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Oh Canada! Rights and Freedoms Project

Your task is to find 3 newspaper articles from any Ontario newspaper. In paragraph form, discuss the rights that are mentioned in the article. Are these rights being violated? How so? If not, what was done to make sure the rights were being upheld? Make sure to reference and properly cite the documents you have studied during this unit: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Ontario Human Rights Code, and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Rubric Code: TX2W922

By MrAMuch

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Subject: Law

Type: Assignment

Grade Levels: 9-12

Oh Canada! Rights and Freedoms Enter rubric description
	Poor/Unacceptable 1 pts	Fair 4 pts	Good 7 pts	Excellent 10 pts
Knowledge and Understanding Summary of the article	Poor/Unacceptable No summary is provided OR student did not paraphrase the text.	Fair The summary recalled some information, but left out several important points.	Good Most of the main ideas and facts from the article are included.	Excellent All main ideas and facts from the article are included.
Thinking Discussion of rights mentioned	Poor/Unacceptable No Rights are discussed OR Rights are incorrect.	Fair Rights were discussed very briefly. Needs extra details.	Good Rights were discussed and a few accurate details were given.	Excellent Rights were discussed thoroughly and sufficient accurate details were given.
Communication Paragraph format, spelling, grammar, punctuation	Poor/Unacceptable Review contains numerous grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors. Language uses jargon or conversational tone.	Fair Review contains few grammatical, punctuation and spelling errors. Language lacks clarity or includes use of some jargon or conversational tone.	Good For the most part, rules of grammar, usage, and punctuation are followed; spelling is correct. Language is clear and precise.	Excellent Rules of grammar, usage, and punctuation are followed; spelling is correct. Language is clear and precise.
Application References to Rights and Freedoms documents	Poor/Unacceptable No reference to any of the documents.	Fair One document was properly referenced and discussed about.	Good Two documents were properly referenced and discussed about.	Excellent All three documents were properly referenced and discussed about.