Ontario Grade 5 Social Studies Government & Citizenship of Canada Inquiry Unit

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As a teacher, you may often find yourself spending hours preparing lesson plans, creating assessments, and finding resources for your social studies curriculum. This can be a daunting task, especially when you want to keep your students engaged and interested in learning. Many students may find it difficult to understand complex topics like the government of Canada, leading to a lack of enthusiasm in class.

Our Government of Canada Complete Unit is the perfect solution for your classroom. It provides comprehensive lesson plans, assessments, and activities that are specifically designed for Ontario Grade 5 Social Studies. With our resources, you can make social studies engaging and exciting for your students.

Benefits:

❤️ Save time on lesson planning and resource gathering

❤️Simplify your curriculum with comprehensive lesson plans and assessments

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❤️Ensure your students understand complex topics with detailed explanations and examples

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Features:

· Students will build on their learning through knowledge building circles.

· Students will pose questions and seek out these answers in a structured way supported by the teacher.

· Students will learn through their experiences by participating in debate and role play as they learn to share their informed ideas and opinions as it relates to this topic.

· Students will be given voice and choice in their learning as they focus on elements of government most relevant to them.

· Scaffolded inquiry support booklet will help guide students through their own independent inquiry

· Resources for student research already curated and read for use within an exclusive LiveBinder solution.

How to use these Ontario Grade 5 Social Studies resources:

✅Use our lesson plans to guide your daily teaching and keep your students engaged.

✅Use our interactive activities to create a hands-on learning experience for your students.

✅Use our assessments and rubrics to evaluate student learning and track progress.

Our Government of Canada Complete Unit is the perfect solution for any Ontario Grade 5 Social Studies teacher who wants to simplify their curriculum, engage their students, and save time on lesson planning and resource gathering. With comprehensive lesson plans, interactive activities, and assessments, you can ensure your students understand complex topics like the government of Canada and its branches. Don't miss out on this opportunity to enhance your teaching and engage your students in social studies!

Ontario Grade 5 Social Studies Topics Covered

1. Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms - Students will learn the difference between a right and a freedom. They will read an article that is included within the resource on the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and learn the vocabulary associated with this document. Students will have a discussion about these concepts through a knowledge building circle with discussion prompts that will help to facilitate accountable talk and appropriate discussion techniques.

2. Charter of Right Case Studies - Take a look at issues that are relevant to students form real cases that challenged Canadian charter rights. Students will learn and debate the merits of the case as they explore how the Charter is applied to impact the daily life of citizens.

3. Types of Government - Students will explore through role play the difference between democracy and dictatorship. They will explore how governments make decisions and why consulting stakeholder opinions are an important job for governments.

4. Politics in Canada - Students will explore how Canadian government works. they will begin to understand in a simple way how a government is formed at the federal and provincial levels. They will be introduced to the major political parties of Canada.

5. Responsibilities of Government - Focusing on five levels of government (Federal, Provincial, Band Councils, Municipal, and School Boards) students will begin to understand the responsibilities of each level of government and how they work together to make Canada work.

6. Structure of Government - Students will explore the key structure of government at the Federal and Provincial levels of government. They will learn who holds key roles in government at these levels and the structure and hierarchy that allows them to work.

7. Government and the People - Students will explore real life case studies from across Canada and explore important divisive issues from various stakeholder perspectives. Students will explore why an important role of government involves considering the perspectives of many stakeholder groups before making decisions that impact Canadians.

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