Rights and Responsibilities as Citizens

Pre Video:

1. What do you know about rights? What is a “right”?
2. What do you think it means to “have a say” about something?
3. What rights do you predict Canadians have if someone is a citizen?
4. What does it mean to have a “responsibility” as a citizen?

During Video:

1. T provides a “T- Chart” for “rights” and “responsibilities”
2. Students write information for “rights” and “responsibilities” in each column.

After Video:

1. Students share and compare their notes with partners.
2. Students compare answers on T Charts with another group.
3. What do you think are the 3 most important rights/responsibilities?

Writing Task:

Work with a partner to write a short paragraph using the outline below:

The most important right is the right to ____________________ because if citizens have this 

they can _______________________________________. If citizens did not have this right, then they ___________________________________. Therefore, we believe this is the most important right of the ones we have learned about.

Presentation:

Each pair will present their declaration as a short presentation.