The Rules of the Game!

Description

In this game show activity, students debate legal issues affecting the lives of young adults: work, housing, consumer rights, the criminal justice system, and more.

Pedagogical objectives

• Increase students’ knowledge of legal topics
• Encourage reflection on the origins and fairness of certain laws
• Develop skills to identify the legal aspects of a situation
• Help students to react appropriately to a legal situation
• Provide resources for information and for assistance

Subjects and subject-specific competencies

Culture and Citizenship in Québec

Secondary IV

Cultural realities and compulsory main concepts: Justice and the law - Injustice, Legal and judicial institutions and Legal framework applicable to romantic and sexual life.

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

• Competency 2: Reflects on ethical questions:
  • Engages in dialogue:
    • Takes into account points of view, feelings and experiences of others.
    • Uses methods to support own ideas.

Broad areas of learning

• Health and Well-being:
  • Self-awareness and awareness of his/her basic need
• 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:
  • Gathering information
  • Using information
• Exercising critical judgment:
  • Forming and expressing an opinion while understanding the opinions of others
• Using creative thinking:
  • Becoming familiar with all the elements of a situation

Related content

• Éducaloi’s article on the laws of Quebec and Canada
• 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

External pedagogical ressources

• Website of the Office de la protection du consommateur (consumer production office): Teacher Zone offering several pedagogical activities
• Website of the Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse (human rights and youth rights commission): teaching materials