Outcome PA9.3
Investigate the roles and responsibilities of members of the
societies studied and those of citizens in contemporary
Canada.
Task1:
What is the criterion for being a citizen in? (What are the roles and
responsibilities of a citizen?)
Choose THREE of the following societies to examine:
Mesopotamia - Ancient Egypt - Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome - Aztec, Incan Mayan civilizations - Medieval Europe
Renaissance Europe - Ancient China - Feudal Japan
Iroquois First Nation
Ancient Greece
In Ancient Greece only
men could be citizens,
not women, you had to
be over the age of 30
and you could never
have been a slave.
Iroquois First Nation
The Iroquois women were the
people who had the most
power in the longhouse. They
could ask the men to leave if
they weren’t a good husband
and she would have the kids.
The clans were matrilineal so
they were traced through the
mother’s line.
Ancient Rome
Citizenship in Ancient
Rome was a privileged
political and legal
status afforded to
certain free-born
individuals with respect
to laws, property, and
governance.
Task 2:
What is the criterion for being a citizen in Canada?
(What are the roles and responsibilities of being a citizen of
Canada?)
You must be a permanent resident and you are 18 years of age or older, you
must have lived here for at least 3 years, you must know English or French,
and you must learn about Canada.
Task 3:
Choose one of the societies in the above chart and then compare them with
Canada.
What are the similarities and differences between the two societies?
Ancient Greece - Canada
Similarities
1. The similarities were that Ancient
Greece had a part democratic
society and held public elections,
just like Canada, except Canada is
more democratic.
Differences
1. Ancient Greece had a ruler but
Canada has somebody elected
to be the Prime Minister.
2. People in Canada have equal
rights but in Ancient Greece they
didn’t.
P.A. 9.3
Investigate examples of the oppression of rights of particular groups or
individuals in societies studied including examples in Canada (e.g.,
slavery, limited franchise, restrictions on property ownership)
Task 1:
Identify a specific time in history when the rights of an individual were limited
and explain how the group achieved equal rights.
Define:
Slavery- the condition of a slave, bondage
Limited FranchiseInequality-the condition of being unequal
Task 2:
Find THREE examples in Canadian history when the oppression of rights
occurred. Be sure to give some background information into the event.
Oppressive Event:
Women Rights
Oppressive Event: First
Nation’s Equality
Oppressive Event: Gay
Rights
The women in Canada
didn’t have the same
rights as men and
weren’t treated with
much respect.
The First Nation’s
people were not treated
with respect, were put
onto reservations, and
had their whole culture
almost destroyed totally.
Gay marriage wasn’t
allowed in Canada.
Task 3:
You will examine ONE of these events in further detail and discuss how that
oppressed group was able to achieve rights within Canadian society.
Oppressed Group:
Women were not treated with the same respect as men, were not allowed to
vote, and were not classified as a citizen. They achieved equal rights by
campaigning and arguing that they should be able to vote. Through hard work
they earned the same equality.
P.A. 9.3
Compile an inventory of the diverse roles and responsibilities of people
within the societies studied, according to various classifications (e.g.,
gender, age, vocation, social class). Compare roles within societies
studied to those in contemporary Canadian society.
Objective:
Choosing from the following societies, examine peoples roles and their
responsibility within these roles.
Mesopotamia - Ancient Egypt - Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome - Aztec, Incan Mayan civilizations - Medieval Europe
Renaissance Europe - Ancient China - Feudal Japan
Iroquois First Nation
Task 1:
Gender Roles – Investigate the roles and responsibilities of men and women
in FOUR different societies.
Gender Roles
and
Responsibilities
Society:
Ancient
Greece
Women
The women
were not
classified
as citizens
and could
Society:
Iroquois
First
Nation
The
women
were the
people
with
Society:
Ancient
Rome
Society:
Ancient
China
Women
born in
Ancient
Rome were
citizens
Women in
Ancient
China
were not
allowed to
Men
not vote in
any
elections of
any kind.
