Civic Mirror Course Pack

CHV 20H Gr. 10 CIVICS

CIVIC MIRROR COURSE PACK

NAME: ______

COUNTRY: ______

TEACHER: Mr Ballantyne TABLE OF CONTENTS

TOPIC PAGE STUDENT TEACHER NUMBER CHECKLIST CHECKLIST

READING CHECKS 3 NATIONAL IDENTITY REFLECTION 6 CONSTITUTION REFLECTION 7 PRE-ELECTION 2000 8 GOALS SHEET 9

YEAR 2000 - WORKSHEETS 10 HIDDEN AGENDA APPLICATION 2000 14 PERFORMANCE EVALUATION 2000 15 REFLECTION AND PLANNING 2000 17

ASSIGNMENT #1 – INFORMATION PARAGRAPH 18 ASSIGNMENT #2 – SELF ASSESSMENT 20 ASSIGNMENT #3 – VIDEO REFLECTION 24

PAST YEAR 2000: Worksheets will be handed out at a later date.

FORUM POSTS: PRACTICE RUN, HEX AUCTION, ELECTION 2002, STATUS STEAL

2 Reading Check #1

Questions are taken from the Game Overview’ section in Part 1 and the first portion of Part 2, up to the ‘Hex Ownership’ subsection.

1. You will have to provide for a fictitious family of ______(NOT including yourself).

2. Which is NOT one of the roles “You As a Citizen” will have to assume in the simulation:

a) Achieve Hidden Agenda goals b) Buy, trade, and sell in a live economy c) Seek and destroy enemies d) None, I will have to do all of these things

3. The objective of every citizen is to earn the most ______Points (starts with “S”).

4. Which of the following does NOT earn you SPs?

a) Political success in becoming the leader of your country b) Political success in achieving Hidden Agenda objectives c) In-class success through points steals d) Economic success through earning the most Well-Being Points (WB Pts)

5. Each Civic Mirror year is broken up into 4 ______(s).

6. The Civic Mirror always begins in the simulated year 2______

7. What happens if, in a given year, you DO NOT obtain food or shelter for your family?

8. The map of your country is made up of ____ hexes.

a. 12 b. 36 c. 72 d. 164

9. Which is NOT one of the hex categories?

a) Wilderness b) Residential c) Business d) Political

10. Points are awarded at the ______of every simulated year.

Bonus: One type of hex is able to provide shelter to more than one family (if the class size is big enough). These hexes are called:

3 Reading Check #2

Questions are taken from the second half of the ‘Pre-Game Event #2: Explanation of the Game Rules’ section of the manual, from the ‘Hex Ownership’ subsection onwards.

1. How many owners can each hex have (except one special hex)? ______

2. Name the one hex that can have more than one owner: ______

3. True or False: All hexes must be “powered” before they can serve their purpose in a given year. Hint: economic purpose. ______

4. What does E/I stand for? ______

5. Name one of the two kinds of human services that your family might need every year. ______

6. What kind of unit prevents “Medical Emergencies”? ______

7. Let’s say you draw a wild card that says something like, “Someone in your family hits a pedestrian while driving a car. You lose 5 WB Pts and $500.” You can protect yourself from this bad Wild Card by obtaining a:

a. technology unit c) food unit b. insurance unit d) E/I unit

8. How many E/I units does it take to clear a hex and build it into something new?

a. 1 c)8 b. 4 d)12

9. The 5 wilderness hexes that represent your nation’s clean and untouched water supply are called what?

10. True or False: You can rent out your place of residence to another citizen. ______

11. True or False: There are no good Wild Cards. ______

12. True or False: Citizens will randomly start dying if too many wilderness hexes are cleared. ______

BONUS: What business is not inside the City Centre?

a) A & E b) Insurance c) Technology d) Safety

4 Reading Check #3

Questions are taken from Part 3 of the student manual, titled ‘Playing The Civic Mirror. ‘ No questions regarding the House of Commons, Town Hall, or National Court events scripts have been included.

1. How many seats will be available in the Civic Mirror’s House of Commons? ______

2. In what season does a Town Hall occur? ______

3. How are the desks set up in a Town Hall event? ______

4, The National Court is responsible for ensuring ______is done.

