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.
Question 1
Which is private property?
- a city street
- a public park
- a family's home
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a family's home
Hint: Private property is owned by a person or group.
Question 2
Which service does a government provide?
- pizza delivery
- public schools
- video games
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public schools
Hint: Governments provide education.
Question 3
Which is private property?
- your own bike
- a public school
- a city bus
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your own bike
Hint: It belongs to you.
Question 4
Which is public property?
- a family's backyard
- a friend's bike
- a public library
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a public library
Hint: Public property belongs to everyone.
Question 5
Who plows snow from public roads in a city?
- city workers
- a team of birds
- a magician
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city workers
Hint: Governments maintain roads.
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
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Different sources can show different parts of the story
Hint: Compare sources.