Rights and Responsibility

View and analyze the video then research the following guiding thoughts (these are questions to consider while researching:
What are your rights and responsibility as a Canadian Citizen?
How are they related?
Why are they important for all Canadians.
How do these rights and responsibility effect your daily lives?
How might these rights and responsibility be related to the three levels of government?

Helpful Links
Government of Canada
Canadian Charter

Municipal Level of Government

Describe a Municipal level of government.  Research and comment on the following for Municipal level of government.

·       Significant building and political figures within that level of government

·      Who gets elected into that level of government

·      How many are elected into that level of government?  What is there official title?

·      What are they roles and responsibility

·      Who elects them into power and who do they work for?

    Remember to agree, disagree and extend on each others thinking.  You do not have to answer all questions in one post.

     City of Toronto Park
     Cedarvale Park
     Cedarvale Park 

Provincial Level of Government

Describe a Provincial level of government.  Research and comment on the following for the Provincial level of government.

·       Significant building and political figures within that level of government

·      Who gets elected into that level of government

·      How many are elected into that level of government?  What is there official title?

·      What are they roles and responsibility

·      Who elects them into power and who do they work for?

 Remember to agree, disagree and extend on each others thinking.  You do not have to answer all questions in one post.  

Federal Level of Government

Describe the Federal level of government.  Research and comment on the following for the Federal level of government.

·       Significant building and political figures within that level of government

·      Who gets elected into that level of government

·      How many are elected into that level of government?  What is there official title?

·      What are they roles and responsibility

·      Who elects them into power and who do they work for?

 Remember to agree, disagree and extend on each others thinking.  You do not have to answer all questions in one post.  

Grade 5

Who does what within our Canadian government system?  Why would that level of government be responsibly it?.  Within the comment section discuss the following question and give an example. 

Purpose of the blog:

The purpose of the Social Studies blog is to engage students in ongoing discussions related to identifying current national and international issues that concerns Canada, and the world.  Analyze the natural environment and it impacts/shape a civilization.