5. Who nominates the National Court judge? ______

6. How is a jury chosen? ______

7. True or False: You are able to sell your hex to another citizen to make money. ______

8. If you had no hexes and no money in your account, you could make money by doing what?

9. You can protect yourself in agreements with other citizens by creating and signing a ______

10. A Crisis Vote in your nation simulates ______in modern society.

11. There are three things that will occur between simulated years of the game. Which one is not correct?

a. Year end calculations b. Performance evaluations c. Hidden Agenda Applications d. Status and Well-being points applications

Bonus: Attitude and involvement is worth ______of your Civic Mirror Yearly Performance Evaluation.

5 NATIONAL IDENTITY REFLECTION

Today’s activity asked you to select a national identity task and complete it for the next Civic Mirror class. Your country is growing and evolving as we speak! Take time now to read over the questions below and provide your insight into today’s events.

Today was your first opportunity to self-govern.

What worked well? Why?

Did anyone stand out as being a good contributor? What did they do that was effective? What didn’t work well? Why?

Did anyone stand out as being a bad contributor? What did they do that hurt the process?

Your class has created symbols and slogans to represent your country. If you were to look at all of these for the first time, would you say they represented a “good” or “bad” country? Why?

What did you learn about your classmates (and meetings in general) as you worked through the student-run lesson?

6 CONSTITUTION REFLECTION

Today’s activity asked you to re-word Canada’s Constitution to reflect language that students can understand better. Your country is growing and evolving as we speak! Take time now to read over the questions below and provide your insight into today’s events.

What are the four fundamental freedoms in Canada?

1. ______

2. ______

3. ______

4. ______

What specific section of your new Constitution will likely be taken advantage of? Why or How?

What part of the Constitution will be most important to uphold? Why?

7 PRE - ELECTION 2000 Before you run your country’s first election, it would be a good idea to start thinking about what you’re looking for in your new government.

Describe what you expect from the government using the topics below. Remember to consider your hidden agenda!!!

TOPIC EXPECTATION

1. Taxes

2. Price Regulation

3. Nationalization of Hexes/Services

4. Welfare

5. Housing

6. Environmental Protection

Using the matrix below, determine the best candidate of the five you have chosen. Rate each candidate based on the criteria below on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 = bad, 5 = good). Total the score in the right column to decide who represents the best choice for you and your country.

CANDIDATE LIKEABILITY PARTY CAPABILITY TOTAL POLICIES SCORE

What type of strategy do you have planned for the election? Please describe.

Who gets your first place vote on the ballot? Why?

8 GOALS WORKSHEET

I would like you to think about your goals that you have for the near future (in relation to your country). Use the following questions as a guide:

1. List and Describe two goals that will help you achieve your hidden agenda objectives for the first year.

2. List and Describe two goals in terms of your strategy for survival in the game. Think about how you will secure food, shelter, education, health, and any luxuries the game provides.

3. What do you plan on doing to generate income?

4. How do you personally plan on resolving conflict in your country? Are you planning to be aggressive, be passive, use the law, avoid the law, ignore the law entirely?

5. You must choose one of the following that best describes what you will be like in your country: Hero, Villain, Bystander, Purposeful Citizen. -- don't forget to explain why you think you will be like this.

9 YEAR 2000 – HOUSE OF COMMONS

1. Proposed Law 2. Proposed By: 4. Outcome: □ Citizen ______□ Passed □ MP ______□ Not Passed 3. Disagree or Agree? Why? □ Ignored

10 YEAR 2000 – OPEN MARKET

1. Proposed Trade 2. Trade With: 4. Outcome: □ Citizen ______□ Success □ Government □ Failed 3. Reasoning □ Counter? ______

11 YEAR 2000 – TOWN HALL 1. The Issue: 2. With: 4. Outcome: □ Citizen ______□ Resolution □ Government

□ Country □ Ignored 3. Evidence or Facts of Issue: □ Court Case

1. The Issue: 2. With: 4. Outcome: □ Citizen ______□ Resolution □ Government

12 YEAR 2000 – NATIONAL COURT 1. Court Case Topic 3. Between: 5. Outcome: Prosecution: ______□ Innocent Defense: ______□ Guilty

4. Key Facts: □ Sentence ______2. Type of Case ______□ Criminal ______□ Civil ______

1. Court Case Topic 3. Between: 5. Outcome: Prosecution: ______□ Innocent Defense: ______□ Guilty

13 YEAR 2000 – HIDDEN AGENDA APPLICATION

Your teacher knows what your Hidden Agenda is.

