"The USA was founded in the name of democracy, equality and individual freedom, but is failing to deliver the fundamental promise of protecting rights for all."
Last week, we finished class by looking at illiberal practices. As we discussed in class, sometimes a government justifies the means of limiting rights and freedoms to protect the maintenance of that democracy. Like we discussed in class, if you don't have a democracy, then your rights and freedoms are never EVER going to be guaranteed. But do you have a democracy if the government can pick and choose when it "needs" to limit rights and freedoms. This week, we are going to look at how citizens can battle those illiberal actions, and the right ways of doing that and the wrong ways.
Monday:
- Illiberal practices in democracies
- Legislation for safety - War Measures Act, Patriot Act, Emergencies Act, Bill C-51
- Legislation for morality - Prohibition, Universal Suffrage
- Legislation for responsibility - Cell phone, Smoking Ban
- Legislation for liberalism - Residential Schools, Indian Act
- Vocabulary: Illiberalism
- Justification charts are due on TUESDAY
- Practice interpreting sources
- Video Questions on Illiberalism
- Vocabulary: Dissent, Civil Disobedience
- Notes on Dissent and its role in a democracy
dis·sent
dəˈsent/
verb
- 1.hold or express opinions that are at variance with those previously, commonly, or officially expressed."two members dissented from the majority"
noun
- 1.the expression or holding of opinions at variance with those previously, commonly, or officially held."there was no dissent from this view"
synonyms: disagreement, difference of opinion, argument, dispute; More
- Acceptable vs unacceptable
- The use of dissent in democracy and it's importance
- Rants by Keaton and Krista
- The use of dissent in democracy and it's importance
- We will be in the computer lab doing research
- Categorizing the events: Acceptable or Unacceptable dissent
Friday:
- Remembrance Day Ceremony
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