May 26

Social 30-1

You wrote your Unit 3 Final Exam in class today, which took the entire period. Your Chapter 12 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow.

Social 10-1

I gave you some notes today on human rights, civil rights, inalienable rights, entrenching rights, the War Measures Act (used in Canada during WWI, WWII, the FLQ Crisis), the Canadian Bill of Rights (1961, not entrenched in the Canadian constitution), and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. I also gave you a sheet on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ( a worldwide goal for human rights, serves as a model for other documents, such as the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, but it's not legally binding. Many UN member states ignore this Declaration). You were to complete the chart activity on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the application of the notwithstanding clause during class time. If you did not complete this chart, here is a hyperlink to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Also, it is really important that you read the article "Human Rights Abuses in a Globalized World" that I gave you yesterday. Your Chapter 15 Key Terms and Questions were due today.