Grade 6 · Social Studies · Unit 6 of 8
The Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Rights, freedoms and limits
What your child practises
The Charter (1982): fundamental freedoms, democratic, mobility, legal, equality and language rights, reasonable limits, Indigenous rights, and the link between rights and responsibilities.
Alberta Curriculum learning outcome: the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms · fundamental freedoms, democratic, mobility, legal, equality and language rights, and their reasonable limits
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
Rights come with responsibilities. Which is a responsibility of a citizen?
- Choosing which laws to follow
- Obeying the law and respecting others' rights
- Taking away others' freedoms
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Obeying the law and respecting others' rights
Hint: Rights and responsibilities go together.
Question 2
Which of these is a fundamental freedom in the Charter?
- Freedom to skip school
- Freedom from homework
- Freedom of peaceful assembly
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Freedom of peaceful assembly
Hint: Fundamental freedoms include expression, religion and association.
Question 3
A French-speaking family wants French-language schooling for their child. Which rights apply?
- Mobility rights
- Democratic rights
- Minority language education rights
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Minority language education rights
Hint: The Charter protects schooling in English or French where numbers warrant.
Question 4
Which Charter idea says people are innocent until proven guilty?
- Mobility rights
- Legal rights
- Language rights
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Legal rights
Hint: Legal rights protect people accused of crimes.
Question 5
What is the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
- A list of Canadian cities
- Part of Canada's Constitution that protects people's rights
- A treaty with France
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Part of Canada's Constitution that protects people's rights
Hint: It protects rights from being taken away by governments.
Question 6
Section 1 of the Charter says rights can be limited only if limits are…
- kept secret from citizens
- reasonable and justified in a free and democratic society
- decided by one person
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reasonable and justified in a free and democratic society
Hint: For example, your freedom of speech does not allow you to harm others.