Citizenship in a Liberal Society
Because you live in a liberal society, you need to be aware of what your rights and responsibilities are. There are also roles expected from us because of common norms or individual interpretations of those legal responsibilities (because, of course, a liberal society supports pluralism, which means there are many interpretations of what it means to be a citizen).
This unit will look at actions YOU can take, and question whether or not you should be required to take action.
This unit will look at actions YOU can take, and question whether or not you should be required to take action.
Journal assignment
This assignment has students create a journal explaining their opinions on various issues relating to liberalism
Potential Inquiry Project
Lesson One - the rights, roles and responsibilities of living in a liberal society.
It is recommended that before you start watching the videos for this unit, go back and review the videos from the first unit that introduced you to the ideas of
individualism, collectivism, and liberalism.
individualism, collectivism, and liberalism.
Video Links Part One
Part Two
Checking for Understanding. Fill in the Blanks worksheet
Top 10 Notes - Video 1 Top 10 Notes - Video 2
Top 10 Notes - Video 1 Top 10 Notes - Video 2
Some other resources:
- Mr. Korczyk's Class: Security v Freedom (Covid example); What is Citizenship?
- An online quiz by the Pew Research Center to define your political ideology
- Pro-democracy movements - the Arab Spring, Ukraine in 2014
- The Winnipeg Strike
- A discussion of rights and responsibilities (watch for the bias)
- A discussion of affirmative action (watch for the bias)
- A video project created by a student whose parents observed the LA race riots
Tentative schedule - see Unit 7
