CHV2O Unit 3: How Canada Is Governed

Students learn that Canada is a constitutional monarchy, a parliamentary democracy and a federation; sort responsibilities among federal, provincial, territorial, municipal and Indigenous governments; compare the executive, legislative and judicial branches; study Indigenous governance and treaty relationships, including treaties in Ontario; follow a bill through Parliament and the Ontario legislature; see how governments raise revenue and plan budgets; learn how elections and the formation of government work; and analyse who influences public policy. The summative, the Government in Action Brief, traces one real issue through every part of government.

Assessment of learning: Government in Action Brief: trace one real issue through the right order of government, the branches, the law-making process and the budget, and explain who influences the outcome.

Lessons

1. Canada's Form of Government
2. Orders of Government
3. Three Branches
4. Indigenous Governance and Treaties
5. How a Law Is Made
6. Taxes and Budgets
7. Elections and Forming Government
8. Who Influences Policy?

What you get

• A teacher lesson plan for every lesson: curriculum expectations, learning goals and success criteria, a timed sequence, differentiation, look-fors and answer guides
• Detailed slideshows (15 to 18 slides per lesson) with speaker notes on every slide: what to say, what to ask, what to look for and how long to spend, plus warm-ups, worked examples, model answers and answer-key slides
• Student handouts, organizers and exit tickets, with original scenarios and examples
• Editable Word and PowerPoint files, plus PDFs
• A unit overview and the summative task with a rubric and teacher guide

Built for the Ontario curriculum (Civics and Citizenship, Grade 10, Open, CHV2O, revised 2022) and Ontario's 2026 evaluation policy (65% classroom work, 20% final exam, 15% attendance and participation), and easy to adapt for any Canadian civics course.

Need just one lesson? Single lessons from this unit will also be available for CA$3.99 each.