Civics and Citizenship, Grade 10

Unit 1: Civic Skills and Careers

How political inquiry builds transferable skills, applying communication skills to sensitive civic issues, using political thinking on current events, and identifying careers where civics and citizenship education is an asset.

• Skills civics builds
• Discussing civic issues
• Politics in the news
• Careers in civics

Unit 2: Civic Awareness

Beliefs and values of democratic citizenship in Canada and how they relate to civic issues and action; the roles and responsibilities of institutions, structures, and positions in Canadian and Indigenous governance, treaties, and Crown-Indigenous relations; and the rights and responsibilities of citizenship in Canada and globally and how they are protected or infringed.

• Civic issues and perspectives
• Fundamental democratic values
• Foreign influence on democracy
• Why civic action matters
• Taking a civic position

• Canada's political parties
• How party values shape perspectives
• The levels of government
• Indigenous governance and treaties
• The three branches of government
• Revenue and budgets
• How laws are made
• How groups influence policy
• Elections and forming government

• The Charter and constitutional documents
• Responsibilities of citizenship
• Exercising rights for change
• The judicial system and rights
• Global citizenship
• Human rights violations and responses

Unit 3: Civic Engagement and Action

The significance of civic contributions and how actions contribute to the common good; how beliefs, values, and perspectives are represented in communities; national pride and commemoration; accessing civic information and voicing opinions; youth service opportunities; and analysing a personal civic issue and proposing and assessing methods to create positive change.

• The significance of civic contributions
• Actions for the common good
• Representation in communities
• National pride and commemoration
• Accessing civic information
• Youth service opportunities

• Analysing a civic issue you care about
• Proposing and assessing action