YCJA0204 – Legal Rights: The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Sections 7-14
Intended For: Teachers, Secondary Grade Level
This document contains the full text of Sections 7-14 of the Charter, which are concerned with legal rights. You can read the entire Charter here.
YCJA0205 – Legal Rights: Questions
Intended For: Secondary Grade Level
These questions can be used for individual student examination of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, for a group activity, or as a guide for general class discussion.
YCJA0206 – Legal Rights: Activities
Intended For: Secondary Grade Level
Contains suggested extension activities and links to online information and resources.
YCJA0207 – Legal Rights: Rules and Laws
(Intended For: Elementary Grade Level) This document contains student pages and a teacher’s edition of the same pages. The questions guide students through the purpose and rationale of rules and laws. Students are directed to look for rules around them and ask questions about them. Who makes them? What is their purpose? What are fair consequences? Students also discuss what makes a good rule and have an opportunity to make and test their own rules.
Read MoreYCJA0101 – Introduction to the Youth Criminal Justice Act
Intended For: Teachers, Secondary Grade Level
The Overview is intended to provide a basic working knowledge of the Youth Criminal Justice Act. It contains much of the same information that the teaching activities are built around, but is collected in one document without lessons and activities. This document is primarily intended as a teacher overview and reference, although some may wish to print off sections for student use as well.