Happy Thursday June 6!
Reminders:
Flying squirrel permission needs to be returned ASAP cost is $5
Please return Human Sexuality form ASAP
Important message for parents!
The grade six team needs your embarrassing and hilarious photos of your child. Email them or send them to us please. Baby pictures too! For our year end slideshow. Thanks in advance!
PAT DATES:
Social June 11
Math part B June 12
LA part B June 13
Math part A June 14
Science June 17
Today was another busy day in grade 6!
We began our morning with music! We followed music up with a math PAT! We went over several concepts student need extra help in before the test.
Study Guide for Grade 6 Social Studies
Chapter 1 Decision Making
• What factors influence personal decisions?
Internal and external factors, peer
pressure
What are the three ways that groups can
make decisions and what are the advantages and disadvantages?
- Consensus - Everybody can Vote -Representatives
• Understand the difference between Equality and Equity (also known as: fairness)
• Explain the 4 Principles of Democracy: 1 Freedoms 2 Representation 3 Equity 4 Justice
Chapter 2 – What Do Governments Do
for Us?
• What programs and services do Governments Provide?
o Why do they provide them?
• How do governments affect you?
• How do governments pay for services?
o Taxes o User fees
•
Understand that Government includes:
Federal Government o Provincial
Governments o City, Town, and Rural (district councils) Governments o First
Nations Governments o School Boards o Associations
• Understand how you can get involved/Roles in Governments: 1 Students in councils or advisory groups 2 Attending
public meetings 3 Contacting governments 4 Attending rallies or support groups
5 Voting
Chapter 3 – Ancient Athens
• Understand where/when Ancient Athens is/was and why it is
important to our social curriculum in grade 6 o Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic Ocean, Greece, Athens o
Mapping skills and scales
Birthplace of democracy: Timeline
(BCE and CE or AD)
• What is the social structure of Ancient Athens?
o Rights and Responsibilities of: - Citizens – Athenian Born Women - Male Metics – Female
Metics- Male Slaves – Female Slaves
-Ability to participate in
government
• What was the government structure in Ancient Athens? Assembly - Who could participate - Pnyx Hill - Red Rope -
Who spoke first - Who could speak - How decisions were made -
Ostracism/Ostracize - Types of decisions made - Direct Democracy
(Representative Democracy)
Boule - Bouleterion - Number of Members - Who
was chosen and how - How long were they on it - Types of decisions - Why were
they paid?
• How do members of society influence government decisions?
Chapter 4 – Iroquois Confederacy
• What is the Origin of the Iroquois Confederacy? - Dekanawidah (The Peacemaker) - Hiawatha - Alliance of 5
(6) Nations § Seneca § Cayuga § Onondaga § Oneida § Mohawk § (Tuscarora)
o Older Brothers – Keepers of the
Eastern Door and the Keepers of the Western Door o Younger Brothers o Keepers
of the Council Fire o
Timeline and geographical location o
Oral History
• Understand the difference between Tribes and Clans, and how they
strengthen the Confederacy o Matrilineal o Longhouse o Wolf, Bear, Turtle,
Snipe, Deer, Beaver, Heron, Hawk, Eel
• What was the Social Structure of the Iroquois Confederacy? Hoyaneh o Clan
Mother § Hereditary o Women’s Councils o
Men’s Councils o Rights and Responsibilities of Men and Women
• What is the Structure of The Iroquois Government? o Consensus o Grand Council § Decision Making Process • Older Brothers, Younger Brothers,
Keepers of the Council Fire • Consensus • 50 Hoyaneh • Number of Hoyaneh for
each Tribe established by Peacemaker - Tribe Councils (i.e. Mohawk Council) § Female and Male Councils § Clan Mothers § Hoyaneh §
Clans • What is the significance of Wampum Belts? Hiawatha Wampum Belt o
Collective Identity
• What are the ideas behind the Iroquois Confederacy? o The Tree of Peace § Eagle §
Branches § Weapon § Roots o The Great Law of Peace
Chapter 5 – Canada’s Rights and
Freedoms
• Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms o Fundamental Freedoms o Democratic Rights o Mobility
Rights o Equality Rights o Legal Rights o Official Languages of Canada Rights o
Minority Language Education Rights o General Rights o Enforcement Rights
• How is the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms been
influenced by the past? o Magna
Carta o
The Treaty of La Grande Paix de
Montréal § Where and When § Who was involved? § Why did it happen?
