Grade 9 · Social Studies · Unit 1 of 6
Who Am I as a Citizen?
Rights, responsibilities and how they have grown.
What your child practises
Practises citizens' rights and responsibilities, worldview, how rights have changed for groups once shut out, treaties, the Charter and reconciliation, as in Nova Scotia's Citizenship 9 course. Indigenous content is light and is to be reviewed with community partners.
Nova Scotia Curriculum learning outcome: Who Am I as a Citizen? · rights and responsibilities, worldview, treaties, the Charter and reconciliation
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
A responsibility of citizens in a democracy is to…
- let others always decide
- avoid learning about issues
- stay informed and vote
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stay informed and vote
Hint: Informed voting strengthens democracy.
Question 2
Which of these is a freedom the Charter protects?
- freedom from all taxes
- freedom to pick your own grades
- freedom of peaceful assembly
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freedom of peaceful assembly
Hint: The Charter lists fundamental freedoms such as expression, religion and peaceful assembly.
Question 3
Which is a right Canadian citizens have?
- the right to vote when they are 18 or older
- the right to ignore all laws
- the right to choose the Prime Minister alone
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the right to vote when they are 18 or older
Hint: Voting is a right of Canadian citizens aged 18 and over.
Question 4
The Charter's equality rights mean…
- only citizens have rights
- no one needs laws
- every person is equal before and under the law
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every person is equal before and under the law
Hint: Equality before the law is a core Charter protection.
Question 5
Before the 1960 change, many status First Nations people were shut out of federal voting. This shows that…
- citizenship rights have not always been shared equally
- rights never change
- voting was always open to everyone
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citizenship rights have not always been shared equally
Hint: Rights have grown over time as people worked for fairness.
Question 6
Which sentence about rights and responsibilities is best?
- Only adults have responsibilities
- Using my rights should not take away someone else's
- Rights matter, but responsibilities do not
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Using my rights should not take away someone else's
Hint: My freedom ends where it would harm another person's rights.