Beat the Buzzer!

Description

In this game, teams square off to answer questions about legal issues affecting the lives of 12-to-17-year-olds.

Pedagogical objectives

• Increase students’ knowledge of the law.
• Encourage reflection on the origins and fairness of certain laws.
• Develop skills to identify the legal aspects of a situation.

Subjects and subject-specific competencies

Culture and Citizenship in Québec

Secondary II

Cultural realities and compulsory main concepts: Autonomy and interdependance - Autonomy.

Compulsory specific concepts, and related topics and examples: Self-determination, Freedom of choice.

Secondary IV

Cultural realities and compulsory main concepts: Justice and the law - Justice and Legal and judicial institutions.

Compulsory specific concepts, and related topics and examples: Types of justice, Courts and legal recourse, Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Criminal Code and Civil Code.

• Competency 1: Studies cultural realities:
  • Establishes the scope of the object of study:
    • Calls on relevant concepts.
    • Collects information.

Broad areas of learning

• Citizenship and Community Life:
  • Promotion of the rules of social conduct and democratic institutions.
  • Adoption of a culture of peace.

Cross-curicular competencies

• Using information:
  • Putting information to use
• Solving problems:
  • Analyzing the components of a problem
• Exercises critical judgment
  • Forming and expressing an opinion while undertanding the opinions of others.

Related content

• Several articles and web guides in the Youth section of Éducaloi’s website on the various branches of the legal system and different legal careers.
• Éducaloi article on the laws of Quebec and Canada.

External pedagogical ressources

• Website of the Office de la protection du consommateur (consumer protection office): teaching activities on consumer law.
• Website of the Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse (human rights and youth rights commission): various teaching materials.