Women
were
encouraged
to stay in
the home.
more
power in
the
family
and
could
ask the
man to
leave if
she
wanted
him to.
but could
not vote or
hold
political
office.
get an
education
or give
their
opinion or
thoughts
about
anything.
Men had
the
dominant
role in
public life
in Ancient
Greece.
The men
and
women
had
almost
equal
rights.
Men in
Ancient
Rome had
complete
authority
and power
over his
household.
Men ruled
the
household
and had
complete
control
over his
wife.
Task 2:
Age Roles – Investigate the roles of people of different ages in FOUR
different societies.
Age Roles
and
Responsibil
ities
Children
Society:
Ancient
Greece
Society:
Aztec
Society:
Ancient
Rome
Society:
Ancient
China
Girls grew up
helping
around the
house and
Both boys
and girls
got
teachings
Only
some
children
in Ancient
Boys in
Ancient
China were
educated
Adults
married at the
age of 15.
Boys were
considered to
be more
important
than girls and
were sent to
school at the
age of 6 to
learn to read,
write, add,
and enjoy
music and
poetry.
Men ran the
household
and were
considered
more
important
than women.
Women were
supposed to
stay in their
home and
they were not
allowed to do
the same
things as a
man could.
Elderly
The elderly
were treated
with respect
and were
taken care of
and
lessons at
a young
age. The
boys
moved out
at a young
age to live
in a boys
home and
the girl
moved out
when they
got
married.
Aztec
women
helped
around the
household
and were
also
included in
the Aztec
workforce.
The men in
Aztec
society
were
primarily
the
supporters
of a family
and went
to war.
The elderly
were
important
in the
Aztec
Rome
went to
school.
The girls
learnt to
run the
househol
d also.
and
continued
the family
name.
Girls were
not really
wanted
except for
doing
housework
.
Men ran
the
househol
d and had
more
rights
than
women.
The men in
Ancient
China had
complete
control
over his
family and
household.
The
women
could go
out and
do
different
things like
going to
banquets,
theatre
etc. But
they
didn’t
have the
same
rights that
a man did.
The
Romans
greatly
cared for
and
The
women
had to do
everything
the men
told them
too.
The elderly
in Ancient
China were
greatly
respected
by the
children.
society
family.
respected
their
elderly.
and were
taken care
of by
family
members.
Task 3:
Social Class Roles – Investigate the roles and responsibilities of people of
different classifications of wealth in FOUR different societies.
Social Class
Roles and
Responsibilitie
s
Poor/Slaves
Society:
Ancient
Greece
Society:
Aztec
Society:
Ancient
Rome
Society:
Ancient
China
The slaves
and poor
were pretty
much the
same in
Ancient
Greece and
did many of
the jobs other
people didn’t
want to do.
The poor
and slaves
did the
worst work
and were
also used
for
sacrifices
to their
gods if
needed.
The
slaves in
Ancient
Rome
did all of
the
Romans
dirty and
hard
work and
were an
importan
t part in
their
society.
The poor
and
slaves
did all
the hard
work the
higher
class
people
didn’t
want to
do and
they
were
treated
poorly.
Working Class
Rich
The working
class were
the people
who had
normal jobs
like
merchants,
contractors,
manufacturer
s etc. They
lived a good
life most of
the time and
didn’t have to
do the really
bad jobs.
The rich in
Ancient
Greece didn’t
have jobs
and had
slaves do all
their work.
They were
the only
people who
could vote
and the
number of
the Rich was
very small.
Commoner
s and serfs
mad up
most of the
population
and thy
survived
mostly by
farming.
The
working
class of
Ancient
Rome
did most
of the
other
normal
jobs and
had
better
lives
than the
slaves.
The
working
class
were the
people
with
normal
lives and
had to
work to
make a
living.
Being a
Noble was
usually
hereditary
and they
didn’t work
their fields,
they got
serfs and
slaves too.
The Rich
in
Ancient
Rome
were the
only
people
classifie
d as
citizens
and were
the only
people
who
could
vote.
The rich
in
Ancient
China
were well
respecte
d and
had
many
slaves
and
people to
do their
work for
them.