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Grade 6 · Social Studies · Unit 5 of 6

Rights of Children

What every child should have, and how people speak up for it.

What your child practises

Practises the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and selected child rights issues around the world, including those of Indigenous children in Canada. Questions are gentle and focus on what people can do to help.

Nova Scotia Curriculum learning outcome: Investigate selected examples of child rights issues around the world · children’s rights, issues such as child labour and access to school, and people who speak up

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

    Children have the right to be heard, which means…

    • children make all the rules
    • children never ask questions
    • adults should listen to their ideas about things that affect them

  2. Question 2

    Each student shares an idea at a class meeting. This is a way to…

    • ignore children’s ideas
    • break the right to be heard
    • respect the right to be heard

  3. Question 3

    Every child has the right to health care and…

    • clean water and healthy food
    • unlimited toys
    • a new phone every year

  4. Question 4

    Child labour is when children…

    • help with small chores at home
    • are made to do hard work instead of going to school
    • play sports

  5. Question 5

    Children have the right to use their own language and enjoy their own…

    • passport
    • culture
    • debt

  6. Question 6

    Which of these is a way children can help others’ rights?

    • ignore what is happening
    • tease people who are different
    • speak up kindly and support causes they care about

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