Provincial Government-Unit 1

There has been a major crime committed in Alberta! You have found
an Albertan who does not understand how our provincial government
works. You are an investigator and it is your job to collect information
and give it to the victim so they can learn about the government of
their province! Good luck to all!!

Stage 1

Objective 1: How is the provincial government structured?

Choice A: Read page 146 complete the web about the structure of the
provincial government.

Choice B: Read page 146 out loud to a friend. After reading it out loud,
you can come get Mrs.Bain’s computer and retell what you learned
about the structure of the government orally.

Choice C: Read page 146 and create a picture of the structure of the
provincial government.

Objective 2: What is the role of the lieutenant governor?

Choice A: Read pages 142-143 to yourself and complete the note web.

Choice B: Read pages 142-143 out loud to a friend. When you are done
you have to write a song about the role of the lieutenant governor.
Your song must list all of the duties of him/her.

Choice C: Read pages 142-143. Create 4 flashcards. The flashcards will

have a question on one side and your answer on the other side. The
questions you will use are found on page 142 and page 143 in the
Thinking it Through sections.
 Stage 2

1. Write a 2 page play depicting a conversation between the

lieutenant governor, the premier, a cabinet minister and the
premier. They were describing their jobs to each other.

2. Create an icon for each level of the provincial government.

Create a poster to display your icons.

3. Who is our lieutenant governor? You are going to write a

biography on our current lieutenant governor.

Please refer to procedure sheets for expectations of

each of the three choices.
 Stage 3

You are going to read a newspaper article about a bill that the
provincial government passed. You will write a “letter to the editor” to
respond to that article. Your job is to try and convince the readers of
the newspaper to agree with your opinion. Come to Mrs.Bain to receive
your article.

Your response must include the following information:

o Do you agree or disagree with the act was passed?

o Why do you agree or disagree?

o If you were a part of the government that made the decision,

which way would you have voted?

o What groups of people are affected by the decision? How do you

think they feel about the decision?

Your letter is to be hand written or printed. I want to see that you took
the letter through all stages of the writing process.

1) Brainstorming-your ideas

2) Choosing your ideas that you want to include

3) Use the graphic organizer from Mrs. Bain to organize your ideas.

4) Write the first draft (double space your work!)

5) Edit, revise

6) Final copy
 Write a Play
You have overheard a conversation between the lieutenant governor,
the premier and a member of the legislative assembly (MLA). You are
going to recount the information for the victim (person who does not
know anything about their Albertan government) in the form of a play.

1) Fill out the following chart:

Lieutenant Gov. Premier MLA

Qualifications

How selected

Role

Responsibilities

2. Keep your topic in mind when beginning to write your play. You
must include all four of the things listed above. For example, the
Lieutenant governor is going to describe her/his job to the Premier
and the MLA.
 IPhone Apps

The victim really wants a way to check up on the different levels of

government when he/she feels like it. So it is up to you to design an
iphone app for each level of government.

• Lieutenant governor

• Premier

• Member of legislative assembly

• Legislative assembly

Your apps must include the following information:

• Easily recognizable by most people

• Accurately reflect each position

• Accurately reflect the most important part of each of the

position’s jobs
 Write a newspaper article

You are going to conduct research about our current lieutenant

governor of Alberta. In your newspaper article you must include the
following points:

1) Who is our current lieutenant governor?

2) What are they responsible to do in government?

3) When did they become the lieutenant governor?

4) Where were they born? Where do they live now?

5) Why did they want to become the lieutenant governor?

6) How did they get their job?

7) Any other interesting facts you can find out.

Remember to follow a newspaper-writing format. If you need help,

come and see Mrs. Bain about a planning sheet to help you organize
your information.

Much of the information you will need can be found on this website:

http://www.lieutenantgovernor.ab.ca/