Friday, 18 September 2020

Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens


This week our focus was on the rights and responsibilities (also known as duties or obligations) of citizens. After watching a couple of short videos on BrainPOP Jr. about Human Rights and Responsibilities students chose different countries to research. Their goal was to compare the rights and responsibilities of citizens in one country with those of a citizen in another country. They took their findings and put them in  Venn Diagrams to clearly show the similarities and differences.


We also spent some time discussing the different rights and responsibilities in class and watched another short BrainPOP Jr. video on Government and the democratic process. Although the video focussed on the American system of government, it was still quite relevant especially as the successor to the Japanese Prime Minister Abe was just announced as Yoshihide Suga. We also used the momentum from the unit to focus on our own election here in class for our Student Council Representatives.

 

Six students figuratively threw their hats in the ring to become candidates. Non-candidates chose a candidate to work with as a campaign manager or aide. Working side-by-side (at a meter's distance!) candidates and their teams put together persuasive speeches and attractive campaign posters for the candidates.

After hearing each of the candidate's speeches, the students were given the responsibility to participate in the class election by casting ballots. On Monday, we will tally the votes during our math time to see who our two class representatives for the student council will be!

More Persuasive Speech and Opinion Writing

Earlier in the week, the students were able to present the speeches that they had written last week to Mr. Waite. Several students voiced their opinions that the outdoor area needed more equipment and options for the students to play with. Some of their arguments were quite convincing so we hope that Mr. Waite will take them into consideration when ordering new equipment.


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