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Grade 6 · Social Studies · Unit 1 of 7

How We Are Governed in Newfoundland and Labrador

Councils, the House of Assembly and Indigenous governments.

What your child practises

Practises the three levels of government, the House of Assembly and MHAs, how a bill becomes a law, the rights and responsibilities of citizens, and the Indigenous governments of the province. Indigenous content is light and needs review by Indigenous partners.

Newfoundland and Labrador Curriculum curriculum outcome: Citizenship, power and governance (by Grade 6) · how municipalities, the province and Indigenous governments make decisions in Newfoundland and Labrador

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 of these is a way to take part in your community?

    • staying silent forever
    • volunteering at a local event
    • breaking a rule
    • ignoring neighbours

  2. Question 2

    Why does it matter to take part, for example by voting or volunteering?

    • so many voices help shape decisions
    • so nobody needs to listen
    • so one person can decide for all
    • so laws never change

  3. Question 3

    What is a bill?

    • a request to pay money
    • a kind of vote
    • a proposed law
    • a piece of a map

  4. Question 4

    What is the job of the premier?

    • to deliver the mail
    • to lead the provincial government
    • to lead the whole country
    • to run a town council

  5. Question 5

    Which of these is a right of Canadian citizens?

    • making laws alone
    • voting in elections
    • choosing your own taxes
    • ignoring the law

  6. Question 6

    What does the Nunatsiavut Government do?

    • picks the premier
    • governs the whole province
    • governs Labrador Inuit under their land claims agreement
    • runs the federal Senate

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