PREREQUISITE #1: ______

OBJECTIVE #1: ______

PROOF OF COMPLETION: ______OBJECTIVE #2: ______

PROOF OF COMPLETION: ______OBJECTIVE #3: ______

PROOF OF COMPLETION: ______

ADDITIONAL WORK WORTHY OF STATUS POINTS: ______

FOR YOUR TEACHER ONLY: STATUS POINTS AWARDED: ______REASONING:

14 YEAR 2000 – PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

CRITERIA (EXCELLENT) (GOOD) (SATISFACTORY) (NEEDS STUDENT COMMENTS LEVEL 5 LEVEL 4 LEVEL 3 IMPROVEMENT) LEVEL 0-2

SUCCESS Earned Status Points No SPs earned, No Status Points No Status Points IN through either: but significant earned and little were earned and SIMULATION (SPs) progress was made, progress was made SPs lost in game- i) obtaining Hidden increasing the to increase your play, likely due Agenda objectives, likelihood of earning likelihood of to a death. Score SPs earning SPs in the from 0-2 ii) earning top-5 in the coming year. coming year. depending on Well-Being Pts, or You must explain the how many SPs progress to earn a were lost. iii) a Status Points mark of 4. Steal OR And you did not lose OR any. More SPs lost than More SPs gained than gained. lost.

INVOLVEMENT Always prepared, Usually prepared and Preparation Rarely prepared; & ATTITUDE organized and organized; assumed inconsistent; demonstrated enthusiastic about the various roles of a demonstrated little interest in assuming the various “citizen living in a minimal interest in assuming simulated roles of a nation” with some assuming the various roles of a ‘citizen living in a sincerity and various roles of a “citizen living in nation.’ enthusiasm “citizen living in a a nation.” nation.”

Very involved in the Involved in and Involvement in game procedures and respectful of game game procedures Others needed to made extra efforts to procedures. limited to keeping encourage/remi ensure others were family alive e.g. nd you to respect respecting the buying food units). and/or follow game’s procedures. the game procedures. Assumed roles & Assumed roles & Did not assume responsibilities that: responsibilities that: any roles and i) required much time i) required some rime responsibilities You may have and effort, and effort, or negatively ii) contributed to the ii) were important but affected the betterment of your not vital to the willingness of simulated nation, or functioning of a others to iii) were absolutely national procedure. participate in vital to the national functioning of a procedures. national procedure (e.g. court, town halls).

15 CRITERIA (EXCELLENT) (GOOD) (SATISFACTORY) (NEEDS IMPROVEMENT) STUDENT COMMENTS LEVEL 5 LEVEL 4 LEVEL 3 LEVEL 0-2

INITIATIVE Started a well- Started an initiative; Supported Used/purchased received initiative that its success was someone else’s the enriched your debatable. initiative, getting initiatives of simulation nation. involved others (2). somewhat. DEFINITION: In other words, Initiatives are although you initiated Your contributions Consistently did endeavours beyond something, it is may have helped not involvement in events questionable whether the participate in the the simulation or initiative succeed, initiatives of provides, often not it enriched your but others (1). service-related. simulated nation. they were not necessary for its Examples: existence. Negativity may financial advising have services, online affected the newspapers, legal willingness of services, banks, others to start lotteries, etc. initiatives (0).

INCORPORATON Displayed an Clearly learned from Minimally You OF LEARNING eagerness to learn your experiences, hut demonstrated and demonstrated a from your experiences you did not use and shared learning resistace to in the simulation and share ideas with from your learning from consistently used and others on a consistent simulated the simulation. shared ideas with basis. experiences. others

In class/online comments and In-class/online In class/online reflections showed comments and comments and In class/online deep understanding reflections showed a reflections showed comments and of important course solid knowledge and a minimal reflections were concepts. understanding of understanding of lacking or important course course concepts. irrelevant to concepts. course concepts Student’s completion of this rubric has Student’s completion Student’s demonstrated of completion thorough and this rubric has of this rubric has Student has not thoughtful reflection demonstrated shown minimal comleted this on his/her learning. some accurate and reflection and rubric, OR reflective thought on thought about Litle or no his/her learning. his/her learning thought about his/her learning is evident Instructor’s Comments: Student’s Comments:

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16 YEAR 2000 – REFLECTION AND PLANNING

You have now finished a year in Civic Mirror. Take time now to reflect on that year and plan for the upcoming one. Answer the questions below.

