Grade 2 · Social Studies · Unit 6 of 7
Leaders in Canada
Prime minister, premiers and mayors
What your child practises
The prime minister leads Canada, a premier leads each province or territory and a mayor leads a city or town. Leaders are chosen by voting. This unit never names the people currently in these jobs, so it stays true over time.
Alberta Curriculum learning outcome: leaders in Canada, including the prime minister and the premiers · the prime minister, premiers and mayors, and how people choose their leaders
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 town council meets to…
- bake bread
- talk about town decisions
- practise swimming
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talk about town decisions
Hint: Councils make choices for a community.
Question 2
Who leads it? Tap an item, then tap its basket.
Sort into: 🍁 prime minister · 🏛️ premier · 🏙️ mayor
- 🗺️leads a province or territory
- 🍁leads the whole country
- 🏢works at city hall
- 🌾leads the government of Alberta
- 🏙️leads a city or town
- 🏛️works in Ottawa
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🍁 prime minister: leads the whole country, works in Ottawa · 🏛️ premier: leads a province or territory, leads the government of Alberta · 🏙️ mayor: works at city hall, leads a city or town
Hint: The prime minister leads Canada. A premier leads a province. A mayor leads a city or town.
Question 3
What does a mayor do?
- helps run a town or city
- teaches every class
- flies planes
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helps run a town or city
Hint: A mayor works with a council for the community.
Question 4
Who is the leader of a city or town?
- the prime minister
- the mayor
- the premier
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the mayor
Hint: A mayor works for the people of a city or town.
Question 5
What is Alberta's capital city?
- Calgary
- Lethbridge
- Edmonton
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Edmonton
Hint: Edmonton is Alberta's capital. The Legislature building is there.
Question 6
In an election, people mark a…
- map
- ballot
- calendar
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ballot
Hint: A ballot is how a person votes.