Grade 6 · Social Studies · Unit 5 of 6
Rights of Children
What every child should have, and how people speak up for it.
What your child practises
Practises the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and selected child rights issues around the world, including those of Indigenous children in Canada. Questions are gentle and focus on what people can do to help.
Nova Scotia Curriculum learning outcome: Investigate selected examples of child rights issues around the world · children’s rights, issues such as child labour and access to school, and people who speak up
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
Children have the right to be heard, which means…
- children make all the rules
- children never ask questions
- adults should listen to their ideas about things that affect them
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adults should listen to their ideas about things that affect them
Hint: Children’s views matter when decisions are made.
Question 2
Each student shares an idea at a class meeting. This is a way to…
- ignore children’s ideas
- break the right to be heard
- respect the right to be heard
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respect the right to be heard
Hint: Listening to children’s ideas respects their rights.
Question 3
Every child has the right to health care and…
- clean water and healthy food
- unlimited toys
- a new phone every year
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clean water and healthy food
Hint: Health and basic needs are part of children’s rights.
Question 4
Child labour is when children…
- help with small chores at home
- are made to do hard work instead of going to school
- play sports
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are made to do hard work instead of going to school
Hint: Child labour can harm a child’s health and learning.
Question 5
Children have the right to use their own language and enjoy their own…
- passport
- culture
- debt
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culture
Hint: The Convention says children can enjoy their own culture and language.
Question 6
Which of these is a way children can help others’ rights?
- ignore what is happening
- tease people who are different
- speak up kindly and support causes they care about
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speak up kindly and support causes they care about
Hint: Even young people can make a difference by helping.