Outcome Chart - Nova Scotia - Global Politics 12/Advanced Global Politics 12

Overall Expectations

Students will:

• critically investigate contemporary global political issues
• explore and engage in an issue relating to active citizenship

Specific Expectations

Students will:

• explore the electoral systems and processes for the Canadian federal, provincial, territorial, First Nations, and municipal governments (political parties/ideologies)
• examine/analyze the changing role of media/technology on global politics

Lessons that meet Grade 12 expectations

• Beyond Media Messages: Media Portrayal of Global Development
• Bias in News Sources
• Crime in the News
• Diversity and Media Ownership
• Making Media for Democratic Citizenship
• Suffragettes and Iron Ladies
• The Citizen Reporter
• The Front Page