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Grade 6 · Social Studies · Unit 9 of 19

Rights Then & Now

Who had rights in 1867 and how rights and responsibilities have grown.

What your child practises

Practises how the rights and responsibilities of citizens at Confederation compare to today, including women, First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples and francophones, and current citizenship issues.

Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: 6-KC-002, 6-KC-006, 6-VC-001, 6-VC-003, 6-VC-004, 6-VH-013, 6-VI-006 · citizens’ rights and responsibilities then and now, and current citizenship issues

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

    Women first won the right to vote in a provincial election in which province in 1916?

    • Manitoba
    • Newfoundland
    • Quebec

  2. Question 2

    People of Chinese, Japanese and South Asian background were allowed to vote federally by…

    • 1900
    • 1867
    • 1948

  3. Question 3

    First Nations people living on reserves could vote in federal elections without giving up their status starting in…

    • 1915
    • 1960
    • 1867

  4. Question 4

    Which document, part of the Constitution Act of 1982, lists the rights and freedoms of people in Canada?

    • The Indian Act
    • The Manitoba Act
    • The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

  5. Question 5

    Which of these is a freedom in the Charter?

    • Freedom of expression
    • Freedom to avoid school
    • Freedom to harm others

  6. Question 6

    Why should we remember that many groups struggled for rights?

    • To blame children
    • To value what past generations achieved and keep rights strong
    • Because it is a game

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