Critical Challenge: Understanding Political Offices in Alberta

Specific Outcomes

This critical challenge may address these outcomes:

Specific Outcome 6.1.5.1	-	How is the provincial government structured? (PADM)
Specific Outcome 6.1.5.2	-	What is the role and status of the Lieutenant Governor within the provincial government? (GC, PADM)
Specific Outcome 6.1.5.4	-	How are representatives chosen at the provincial level of government (i.e., electoral process)? (PADM)
Specific Outcome 6.1.5.5	-	What are the differences between the responsibilities of a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) and a cabinet minister? (PADM)
Specific Outcome 6.S.1.2	-	Students will critically evaluate ideas, information and positions
Specific Outcome 6.S.1.4	-	Students will generate original ideas and strategies in individual and group activities
Specific Outcome 6.S.4.1	-	Students will propose and apply new ideas, strategies and options, supported with facts and reasons, to contribute to decision making and problem solving
Specific Outcome 6.S.5.2	-	Students will work collaboratively with others to achieve a common goal
Specific Outcome 6.S.7.8	-	Students will access and retrieve appropriate information from the Internet by using a specific search path or from given uniform resource locators (URLs)
Specific Outcome 6.S.8.7	-	Students will communicate effectively through appropriate forms, such as speeches, reports and multimedia presentations, applying information technologies that serve particular audiences and purposes

TCC	Time, Continuity and Change
PADM	Power, Authority, and Decision Making