Grade 6 Social Studies - Creating a Constitution - Lessons and Assessments

In this unit of study, students will be asked to complete a performance task (create a brochure) in which they design a country that will provide a productive and positive place for people to live. They will develop a constitution for the country that they created.  

Lessons and accompanying assessments included: 

• Lesson 1:  What is Power?
• Lesson 2:  Traits of Effective Leaders
  
• Lesson 3:  Tommy Douglas~ An Outstanding Canadian Leader
  
• Lesson 4:  Where do you stand on fairness?

• Lesson 5: Colonialism in Canada and South Africa

• Lesson 6: White Privilege

• Lesson 7:  Human Rights in Canada

• Lesson 8:  How are rights protected?