Canadians and Their Government: A Resource Guide

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Table of Contents

• Introduction
  
  

Building Canada: A Work in Progress

• Info Box: Pursuit of an Ideal: Peace, Order and Good Government
  
  
• Info Box: Once upon a Time... Early Governments
  • Activity 1: Family Encounter
    
    
• Info-Box : A Step toward Democracy: Responsible Government
  • Activity 2: Are you Responsible?
  • Activity 3: Founding Friends and Foes
  • Activity 4: First Women in Government
    

Who’s In Charge Here?
The Roles and Responsibilities of Governments and Institutions

• Info Box: Running Canada
  • Activity 5: On the Right Level
    
    
• Info Box: The Top Jobs
  • Activity 6: The Name Game
  • Activity 7: Political Power Play
    
    
• Info Box: Setting the Rules: How we Make and Enforce Laws
  • Activity 8: Judging Your Rights
    
    
• Info Box: Aboriginal Self-Government at a Glance
  • Activity 9: Aboriginal Self-Government: Then and Now
    

Government at Large

• Info Box: The Commonwealth and La Francophonie
  • Activity 10: Canada in the World
    
    
• Info Box: Spotlight on Canada: Our International Accomplishments
  
  

Additional Resources

• i) Glossary
• ii) Appendices
  • Prime Ministers of Canada
  • Governors General of Canada
  • Commonwealth Members
  • La Francophonie
• iii) Useful Web Sites
• iv) Provincial and Territorial Departments and Ministries of Education
• v) References

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