Our approach to civic education is about providing opportunities for students to experience their democracy first-hand rather than by reading about it in a textbook. By reaching students throughout their school career, during and between election periods, we hope to prepare them to be responsible and informed citizens.

CIVIX programming focuses on the themes of elections, government budgets, elected representatives and digital media literacy. Programs available include:

(1) Student Vote - an election enables teachers to bring democracy alive in the classroom

(2) Student Budget Consultation - combines civic education and financial literacy

(3) Rep Day - connects students with their elected representatives for a virtual or in-person meeting

(4) CTRL-F - a module providing quick strategies students can use to investigate and evaluate information

(5) PoliTalks - supports educators in bringing political discussions to the classroom - Materials are free with
registration, and programming is designed for grades 5-12

(6) Democracy Bootcamp - professional development conference for teachers designed to improve their
democratic engagement and delivery of CIVIX programming

Lessons are sequentially designed to build vocabulary, explain democracy, examine municipal, provincial/territorial and federal governments, and explore different levels of government in relation to health.

This unit plan overview provides links to all lessons along with links to accompanying teacher support materials that include: Student worksheets and answer guides for individual lessons and inquiry activities with support materials

Amazing artifacts, teaching resources (lessons, games, background info) and much more!

*D-Day (only paid option)
*Remembrance Day
*Trenches - Over the Top
*Supply Line
*WWI
*Naval History
*Democracy at War: Newspapers
*1812
*Seven Years' War
*Dispatches: Backgrounders

In which John Green teaches you about the end of World History, and the end of the world as we know it, kind of. For the last hundred years or so, it seemed that one important ingredient for running an economically successful country was a western-style democratic government. All evidence pointed to the idea that capitalist representative democracies made for the best economic outcomes. It turns out that isn't the only way to succeed. In the last 40 years or so, authoritarian capitalism as it's practiced in places like China and Singapore has been working really, really well. John is going to look at these systems and talk about why they work, and he's even going to make a few predictions about the future. Also, thanks for watching this series. It has been amazingly fun to create, and we appreciate all of you.

Facing History & Ourselves uses lessons of history to challenge teachers and their students to stand up to bigotry and hate.

Resources for:
*current events
*ELA
*Social Studies
*Teaching Strategies
*Toolkits
*Lessons/Units

"Human rights stories are all around us. We explore contemporary and historic human rights stories, from Canada and around the world."

This resource from The Canadian Museum for Human Rights explores numerous stories about Indigenous Perspectives (treaty education, witness blanket, UN Rights of Indigenous, Mincome, reconciliation, veterans, etc. ), Social Justice (BLM, misogyny, racism, genocide, antisemitism, Holodomor, refugees, etc.)

Each story contains information, artifacts, images, and questions to guide your thinking. It also links to related stories for further exploration.

This site houses great resources for teaching Government.

You can sort resources by grade (K-12), subject, or topic.

Topics include: relationships, mock trials, elections, government, treaties, families, law, youth criminal justice act, courts, drugs and alcohol, creating laws, democracy and more.

In this lesson, created in partnership with the Association for Cultural Equity, students discover the causes, characteristics, and lasting effects of the Second Great Awakening by examining the biographies of historical figures associated within the movement. They also consider how Sacred Harp Singing represents the ideals of the Second Great Awakening by watching Alan Lomax's ethnographic videos of a Sacred Harp performance.

The following resource contains the assets (or resources) to accompany the Sask DLC Social Studies 8 course. Please note that this is not the content of the course, but the assets used to support and deliver it. The files are organized in a zip folder and a collection. 

"The introduction of Saskatchewan's new Law 30 curriculum means that teachers are reworking their Law 30 programs. As Saskatchewan's source for free legal information, PLEA is making it easier to accomplish this task.

PLEA will continually be constructing this portal that links Law 30 curricular outcomes and indicators to available PLEA resources, across all of our programming.

Click any Outcome listed on the menu to the left (desktop) or the Browse Resource menu on the top (mobile) to find what resources we have available for those outcomes. Because some resources will fulfill more than one indicator, to help you along we list (in parentheses) any other Law 30 indicators linked to that resource.

As we introduce new resources, we will link them on this guide. Check back often!"

The Public Legal Education Association of Saskatchewan (PLEA) was incorporated in 1980 as a non-profit, non-government organization that exists to educate, inform and empower through law-related education.

This site has teaching resources!
Elementary: Justice; Family
Middle Years: Bullying; Co-operation; Consumer Smarts; Aboriginal Justice; Youth & Law; Treaties; Municipalities; Mock Trial
High School: Aboriginal Youth Justice; Consumer Smarts; Courts & Legal Systems; Democracy; Treaty Education; Law & Your Life

You can order resources and book guest speakers through this site as well!

The mission of the Social Studies Educators Network of Canada is to advocate and build capacity for high-quality social studies education by facilitating networking between educators and engaging with partners across Canada.

We have three main objectives:

To advocate for social studies education across Canada
To facilitate networking and cooperation among social studies educators across Canada
To engage with public institutions, private interests, and non-government institutions in the development and implementation of policies and/or resources related to social studies education across Canada.

This website contains free lesson plans on Learning About Trust for all grade levels.

People make the past come alive as students research and then share stories about famous Americans who promoted democratic ideals.

Students explore the physical and psychological effect of stress and tension on human beings. They develop their observing, thinking, writing and teamwork skills by working on a group art project and reporting about it. They learn about the stages of group formation, group dynamics and team member roles that make for effective teams. In the process, they discover how collective action can foster a sense of community support, which can alleviate personal feelings of stress and tension. Note: The literacy activities for the Mechanics unit are based on physical themes that have broad application to our experience in the world concepts of rhythm, balance, spin, gravity, levity, inertia, momentum, friction, stress and tension.

A suite of resources, including videos, a teachers guide and lessons plans developed by the Canadian Civil Liberties Association to engage young people in discussions about the rights and responsibilities of citizens.

That’s Not Fair! is a series developed by the Canadian Civil Liberties Education Trust to invite kids, ages 7 to 11, to think critically about what it means to live in a democracy.