May 4 2023 Intro to Canadian Government

Intro: Current Events. 
Coronation - May 6th 2023 of King Charles - thoughts on the below piece. We will come back to this piece re: our intro to Canadian Gov't unit.

As poverty rises in the UK, the cost of the King's coronation is hard for some to swallow | ABC News

If you did not complete last day's in class work - reminder - due start of class Friday - tomorrow. 

1. Reading of pg.'s 12-16 

Answer Questions
Q: 1-4 pg. 13
Q: 1-3 pg. 16

Next Task: Today - total time allotment 25 min. (recommend completing above first and then below for homework if you have not completed above from last day).

From last day - most of you still need to complete - Read through - Pg 17-19 Re: Primary vs. Secondary Sources.

Terms: Define - for your notes.

Reserves

Residential Schools

Assimilation 

Trade Unions 

Recession  

Reminder - Friday - Quiz re: Terms above and the following.

Suffragists

Ethnocentric

Head Tax 

NEXT UP: 

Intro to: The Structure of the Canadian Government - Ch. 9 in your Counter Points Text.

Review of Nunavut Governance

Nunavut elects a single member of the House of Commons of Canada. This makes Nunavut the largest electoral district in the world by area.

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  The Legislative Building of Nunavutin Iqaluit. The building is home to the territory's Legislative Assembly.
  The members of the unicameral Legislative Assembly of Nunavut are elected individually; there are no parties and the legislature is consensus-based.^[54] The head of government, the premier of Nunavut, is elected by, and from the members of the legislative assembly. On June 14, 2018, Joe Savikataaq was elected as the Premier of Nunavut, after his predecessor Paul Quassa lost a non-confidence motion.^[55][56] Former Premier Paul Okalik set up an advisory council of eleven elders, whose function it is to help incorporate "Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit" (Inuit culture and traditional knowledge, often referred to in English as "IQ") into the territory's political and governmental decisions.^[57]

Ch.10: The Citizen and Government 

Pages 218-226 in your text. 

In Class Assignment: 

Review Chapter Review Sidebar - pg. 220.

Read Pages - 221-226

Q: Why does government exist? 

Q: What services fall under governmental control?

Q: What is democracy?

Q: What is the difference between direct democracy, representative democracy?

Q: What is a constitutional monarchy? 

Note: Create a Unit 1 Vocab List - for all highlighted terms - go to the back of your text and write out the definition of all terms bolded throughout the reading.

5 Terms: Pg 222-225

Democracy

Direct Democracy

Representative Democracy 

Constitutional Monarchy 

Residual Powers

Table Work
Pg. 226 Q:6