Themes: lecture on political action; role of values in democracies
Teamwork: team formation -- one for each of organization, local, provincial, federal, international; write level of government section of proposal; identify need for a change that interests everyone; identify what values make that change interesting to everyone
Presentation: change and values underlying it; lead into discussion of role of values
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Themes: decision-making; policy-making; participation
Teamwork: write a good goal, i.e. specific, achievable, complete, accurate
Presentation: present goal
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Mini lecture on levels of government: organization, local, and provincial
Themes: levels of government: organizational, local, provincial, federal, international; lobbying techniques
Teamwork: research on : who makes the decision about the changes the teams want; what influences those people; who has real power; who has informal power; what decisions have been made in the past; on what basis have those decisions been made
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Teamwork: identify steps to goal; identify resources needed; prepare presentation to class for next week
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Themes: Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Magna Carta, Charter of Rights and Freedom
Teamwork: revise steps to goal taking feedback and new ideas into account
Presentation: steps to goal, discussion of effectiveness of what is proposed; submit proposal to teacher (see forms and grading tool below).
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Themes: legislative process, how people in democracies vote
Teamwork: plan the political action on a week-by-week basis for rest of term, using planner below.
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Themes: how city hall works: by laws, regulations, programs, policies, departments, agencies, role and responsibilities, jurisdiction
Presentation: present your plan and get feedback
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Themes: how the provincial government works: laws, regulations, programs, policies, ministries, agencies, roles, responsibilities, jurisdiction
Teamwork: give time in class for team meetings, preparation for various steps in action
Presentation: role play for one-on-one contact
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Themes: how the federal government works: laws, regulations, programs, policies, ministries, agencies, roles, responsibilities, jurisdiction
Teamwork: give time in class for team meetings, preparation for various steps in action
Presentation: role play for structured presentation
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Themes: legal recourse, the Constitution, the Charter, how the judiciary works
Teamwork: give time in class for team meetings, preparation for various steps in action
Presentation: writing a letter
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Themes: pressuring bureaucrats, how the administrative branch of a government works
Teamwork: give time in class for team meetings, preparation for various steps in action; prepare report on first four weeks
Presentation: contacting someone on e-mail
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Themes: pressuring city council or Cabinet
Teamwork: give time in class for team meetings; problem-solving in class if necessary;
Presentation: one team presents four week report; faxing someone
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Themes: pressure members of Parliament or members of provincial Parliament, political parties, issues of last election
Teamwork: one team presents four week report; time in class for team meetings; preparation for various steps
Presentation: one team presents four week report; making an appointment
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Themes: swaying public opinion
Teamwork: preparation for various steps; team meetings
Presentation: one team presents four week report; role play on making a phone call
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Themes: polls, public opinion
Teamwork: team meetings, preparation for various steps, preparation of second four week report
Presentation: on team presents four week report; role play on demonstrations, rallies, town hall meetings, public meetings
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Themes: role of media, swaying media
Teamwork: preparation time; submission of four week report; team meetings
Presentation: mock radio, tv or newspaper interviews; making contacts with reporters
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Themes:small group dynamics
Teamwork: preparation of presentation; finalization of political action
Presentation: three teams present results
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Themes: assessing success or failure
Teamwork: preparation of presentation, finalization of political action
Presentation: three teams present results
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