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Grade 6 · Social Studies · Unit 14 of 19

Identity & Organizations

People and groups that shape who we are in Canada.

What your child practises

Practises what shapes personal and national identity, organizations that promote the rights of First Nations, Métis, Inuit and francophone people in Manitoba, and well-known individuals from Canada’s past and present.

Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: 6-KI-016, 6-KI-020, 6-KI-020A, 6-KI-020F, 6-KI-021, 6-VI-007, 6-VI-008, 6-VI-009 · personal and national identity, groups and organizations, and individuals from Canada’s past and present

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

    Which organization promotes the rights of francophones in Manitoba?

    • The Red Cross
    • The Manitoba Museum
    • The Société franco-manitobaine

  2. Question 2

    Who was the Manitoba politician who held an eagle feather in the legislature in 1990?

    • Elijah Harper
    • Louis Riel
    • Lester Pearson

  3. Question 3

    Terry Fox, who began a cross-Canada run for cancer research in 1980, was from which province?

    • Manitoba (born in Winnipeg)
    • Alberta
    • Yukon

  4. Question 4

    Who is considered a founder of Manitoba and led the Red River provisional government?

    • Nellie McClung
    • Louis Riel
    • Terry Fox

  5. Question 5

    Pluri-Elles is a Manitoba organization that…

    • sells cars
    • runs a ski hill
    • supports francophone women

  6. Question 6

    A student wants to learn their family’s language. Which organization could help?

    • A gas station
    • A community cultural or language centre
    • A shoe store

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