Are you looking for engaging activities to teach The Role of Government and Responsible Citizenship? Would finding a printable AND a digital version make your life easier? This Canadian Government & Citizenship Unit bundle was created to meet the 2018 Ontario Social Studies Curriculum expectations for Grade 5 Strand B, but works well with all other provincial and territorial curriculums.
This bundle includes:
➀ Canadian Government and Citizenship: Digital Unit (created with Google Slides™️
➁ Canadian Government and Citizenship: Printable Unit
It also includes two optional earlier printable versions of Strand A (2013)
► Community Mapping
► Original Canadian Government and Citizenship Unit
The digital and printable versions of this unit are companion pieces, meaning that the same lessons and similar students tasks and texts are included. This is perfect for students working on accommodated IEPS, as they can work on the digital version, doing the same lessons as everyone else! It is also perfect for distance or hybrid teaching.
Lessons:
1. Introduction
2. Rights and Responsibilities
3. Local, Regional and National Issues
4. Levels of Government
5. First Nations, Metis and Inuit Governance Structures
6. Asking Good Questions About My Issue
7. Perspectives
8. How Citizens Create Change
9. Timelines
10. Government Representatives
11. Government Actions
12. Creating Success Criteria to Assess Government Actions
13. Government Action Report Card
14. Action Plan Presentations
2018 Ontario Social Studies Curriculum Alignment:
This Canadian Government and Citizenship unit supports the revised 2018 Ontario Social Studies Curriculum for Grade 5, Strand B. This inquiry based unit has been fully updated to meet all expectations, and allows students to work on social and environmental issues of interest to them. While working towards a culminating task that allows students to explain how they feel different levels of government should handle or have handled an important issue, they are using various organizers to record their learning.
Digital Version This version was created with Google Slides™️ and can be shared on password-protected learning platforms. Students can type directly into the resource, and then share their work back with you! Directions are included on how to copy these files directly into your Google account. I hope this makes things easy for you, and super easy to share with your students!
Students are able to:
- access video links and relevant website links for research purposes
- use Google Read & Write™️ to have texts read to them
- use copy and paste feature to help with tasks
- build upon pre-existing tech skills
***Please Note*** Only the PRINTABLE version of this bundle contains the full 3-part lesson plans.
Components of Revised Resource (2018 Ontario Social Studies Curriculum):
- Levels of Government
- Local, Regional and National Issues
- First Nations, Metis & Inuit Governance Structures
- Creating Powerful Inquiry Questions
- Perspectives on Social and Environmental Issues
- Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship
- Creating an Action Plan
- Assessing Governmental Actions
Digital Version: Frequently Asked Questions:
What will I need to assign this resource to my students?
You will require:
❶ Access to the internet
❷ A Google Drive Account
I already own your original Grade 5 Strand A Social Studies bundle. Why should I consider purchasing this digital version?
✔The digital resources completely align with the regular units. This makes it extremely easy to meet IEP accommodations for specific students with little effort on your part.
✔ The digital resources are paperless, which is perfect if your school administrator is asking you to cut down on photocopying!
✔ The saturated, full-colour interactive slides are engaging for students.
✔ It’s easy to implement with distance learning.
✔ It’s just fun to use!
Can I edit this resource?
I have left 95% of the texts in editable form for two reasons:
➀ to ensure that students are able to use Google Read & Write with the activities.
➁ to allow teachers to edit texts and tasks when they feel it suitable for their class or to address IEP accommodations for specific students.
How do I collect student work?
Your students will simply complete their own copies of the lessons, and turn it into your platform (ie. Google Classroom).
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