Summative Activity History does not just happen, people make it happen. While governments and courts ultimately have the power to create and change laws, this is all the work of the people – people who populate those governing bodies, and people who elect those members to their roles. 1. Pick a community or individual case that is meaningful to you, and create a detailed legal timeline of the progression of their case to display on a posterboard. a. Include images, newspaper clippings, and any other artifacts pertaining to your timeline points. Provide a caption and credit for each image. 2. Write a paragraph explaining how this does or does not show Canada’s history/judicial growth/ moral trajectory, whether you think there is positive change being reflected, what are some gaps/setbacks our judicial system still shows in regard to this case? 3. Take some time to observe your classmates’ timelines. Was anything surprising to you? Are there any similarities with your timeline? Does your paragraph about your own timeline apply to these other examples, or what you have seen of our judicial history at large? SECTION 5 The Society We Create Old Supreme Court Building Komagata Maru (Historica Canada) The age of criminal responsibility in Canada is 12 years old.
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