1. List and describe two things you did to improve your country this year.

2. If you could have prevented one thing, what would it have been?

3. List and describe two things you are going to do to help achieve your hidden agenda next year.

17 Information Paragraph

The purpose of an information paragraph is to inform the reader about a topic. Your paragraph will inform the reader of key differences and/or similarities between Canada and our class simulation. CONTRAST our Civic Mirror simulation with the Canadian political, economic, social, or government system. (select one)

Fill in the chart below to organize your paragraph and then write up a good copy on the following page.

Paragraph Notes Component

Topic sentence  introduces what the paragraph is about

Supporting details  try to identify at least two similarities or differences between our class simulation and Canada  make a judgment of how similar or different the simulation is from Canada

Closing sentence

18 19 FINAL CIVIC MIRROR ASSESSMENT /32

Please answer the questions below with honesty and thoughtfulness. You are not doing yourself any favours by rushing through this! Your feedback is taken into consideration. It allows me to observe, facilitate and adjust my teaching strategy to the next group. It is also another chance for me to assess what you have taken from this game yourself.

GAMEPLAY & STRATEGY (4 marks)  How would you describe the balance between sticking to your Hidden Agenda and playing the game with your own belief system? Was it difficult or simple? Please provide one example in your response.

SEASONS (8 marks)  Please complete the chart below:

20 PURPOSE BEST PART OF THIS WORST PART OF THIS RANK SEASON (What do you do in this SEASON SEASON season?) 1 =Best, 4=Worst

Winter: House of Commons

Spring: Open Market

Summer: Town Hall

Fall: National Court

HIDDEN AGENDA – PERSONAL (5 marks)  What was your Hidden Agenda? How would you rate your effectiveness overall as your Hidden Agenda (1 to 10). How did your Hidden Agenda affect the way you played the game? If you did not have a Hidden Agenda at all, what would you have done differently?

HIDDEN AGENDA – OTHERS (3 marks)  Please complete the chart below:

21 STUDENT HIDDEN AGENDA HOW DO YOU KNOW? EXAMPLE OF THEIR HIDDEN AGENDA AT WORK

POLITICAL SPECTRUM (3 marks)

 What type of government(s) did your class create? Use the graphic below to label where your government(s) fits on the political spectrum.

 Describe an example that illustrates your answer above.

22 SIMILARITIES/DIFFERENCES (4 marks)  How similar or different was your Civic Mirror country to Canada? Complete the chart below. Similarity Difference

Political

Economic

Social

Judgement: How (very or omewhat) similar or different?

LIFE LESSONS (5 marks)  Please complete the chart below:

ELEMENT OF THE GAME THE LESSON I CAN TAKE FROM THIS TO APPLY TO REAL LIFE

ROLE OF THE GOVERNMENT

ROLE OF POLITICIANS

BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS

ROLE OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM

CITIZEN PARTICIPATION

23 The Civic Mirror: Reflection and Connection Video Reflection

15% of Final Grade

This assignment will challenge you to be honest about yourself and your classmates. It will also challenge you to think hard about society, law and government, and human nature.

Format: You will be sharing your reflections about Civic Mirror in a video format. You will prepare your response like you would for a regular assignment, but then record yourself sharing it. You may record yourself, have a friend do it, or your teacher will make a video station available during class on the due date.

Length: Videos should be between 3 to 5 mins

Good luck! The more honest you are with yourself, the more you try to find the hidden lessons in those unpleasant or tough times you experienced, and the harder you think about how your CM country has helped you learn about government, and human nature, the better you will do.

Success Criteria: Your video reflection will be evaluated on the following three criteria:

 Quality of Reflection: It is expected that you spend some meaningful time on this assignment and this should be reflected in the use of many clear, relevant, and specific examples from Civic Mirror.

 Depth of Analysis: It is expected that your lessons relate to human nature, society, law and government. This is a personal/subjective assignment, so the lessons learned will be personal, but should still relate to these topics.

 Sincerity: It is expected that you take this assignment seriously. That doesn’t mean it has to be serious, but it does mean that your reflections and lessons-learned are genuine and sincere.

Guiding Questions: Use these questions to help you start your reflection. You may also find your responses on the handout “Final Civic Mirror Assessment” to be helpful.

 What kind of country did your class create?  How similar/different was your country to Canada?  What did you really begin to understand about law, government and human nature?  What kind of citizen were you?