New Brunswick - Social Studies 9
Civics
Big Idea: Civic Engagement
Skills Descriptor:
Take age-appropriate actions that demonstrate the rights and responsibilities of citizenship (local, national, and global).
Achievement Indicators:
- Define citizenship, including rights and responsibilities
- Analyze how the history of Canada has shaped concepts of citizenship
- Discuss human rights as identified in the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the NB Human Rights Act
- Plan and carry out age-appropriate actions that demonstrate engaged citizenship
MediaSmarts Resources
- Cyberbullying and the Law
- Digital Outreach for Civic Engagement
- Digital Storytelling for Civic Engagement
- Introduction to Online Civic Engagement
- My Voice is Louder Than Hate: Pushing Back Against Hate
- Privacy Rights of Children and Teens
- PushBack: Engaging in Online Activism
- Shaking the Movers: Youth Rights and Media
- The Citizen Reporter
Big Idea: Power and Governance
Skills Descriptor:
Explain the structures and operations of governance in Canada.
Achievement Indicators:
- Describe how democracy works in Canada
MediaSmarts Resources
- Digital Skills for Democracy: Assessing online information to make civic choices
- Free Speech and the Internet
- Political Images: Memes and Cartoons
- Watching the Elections
Big Idea: Rights and Responsibilities
Skills Descriptor:
Investigate persistent issues involving the rights, responsibilities, roles, and status of individuals and groups in Canada.
Achievement Indicators:
Explain rights, responsibilities, roles, and status of peoples in Canada through analysis of art, literature, media, and music
MediaSmarts Resources
- Bias in News Sources
- Crime in the News
- Free Speech and the Internet
- Governance of Television and Radio Communications in Canada
- Making Media for Democratic Citizenship
- Screen Stigma: Looking at Mental Illness in Popular Media
- Screen Stigma: Looking at Mental Illness in the News
- Suffragettes and Iron Ladies
- The Citizen Reporter
- The Front Page
- Transgender Representation in TV and Movies
- Who's Telling My Story?