Page 1: Group Showcase Plan

Guiding question: How do systems of government affect people’s rights, responsibilities, and ability to participate?

Project Checklist

We compare one democratic and one non-democratic system.

We explain a decision-making process in each system.

We analyse rights and responsibilities.

We use one Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms example.

We use one observation from the class mock election.

We create a political cartoon or infographic.

Every group member contributes to the report and presentation.

Suggested Group Roles

Facilitator/timekeeper: Organises the work and tracks presentation time.

Democratic-system researcher: Finds evidence about the democratic system.

Non-democratic-system researcher: Finds evidence about the non-democratic system.

Rights-and-responsibilities analyst: Connects evidence to citizens’ rights and responsibilities.

Visual designer/presenter: Plans the cartoon or infographic and helps present the ideas.

Page 1: Report-Planning Notes

Use evidence from your research notes, the Charter excerpts, and the class mock election.

Democratic system: In a democracy, ________________________________

Non-democratic system: In a non-democratic system, __________________

Sentence starter: “In the democratic system, decisions are made by ________. In contrast, __________________.”

Sentence starter: “A right that affects citizens is ________. A related responsibility is ________.”

Charter example: The Charter protects __________________________________.

Connection: This matters because __________________________________________.

Sentence starter: “The mock election demonstrated __________________, which shows that __________________.”

Sentence starter: “The features that best support citizen participation are ________ because ________.”

Visual message: __________________________________________________________

Page 2: Feedback and Individual Reflection

One Strength, One Question

Give specific, respectful feedback about another group’s comparison, evidence, visual, or presentation.

Sentence starter: “A clear or effective feature was __________________ because __________________.”

Sentence starter: “How might this system or example change if __________________?”

Individual Civic Participation Reflection

Sentence starters: “One responsible action I can take is ________. It could make a difference because ________. This connects to the right, responsibility, or democratic process of ________.”