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Grade 4 · Social Studies · Unit 9 of 17

Government, Property & Media

Public and private property, services and media

What your child practises

Practises public and private property, the services governments provide, elected First Nations, Métis and Inuit representatives, and how media shape what we think about people and places.

Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: 4-KP-044, 4-KP-044A, 4-KE-047, 4-KE-048, 4-KE-049, 4-VE-012 · elected Indigenous representatives, public and private property, services governments provide, and media influences

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which is private property?

    • a city street
    • a public park
    • a family's home
  2. Question 2

    Which service does a government provide?

    • pizza delivery
    • public schools
    • video games
  3. Question 3

    Which is private property?

    • your own bike
    • a public school
    • a city bus
  4. Question 4

    Which is public property?

    • a family's backyard
    • a friend's bike
    • a public library
  5. Question 5

    Who plows snow from public roads in a city?

    • city workers
    • a team of birds
    • a magician
  6. Question 6

    Why should we check more than one source of news?

    • Different sources can show different parts of the story
    • It makes news longer
    • All sources are the same