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Set the Standards
Enforcing bylaws
Share
Provide students with opportunities to
share their opinion statements with a
partner, a small group, their research
groups or the class.
Differentiate
Challenge students to create a list
of examples and non-examples to
reinforce and apply the concepts of
rights and responsibilities. Provide
students with a T-Chart (p. 186) or
have students work in groups and
complete the charts on poster paper.
Create one T-Chart for “rights”
and another for “responsibilities.”
Brainstorm examples of rights and
responsibilities using the following
stems:
• Rights (or responsibilities) are…
• Rights (or responsibilities) are not…
Tell students that local government first tries to focus on encouraging
citizens and residents to follow bylaws. However, bylaw enforcement
is also necessary to protect and maintain public safety, the livability of
the city and community standards. Provide students with Bylaws &
Enforcement (pp. 142-146) and ask them to work with their research
groups to read and discuss the information. Then, have students
individually select one of the scenarios provided and construct an
opinion statement in response to the questions.
Focus on Social Studies
This activity provides the opportunity to connect the concepts
of rights and responsibilities with concepts in the Canadian
Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Use a graphic organizer, such
as a T-Chart (p. 186) or a Mind Map (p. 181), to brainstorm
word associations with the concepts or create a word splash
of the specific rights and freedoms in the Charter. Compare
Charter rights with the rights and responsibilities of citizens
in a city. (For example, students can be encouraged to discuss
how democratic rights ensure that elected representatives, like a
City Council, have the ability to protect the common good of a
community.)
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