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I'm Your MLA—Here's My Card!

Design a visual representation, such as a business card, that represents the key duties (roles and responsibilities) of a Member of the Legislative Assembly (either an MLA, a cabinet minister or the Leader of the Opposition) by analyzing the information in the references provided (on MLAs’ business cards and in videotaped interviews with current MLAs).


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Specific Outcomes

This critical challenge may address these outcomes:

Specific Outcome 6.1.1.4 - Students will value citizens' participation in a democratic society (C)
Specific Outcome 6.1.1.5 - Students will value the contributions of elected representatives in the democratic process (PADM)
Specific Outcome 6.1.2.1 - What is democracy (i.e., justice, equity, freedoms, representation)? (C, PADM)
Specific Outcome 6.1.5.1  - How is the provincial government structured? (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 6.1.5.5  - What is the difference between an MLA and a cabinet minister? (PADM)
Specific Outcome 6.1.6.3  - In what ways do elected officials demonstrate their accountability to the electorate (e.g., respond to constituents, participate in local events, represent and express in government meetings the concerns of constituents)? (C, PADM)
Specific Outcome 6.S.1.2  - Students will critically evaluate ideas, information and positions
Specific Outcome 6.S.1.3  - Students will re-evaluate personal opinions to broaden understanding of a topic or an issue
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.4.5 - Students will use data gathered from a variety of electronic sources to address identified problems
Specific Outcome 6.S.4.6 - Students will solve problems requiring the sorting, organizing, classifying and extending of data, using such tools as calculators, spreadsheets, databases or hypertext technology
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.5.3 - Students will record group brainstorming, planning and sharing of ideas, using technology
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.8.6 - Students will organize information gathered from the Internet, or an electronic source, selecting and recording the data in logical files or categories
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.9.4 - Students will identify and distinguish points of view expressed in electronic sources on a particular topic
Specific Outcome 6.S.9.5 - Students will use selected presentation tools to demonstrate connections among various pieces of information
Specific Outcome 6.S.9.6 - Students will recognize that information serves different purposes and that data from electronic sources may need to be verified to determine accuracy or relevance for the purpose used
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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