Government Canada & Indigenous Elders, Band Councils, Reserves / Gr. 3 Social S.

Students will learn about the structures of government in Canada and compare/contrast to First Nations governing traditions: Rule by Consensus. Through reading, discussions, responses, and a reader's theatre students will build an understanding of Canadian government structures and elders, band councils and reserves.

Develop curricular competency skills through studying content.

Great for grade 3 and higher.

This product:

• is not exhaustive, but rather introductory
• introduces rule by consensus through a "Reader's Theatre"
• is one way to introduce these topic areas to students--there are many
• uses charts and diagrams to help introduce topics of government in Canada and traditional ways of governing for First Nations People in Canada
• uses a present/discuss/question/respond approach
• strives to be simple and relate-able to young students
• requires NO PREP
• 30 new additional pages of additional activities recently added

Contents

Focus

Competencies

What is Government? - read/question

• "Family Government" - family rules/leadership/fairness/change (making the topic relatable)
• questions (leaders, rules, decision-making)
• word work govern, government, synonyms)

Majority vs Minority

• meaning behind the words - read/questions
• questions (decision-making at school/at home)
• expressing my opinion

Canadian Government

• What is a federation? (levels of government, complete the diagram)
• chart showing federal/provincial/municipal government meanings; a second chart showing some of the various responsibilities for each
• government colouring page - symbols for each layer of government
• Who can help? - complete the chart (problems and contacts)

King Charles

• read (role, location, job)
• constitutional vs absolute monarchy

Upper Chamber

• read (define, senators, job responsibilities, process of getting the job)

House of Commons

• chart showing MPs/number of seats by province/territory
• showing information in different ways - instructions for completing a graph
• graphing page organizer
• answer guide

Government in Canada

• fill in the chart for the various layers of government

Democracy

• read (define, short answer question, benefits)
• "Canada's Charter of Rights & Freedoms"
• read (one example: mobility rights)
• chart (read and respond)
• questions (think about freedom rights)
• questions (classrooms & freedom rights)

First Nations

• read (self-government)
• chart (needs before European contact/today)

Consensus

• read (defined, compare consensus vs rule by majority)
• read (view the map & consider where consensus is practiced today)
• Consensus - Reader's Theatre

Elder

• read (defined, the 7 teachings, leadership characteristics)
• read "Qualities of a Good Leader" (view and consider)
• read "Why are Elders Important?" question (respond)
• answer guide for why elders are important

Band Council

• read/chart (their numbers/spoken languages)
• map of Canada showing areas where the 12 families of languages are spoken (view and respond to questions)

Reserves

• read (their numbers), photo of housing
• visit a reserve (listing of 10 reserves to visit through "The Culture Trip"
• graphic organizer (record information from research/reserve)
• graphic organizer (compare First Nations Government vs Canadian Government)

Questions to think about

Self Assessment

Check out the preview for a quick look at sample pages and topics included in this product.

Information for this product has been gleaned from Government Websites, First Nations Websites & Professional Development days attended as a BC Certified Teacher and one website called: "theculturetrip.ca"

Answer keys are included where applicable.

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