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Ontario Outcome Chart: Civics - Grade 10 Open
This chart contains media-related learning outcomes from Ontario, Curriculum for Civics, Grade 10 Open, with links to supporting resources on the Media Awareness Network site.
| Informed Citizenship | | Overall Expectations - Explain what it means to be a “global citizen” and why it is important to be one
Specific Expectations Citizenship Within the Global Context - Analyse contemporary crises or issues of international significance (e.g., health and welfare, disasters, human rights, economic development, environmental quality, terrorism)
- explain the impact in Canada of the experience and memory or the Holocaust (e.g., immigration of Holocaust survivors; introduction of human rights legislation; policy dealing with hate crimes and Nazi war criminals; nature of response to occurrences of genocide/ethnic cleansing in the world after World War II; participation in International War Crimes tribunal)
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Buy Nothing Day
Earth Day
Hurricane Katrina and the Internet
Hurricane Katrina
TV Turnoff Week
Fish Out of Water
Thinking Like a Citizen
Resource Racket: A Global Perspective on Resources and Consumption
Beyond Media Messages: Media Portrayal of Global Development
Making Media for Democratic Citizenship | | Purposeful Citizenship | | Overall Expectations - analyse responses, at the local, national, and international levels, to civic issues that involve multiple perspectives and differing civic
Specific Expectations - describe examples of human rights violations (e.g., Nuremberg laws, hate crimes, torture, genocide, political imprisonment, recruitment of child soldiers, gender-based discrimination) and assess the effectiveness of responses to such violations (e.g., media scrutiny, political responses, military intervention, international tribunals, pressure from non-governmental organizations)
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Free Speech Versus the Internet
Challenging Hate
Thinking About Hate
Understanding Online Hate
Propaganda Techniques on Hate Sites | | Active Citizenship | | Overall Expectations - apply appropriate inquiry skills to the research of questions and issues of civic importance
- demonstrate an understanding of the various ways in which decisions are made and conflicts resolved in matters of civic importance, and the various ways in which individual citizens participate in these processes
Specific Expectations Inquiry Skills - formulate appropriate questions for inquiry and research; locate relevant information in a variety of sources (e.g., texts, reference materials, news media, maps, community resources, the Internet); and identify main ideas, supporting evidence, points of view, and biases in these materials
The Resolution of Public Issues and Citizenship Participation - demonstrate an understanding of the ways in which individual citizens can obtain information and explanations or voice opinions about important civic matters (e.g., by communicating with the appropriate elected officials or bureaucratic departments; by writing letters or e-mails to the media; by organizing petitions; by voting)
- demonstrate an understanding of their responsibilities as local, national, and global citizens by applying their knowledge of civics, and skills related to purposeful and active citizenship, to a project of personal interest and civic importance (e.g., participating in food and clothing drives; visiting seniors; participating in community festivals, celebrations, and events; becoming involved in human rights, antidiscrimination, or antiracism activities)
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Buy Nothing Day
Earth Day
TV Turnoff Week
Fish Out of Water
Thinking Like a Citizen
A Tale of Two Cities
Bias
Deconstructing Web Pages
ICYou See: A Lesson in Critical Thinking
Thinking About Hate
Hoax? Scholarly Research? Personal Opinion? You Decide! - Lesson
Cyber Bullying and Civic Participation
Challenging Cyber bullying Backgrounder
Cyber Bullying
Cyber Bullying and the Law Fact Sheet
Cyber Bullying Rights and Responsibilities: Backgrounder for Teachers
Parents' Guide to Cyber Bullying
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