6.12 Assignment: Citizenship in Action
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Assignment 6.12: Citizenship in Action
Writing an essay format position paper is an important way to utilize and demonstrate your skills of analysis, evaluation, and synthesis of ideas.
You will need to show that you understand the perspective reflected in a source and establish your own position in response to that source. Your response must argue in favor of your position, defending it with evidence from your Social Studies knowledge from reading and/or research.
This assignment will introduce you to the Position Paper written response found on your exams both in this course and in the diploma exams at the end of Grade Twelve.
You will need to show that you understand the perspective reflected in a source and establish your own position in response to that source. Your response must argue in favor of your position, defending it with evidence from your Social Studies knowledge from reading and/or research.
This assignment will introduce you to the Position Paper written response found on your exams both in this course and in the diploma exams at the end of Grade Twelve.
Throughout this course, you have read about issues facing the people of the planet, from environmental issues and human rights issues to the legacies of imperialism that face Indigenous and non-Indigenous people around the world today. Many individuals, organizations, corporations, governments, and international agencies have roles as citizens of the global village.
Consider some sample issues.
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Sample Issues |
Sample Parties Involved |
Sample Action |
| School sports teams selling clothing produced in sweatshops | Students' council, principal, school board | Adopting a sweat-free purchase program |
| Unsustainable over-logging to produce kraft paper, newsprint, or disposable diapers | Logging company, CEOs and shareholders, provincial government, consumers of products (newspapers, box manufacturers, families, etc) | Changing to more sustainable logging practices |
| Chocolate produced by slave labour in Africa | Producers and retailers of the product | Fair trade chocolate sales |
| High fuel-consuming, greenhouse gas emitting vehicles | Drivers, CEOs and shareholders of automobile companies, members of Parliament, prime minister | Surcharge for vehicles with high emissions |
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