Educaloi: Teaching Legal Life Skills
Éducaloi explains the law to Quebecers in everyday language.
Workshops: A volunteer legal professional runs an interactive workshop in your classroom. Through debates, mock trials and more, students learn legal life skills and develop many competencies of the Quebec Education Program.
Cost: free, depends on the availability of volunteer
Guides: The guides are designed to help teachers bring law into the classroom while meeting the requirements of the Quebec Education Program
Cost: free download
Potential Matches for WOTP
Workshops:
In this game, teams square off to answer questions about legal issues affecting the lives of 12- 17-year-olds.
(Labour and consumer law, criminal and penal law, minimum age for doing certain things)
Level: Sec II
Subject(s):
PWT- ELA, PJM, GHC, ASP
TSST– ELA, PJM
Duration: 60 mins
By staging a mock criminal trial, students discover the roles of various players in the Quebec justice system, the different steps in a trial and basic criminal law concepts.
Level: Sec I
Subject(s):
PWT- ELA, PJM, GHC, ASP
TSST– ELA, PJM
Duration: 60 mins
In this game show activity, students debate legal issues affecting the lives of young adults: work, housing, consumer rights, the criminal justice system, and more.
Level: 16-25 year old
Subject(s):
PWT- ELA, PJM, GHC, ASP
TSST-ELA, PJM
Duration: 60 mins
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Teaching Guides:
This activity gets students thinking about why privacy rights are protected. Learning tools include three real court decisions, discussion questions, a simulated negotiation session and a writing exercise. Students are called on to take a position on how privacy rights are defined in Canada.
Level: Sec III-IV
Subject(s):
PWT- ELA,GHC, ASP
TSST– ELA
Duration: 150 mins
There are a lot of careers in the field of law. Some are well-known, but others are not.
The first activity (Who Am I?) introduces students to a variety of jobs that involve the law. Students then use clues to identify different careers. The second activity gives students a more in-depth look at these careers. Working in teams, they hunt for answers to fill in the blanks for a detailed picture of each career.
Students can also explore the Legal Careers section of Éducaloi’s Youth Zone website.
Level: Sec III-V
Subject(s):
PWT- ELA, PJM, GHC, ASP, ACGC
TSST-ELA, PJM, ACGC
Duration: 150 mins
Contributed by
Joanna McKay
WOTP Project Development Officer
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