Friday:
Today we talked about democracy and types of democracy and democratic governments. We also looked at the three levels of government, reviewed what a political party is and what the five main political parties are in Canada. Finished with group work on the political parties.
Videos:
Origins of democracy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IndRAsYX4W4&t=1s
Levels of government:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C8uDuhLqvg&t=1s
Politics and political parties:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-s84atcouE
Monday:
Today we did some review, started to understand the levels of government and how (and who) they represent us. Students presented their information in groups about the political parties and we started to look more closely at the Head of State/Gov General.
Here are the videos we watched:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7RKzzoLK-g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G-oAQ7wf-U&t=1s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRHuBs_ZhEU&t=2s