The Royal Proclamation o Slavery
Abolition o The Numbered Treaties o Suffrage Bills o Persons Act o Repeal of
the Chinese Exclusion Act o Canada Elections Act
Chapter 6 – Representative Democracy
• What is the function of a Representative? o Represent - Express ideas and vision -How do
representatives keep connected with their members?
•What is the difference between Representative Democracy and
Direct Democracy?
• How do Associations represent their Members? o What is an association? o ACFA § Board of Directors § Electorate §
Decision making process §
Regions o MNA §
Decision Making process §
Métis § General Assembly § Provincial Council § Zones
Chapter 7 – Participation
• What can participation accomplish (even for grade 6 students)? Identifying the Issue § Organizing a (Public) Meeting § Holding a (Public) Meeting § Taking Action • Being and Advocate • Petitions • Lobbying •
Organizing/Attending Rallies • Contacting elected representatives • Meetings
Chapter 8 – Local Government
• What is the structure of local governments in Alberta? Urban § Mayor (how is he/she elected?) § Councillors § Wards (Edmonton uses Wards for Electing Councillors)
Rural § Wards §
Reeve (how is he/she elected?)
Aboriginal § Métis Settlement Councils • Chairperson • Councillors § First Nations Authorities • Chief • Councillors
• Understand the different types of Municipalities and their characteristics o Urban Municipalities § Cities §
Towns § Villages o Rural Municipalities § Municipal Districts § Specialized Municipalities • Strathcona County o First
Nations and Metis Settlements §
Metis Settlement Councils §
First Nations Authorities
• How are Local
Government representatives selected?
o Nomination o Campaigning §
Debates § Forums § Preparing Polling Stations § Showing Eligibility to vote
• Who can vote? § Casting and Counting Votes • scrutineer § Declaring the Outcome • Returning officer • Length of term
o 4 years now, not 3.
• What happens at local council meetings? o Agenda o Transparency o Request to speak o Minutes § Transparency o Council chambers • What are the services
that Local Governments provide and how do they pay for them? o Cost of
government § Mayor/Reeve § Councillors § Chief Administrative Officer/Manager §
Departments:
Emergency Services o Transit o Water and sewage o Garbage collection/Waste
Management o Road maintenance o Parks and Recreation o Etc.
• What is a Bylaw and how is it created?
• What is the role of School Boards in Alberta? o Publicly Funded o Budget decisions o School Building
Decisions o Student Transportation o School Calendar o Appointing/hiring a
Superintendent §
The head employee of a school board o Ensure staffing o Ensure curriculum is
taught
• Who makes up the School Board and how are they selected? o Trustees o Chair o Length of Term § 4 years, not 3 anymore.
• What kinds of School Boards are there? o Public o Separate o Francophone
Chapter 9 – Provincial Government
• How is the Provincial Government Structured? o Political Parties § United Conservative § Liberal §
NDP § Common ideas/guiding vision o
Independents o Constituency/Electoral Division/Riding § Same as wards in local government o MLA’s § Government
• Premier • Ministers • Back
benchers § Opposition • Official Opposition -Speaker
o Lieutenant Governor §
Mace §
• What does the provincial election process in involve and
how is it the same/different than the local election process? Nominating § Who can run in an election? o Campaigning o Preparing the
Polling Stations §
Chief Electoral Officer o Showing Eligibility to Vote § Who can vote? o Casting and Counting Votes § ballots o Declaring the Outcome § Recount §
How does the Premier become the Premier?
• How are constituencies determined? o Factors: §
Representation by population §
• What are the roles of: o The Premier o A Member of the Legislative
Assembly § Constituents § Constituency office o A Cabinet Minister § Ministries (also known as Departments, such as Education or
Health) o Opposition MLAs o Lieutenant Governor
• What Services does the Provincial Government Provide? o The Big two – Health and Education o Social Services o
Environment o Recreation and Culture o Transportation and Communication o
Provincial Parks o Provincial highways o Resource conservation and Industry o
Others
• Understand the
process of making a Provincial Law
o Introducing a Bill §
Bill § First Reading o Debating the Bill
in Principle §
Second Reading o Debating the Bill in Detail § Committee of the Whole o Last Chance to Debate § Third Reading o Vote o Royal Assent § Lieutenant Governor
