Area of Learning: SOCIAL STUDIES Law Studies Grade 12 — BIG IDEAS Understanding legal rights Laws can maintain and Laws are interpreted, and A society’s laws and responsibilities allows the status quo and legal framework affect these interpretations may citizens to participate more can also be a force many aspects of evolve over time as a society’s fully in society. for change. values and worldviews change. people’s daily lives. Learning Standards Curricular Competencies Content Students are expected to be able to do the following: Students are expected to know the following: Use Social Studies inquiry processes and skills to ask questions; the Constitution of Canada and the Canadian Charter gather, interpret, and analyze legal concepts, issues, and procedures; of Rights and Freedoms and communicate findings and decisions structures and powers of the federal and provincial Assess and compare the significance and impact of legal systems courts and administrative tribunals or codes (significance) key areas of law such as criminal law, civil law, Assess the justification for differing legal perspectives after investigating and and youth law family, children’s, points of contention, reliability of sources, and adequacy of evidence (evidence) Canadian legislation concerning First Peoples Analyze continuities and changes in legal systems or codes across indigenous legal orders and traditional laws jurisdictions (continuity and change) in Canada and other global jurisdictions Assess the development and impact of legal systems or codes and principles Canada’s correctional system (cause and consequence) of rehabilitation, punishment, and restoration Explain and infer multiple perspectives on legal systems or codes structures and roles of global dispute resolution (perspective) agencies and courts Make reasoned ethical judgments about legal systems or codes (ethical judgment) Make reasoned ethical judgments about controversial decisions, legislation, or policy (ethical judgment)
Area of Learning: SOCIAL STUDIES — Law Studies Grade 12 BIG IDEAS Understanding legal rights and responsibilities allows citizens to participate more fully in society. Laws can maintain the status quo and can also be a force for change. A society’s laws and legal framework affect many aspects of people’s daily lives. Laws are interpreted, and these interpretations may evolve over time as a society’s values and worldviews change. Learning Standards Curricular Competencies Content Students are expected to be able to do the following: Use Social Studies inquiry processes and skills to ask questions; gather, interpret, and analyze legal concepts, issues, and procedures; and communicate findings and decisions Assess and compare the significance and impact of legal systems or codes (significance) Assess the justification for differing legal perspectives after investigating points of contention, reliability of sources, and adequacy of evidence (evidence) Analyze continuities and changes in legal systems or codes across jurisdictions (continuity and change) Assess the development and impact of legal systems or codes (cause and consequence) Explain and infer multiple perspectives on legal systems or codes (perspective) Make reasoned ethical judgments about legal systems or codes (ethical judgment) Make reasoned ethical judgments about controversial decisions, legislation, or policy (ethical judgment) Students are expected to know the following: the Constitution of Canada and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms structures and powers of the federal and provincial courts and administrative tribunals key areas of law such as criminal law, civil law, and family, children’s, and youth law Canadian legislation concerning First Peoples indigenous legal orders and traditional laws in Canada and other global jurisdictions Canada’s correctional system and principles of rehabilitation, punishment, and restoration structures and roles of global dispute resolution agencies and courts
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