Our class will be starting a unit on the basics of Canadian Government and the process surrouding immigration in Canada. For our Federal Government, we will be focussing on:
- The definition of democracy
- How Federal elections run in Canada
- The different branches of the Federal Government
- The House of Commons
- Senate
- Cabinet
- What the Prime Minister does
- Touch upon the Constitution Act of 1982
- The different years each province or territory entered Confederation. Here, we will review the impacts of the CPR and how it led to the development of our country.
For our section on immigration, we will focus on the different steps to become a Canadian citizen.
In addition, our class will be doing a graphic novel called
The Arrival by Shaun Tan. Thanks to Google for the image.
The Arrival is a migrant story told as a series of wordless images that might seem to come from a long forgotten time. A man leaves his wife and child in an impoverished town, seeking better prospects in an unknown country on the other side of a vast ocean. He eventually finds himself in a bewildering city of foreign customs, peculiar animals, curious floating objects and indecipherable languages. With nothing more than a suitcase and a handful of currency, the immigrant must find a place to live, food to eat and some kind of gainful employment. He is helped along the way by sympathetic strangers, each carrying their own unspoken history: stories of struggle and survival in a world of incomprehensible violence, upheaval and hope.
Overall, there will be two projects and one test. The test will cover the basic aspects of government and immigration. The two projects will involve creating a poster to entice new immigrants to come to Canada. The second project will involve making a Family Shield and a Family Tree. This particular project will be accompanied with a list of criteria and students may need support from home.
If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know.
Thanks,
Mr. Blick
ARES -Grade 5
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