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What is democracy? How does it keep the powerful in check? Democracy and the Rule of Law explains how democracy helps maintain the rule of law.
Direct democracy gives voters the power to decide what the law should be. Direct Democracy looks at the origins of direct democracy in ancient Greece, moves students through Saskatchewan’s history with and current legislation governing direct democracy, and closes with critical considerations of the merits and drawbacks of direct democratic rule.
William Golding's tale of boys stranded on a tropical island has been described as "a compulsory stop of any surveyor of the English novel after the Second World War." Lord of the Flies: The Novel Study uses the Law 30 curriculum as a frame to provoke classroom discussion and critical thought about the ideas of the rule of law and the process of governance.
Municipalities Matter will help students make sense of local elections and law-making processes.
Help students make sense of how Saskatchewan is governed with the revised Our Government, Our Election.
How would you govern a new society? Shipwrecked examines six shipwrecks across history, to consider how societies can successfully rule themselves.
An exploration of how the law relates to Stephen Leacock’s classic novel.
This issue of The PLEA introduces various elements of Canada’s legal system, including government, the police, and the courts.
This issue of The PLEA considers the ancient Greek origins of direct democracy, the history of direct democracy in Saskatchewan, direct democracy in action, and how to make better democratic decisions.
This issue of The PLEA introduces municipal government.
This issue of The PLEA uses Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town to ask how have we succeeded as a liberal democracy? And how can we do better?
Ideal for most any reader, Revolution is specifically designed to fulfill several requirements across Saskatchewan’s social science curricula. It will also be of particular interest to people curious about laws, social change, and ideology.
This issue of The PLEA explores the right to run for office. In particular, it looks at people who have made satire a part of their election bid. Ideal for most any reader, Running Jokes fulfills several requirements of Saskatchewan’s Social Studies 30 and English Language Arts 30 curricula.
This issue of The PLEA explores how Nazis used satire to gain public support for their changes to German laws and social systems.
What was Vichy France? How was it created? Who fought against it? And why are the lessons of Vichy relevant today? Ideal for most any reader, Vichy fulfills several requirements in Saskatchewan’s History 20 curriculum. It will also be of interest to people curious about the history of World War II.
