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State and justice throughout history

Description

An educational kit with PowerPoint presentations and exercises to introduce the legal aspect of laws, rights and freedoms, and the exercise of citizenship as part of the history and citizenship education program.

Objectives

  • Understand the importance of the legal aspect in society
  • Compare our legal system with those of past civilizations: Mesopotamians, Greeks, and Romans
  • Explain more complex concepts: separation of powers, presumption of innocence, individual rights and freedoms, processes to amend laws, etc.

Documents and links

Features

  • Type of resource: Learning activity kit
  • Target audiences: School staff
  • Learning Levels: Secondary (cycle 1)
  • Subjects: History and citizenship education (secondary), Culture and citizenship in Québec
  • Themes: Democratic institutions , Rights and freedoms, Citizenship
  • Author: Éducaloi
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