"Practical Money Skills is a free financial literacy program to help Canadians understand the fundamentals of money management. Created by Visa, the program offers money management resources including calculators, games, and lesson plans tailored for use by Canadian families and educators."

Bright, beautiful, interactive and simple to use, Managing your money offers a series of seven worksheets to help Indigenous individuals and families to set and work towards money goals. Each financial topic and activity features artwork by Simon Brascoupé paired with a teaching from the animal world that draws on their skills, strengths and experiences in managing resources. These worksheets are designed to facilitate one-on-one conversations or to be used in financial education workshops (and in fillable pdf format)  They can be used in the order they appear, or in a different order that fits best with the individual. This resource also includes recorded webinar, with faciliator guide, blank slides to make your own presenation, and full booklets in English, French, Cree and Ojibwe.

Lessons include:
*VR Parliament
*Searching for Symbols
*Bills
*Committee Simulation
*Setting the Agenda
*Parliament in the News
*Government
*Model Parliament

These activities and sheets about the Senate are geared toward High School students.

Senate Student Work Sheets Include:

About Bills in Parliament
1. How Does a Bill Become a Law?
• Learning from videos and brochures, students navigate the steps of a bill moving through Parliament.
• Relevant studies: Civics, Social Studies/Sciences, Politics, Law
2. What’s in a Bill?
• Building on How Does a Bill Become a Law?, students zero in on a real bill of their choice.
• Relevant studies: Civics, Social Studies/Sciences, Politics, Law
How the Senate Works
• Based on the Senate Explained video series, students learn some of the less-understood concepts of Senate sittings.
• Relevant studies: Civics, Social Studies/Sciences, Politics, Law
Write Your Own Senator’s Statement
• Students learn about these three-minute speeches and how to draft one themselves.
• Relevant studies: Civics, Social Studies/Sciences, Politics, Law, and English/French
The Senate Virtual Tour Treasure Hunt
• Students explore the online virtual tour of the Senate to find three “treasures.”
• Relevant studies: History, Civics, Social Studies/Sciences, Politics
Get to Know a Senator
• Students research a senator of their choice.
• Relevant studies: History, