Unit one -the Meaning of Citizenship .txt

• The study of:
• -public decision are made
• -issues that are important to the public
• -the rights & responsibility of citizens

• Right to leave the country
• Right to health care
• Right to live/work in another province
• Equal treatment
• Freedom of speech
• Etc

Prime Minister: Stephen Harper

Kathleen Wynne

Rob Ford

• This is where the parliament building is located
• Capital of Canada

• The day Canada became an independent nation on July 1st 1867
• Constitution Act 1867

• Municipal
• Provincial
• Federal

• New Dependant Party
• Liberals
• Conservatives
• Green Party
• Bloc Quebec

• Sign a petition
• Create their own party
• Protest
• Vote for another party
• Write letters

• Education
• Health benefits
• Create a safe country
• Access to needs
• Electricity
• Regulated foods
• Public transit
• Roads
• Water

A member of a state or an inhabitant of a city

• Being born in Canada make you a Canadian citizen
• Obeying laws, vote and pay tax
• Caring about issues within or beyond your country
• Devoting your time

A person or a small group

Everyone or majority

Power is given by people or is taken

By voting and majority

Advantages:

• Decisions are made quickly
• More power
• Not everyone has to agree
• Has a plan/agenda
• Tasks get done/goals achieved
• Has a powerful vision of how things should be/end up

• Disadvantages:
• Not everyone will be satisfied
• Voices are not heard
• Unfair
• Conflict occurs between sides
• May not be popular
• Not willing to compromise with group members
• Overlook other people's good ideas or ways of doing things
• Powerful vision may not be shared by all members

Advantages:

• Everyone has a voice
• Majority of people are happy
• All voices count
• Fair for everyone

Disadvantage:

• Minority are not happy
• takes a long time to make decisions
• Conflict occurs between both sides
• Juggles a lot of ideas
• Might not be perfect by instead biased
• Might lose power trying to satisfy everyone

Understands:

• key civics questions
• Knowledge of political participation
• the reasons for democracy
• Different types of citizens
• Different ways to make political decisions

~understands the basics of the political government

Understands:

• The role of the citizen
• The personal values (moral compass)
• Perspectives that help them make decisions
• What type of citizen they are
• Their moral purpose
• Legal responsibilities

~knows what they should do

Uses:

their knowledge, values and perspective to participate actively in the civic affairs of their communities

Knows:

• how to work within the democratic system
• how to influence the public decision making

~does something to make a difference (ex Craig Kielburger)

• "Father" figure
• "All knowing"
• Stubborn
• Gets the job done
• Self confident
• Wields a lot of power

• A good listener
• Fair minded
• Patient and organized
• Easy going
• Applies knowledge effectively
• Concerned about the democratic process/ end result
• Willing to make hard decisions

• Hands off style of leadership
• Leads from a distance
• Extremely laid back
• "What happens, happens"

Advantages:

• Employees may enjoy the freedom
• Workers are given freedom and more independence
• Lessens accountability of the leaders in terms of decisions made

• Disadvantages:
• Lack of direction, guidance may cause frustration
• Less work may get done
• Lack of coordinated efforts (leads to more work or confusion)
• Dangerous legal consequences because of employees actions

• Absolute power may corrupt absolutely
• Can be positive or negative depending on situation
• Old fashioned, archaic
• Very risky (vision and leadership style)

• Very rewarding way to lead
• Contributes to overall feeling of satisfaction
• Am y people are encouraged to contribute to the leader's decisions

• Can be beneficial
• Only good if people working for you are good and working in your best interest

An organized or interdependent community of people who share basic needs and wants

• Ensure safety of the community
• Ensure there is fairness (no discrimination due to race, gender, etc)
• To control citizens

• Hobbes was a famous British philosopher in the 1600s.
• He believed that people were born evil, selfish and will only seek their own interests

• Selfishness leads to war and violence
• They should be taught obedience and enforced by Supreme Court to avoid chaos

• A French philosopher
• He believed humans were born with peace and harmony

Democracy proves a sense of basic equality and fairness

• Th ability to achieve what you want
• To get others to do what you want

• Intelligence
• Persuasion
• Charisma
• Money
• Physical strength
• Attractiveness
• Social status

• Refers to society in where the power of the government comes rom/ depends on the consent of the people
• Citizens have the opportunity to make and inform decisions about leadership, creating government policies and laws

Psychological needs

C) majority

Must respect people's rights

Yes

They get to:

• enjoy their freedom and rights
• Serious responsibilities
• Human dignity
• Respects others
• Open communication

• there are different views of how needs should be met
• It is a natural result of living together
• Positive and negative changes can occur as a result

Democratic decision making

• Everyone is valued equally
• Everyone is entitled to say directly or have a representative
• Everyone's voices are equal
• Power can be removed from government

• 1. Each person has something positive to say, everyone has something positive to gain
• 2. Everyone is accountable for their own actions
• 3. Each person must anticipated in some equal way
• 4. There must be a method
• 5. Decision must be made

• A women from the Famous Five who challenged a case that claimed that women were not "persons" when she was appointed a position in the police magistrate.
• After 13 years, the British Privy court declared that women were indeed person

Discussion and violence

B) vote in an election

False

• The word has a Greek root, demos means people as kratos means power/strength
• Started in Athens around 500 BCE

• Only make citizens were allowed to vote at meetings
• Held throughout the year for taxation, declaring war and spending money

Before Common Era

After Death

• Great Charter
• It was a document that King John had to sign in 1215 England that stated everyone is equal before the law. Everyone must follow the laws. This also made the king responsible for maintaining the legal rights of his subjects.

• Village Council: local matter, stuff that affected village members
• Tribal Council: warfare, trading with other nations that are not part of the Iroquois confederacy
• Great Council: representative from each of the six nations; issues that affected all six nations

Food, water, shelter

Education

Love

Self actualization

• Rule of law: everyone must obey the law
• Human Dignity: democratic citizens should protect and uphold the dignity of others
• Political Equality: everyone has the same right to vote, run for office and speak
• Political Freedoms: in a democracy people can speak freely without being intimidated
• Common Good: citizens must work to a common good, something that will satisfy the majority
• Being Informed and Getting Involved: democratic citizens should communicate openly and participate in issues to shape their community, nation and world
• Personal Freedom: freedom of religion and/or expression
• Respect: democratic citizens should respect the rights of others

Thingswe are morally or legally entitled to have or to do

18th century:

• Equality before the law
• Liberty of person
• Freedom of speech, thought, and religion
• Right to own land

19th century:

• Right to participate in elections
• Right to runs for and hold office
• Right tot vote

20th century:

• Right to a certain standard of economic and social well being
• Right to participate in society

• Canadian Charter of Rights
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• United Nations convention on the Rights of a Child

• A French scholar from the early 1800s that warned about "the tyranny of the majority".
• He wanted to protect and respect the rights of the minority groups

The principle that the opinion of the greater number should prevail

The principle that the rights of the minority must be safeguarded,

• A duty or obligation
• Our responsibilities are often linked to our rights

• Right to drive a car = responsibility to obey traffic laws
• Right to vote = responsibility to express our opinions in an election
• Free Heath care = pay taxes

• The principle that people are governed by the laws and no one is above it
• It protects the rights of all citizens
• Every citizen has the responsibility to obey laws, if not, there are consequences

The citizens and everyone

Housing, proper nutrition and medical treatment

Beyond are reduced criminal rates, better education, increase trade, etc

• Negotiation
• Mediation
• Arbitration

Both parties are involved to discuss problems

A third party helps both parties arrive at a solution to the conflict (medium)

A third party is given the power to decide the outcome

Advantages:

• No one gets hurt
• No violence
• Both sides get a voice
• Does not in love other people

• Disadvantages:
• Hard to not be negative
• May not come to a conclusion
• May take a long time
• Entrenched in ideas, doesn't want to ee another side or switch positions

Advantages:

• Helps solve the problem
• Takes less time

Disadvantages:

One side may feel like the other side is favoured (biased)

Advantages:

• Decisions made quicker
• Third party makes the decision when the two don't come to a conclusion

Disadvantages:

• Someone else solves the problem
• Not every detail was stated or heard

• Rewards.
• Persuasive
• Forceful

The famous five

• An English philosopher at felt the government should protect people's natural rights: life, liberty a d property
• The government's power should be limited

Everyone should be allowed to vote no matter the race, colour or previous condition of servitude

Women in New Zealand were given the right to vote

A non-violent campaign to win India's independence from Britain

The Apartheid is the policy that prevented back South Africans from voting