4.2 - What are the responsibilities of local governments (i.e., bylaws, taxes, services)? (PADM)
Specific Outcome 6.1.4.3 - How are local governments structured differently in rural and urban settings? (PADM)
Specific Outcome 6.1.5.1 - How is the provincial government structured? (PADM)
Specific Outcome 6.1.5.2 - What is the role and status of the Lieutenant Governor within the provincial government? (GC, PADM)
Specific Outcome 6.1.5.3 - What are the responsibilities of the provincial government (i.e., laws, taxes, services)? (PADM)
Specific Outcome 6.1.5.4 - How are representatives chosen at the provincial level of government (i.e., electoral process)? (PADM)
Specific Outcome 6.S.1.2 - Students will critically evaluate ideas, information and positions
Specific Outcome 6.S.1.4 - Students will generate original ideas and strategies in individual and group activities
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.7.3 - Students will use graphs, tables, charts and Venn diagrams to interpret information
Specific Outcome 6.S.7.4 - Students will draw and support conclusions based on information gathered to answer a research question
Specific Outcome 6.S.8.1 - Students will express opinions and present perspectives and information in a variety of forms such as oral or written presentations, speeches or debates
Specific Outcome 6.S.8.2 - Students will express reasons for their ideas and opinions, in oral or written form
Specific Outcome 6.S.8.5 - Students will listen to others to understand their perspectives
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
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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