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Grade 9 · Social Studies · Unit 1 of 5

Rights & Citizenship

The Charter, human rights and becoming a citizen.

What your child practises

Practises the rights listed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the requirements for citizenship, and Canadians such as Nellie McClung and Viola Desmond who worked for human rights.

Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: 9-KC-001, 9-KC-002, 9-KC-003, 9-KC-004, 9-KH-031 · human rights, the Charter, citizenship and the development of human rights in Canada

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 Nova Scotia businesswoman challenged racial segregation by sitting in a whites-only section of a theatre in 1946?

    • Nellie McClung
    • Viola Desmond
    • Rosa Parks
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    Viola Desmond

    Hint: Viola Desmond's act became a symbol of the fight against racial discrimination in Canada.

  2. Question 2

    Which of these is a fundamental freedom in the Charter?

    • freedom of expression
    • the right to a free car
    • the right to skip school
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    freedom of expression

    Hint: People may share their thoughts and opinions, within reasonable limits.

  3. Question 3

    The Canadian Museum for Human Rights is in which Manitoba city?

    • Thompson
    • Brandon
    • Winnipeg
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    Winnipeg

    Hint: The museum opened in Winnipeg in 2014.

  4. Question 4

    In 1916 Manitoba became the first province to…

    • give some women the right to vote and run for office
    • ban the vote for everyone
    • create a national anthem
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    give some women the right to vote and run for office

    Hint: Manitoba was the first province to give women the vote in provincial elections.

  5. Question 5

    A Canadian citizen moving from Manitoba to Nova Scotia to live and work is using a…

    • mobility right
    • legal right
    • language right
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    mobility right

    Hint: Mobility rights let citizens live and work anywhere in Canada.

  6. Question 6

    Residential schools, Japanese Canadian internment and the head tax are all examples of…

    • past injustices that took away rights of groups of people
    • examples of the Charter at work
    • policies that protected equality
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    past injustices that took away rights of groups of people

    Hint: Studying them helps Canadians understand the present and work toward fairness.

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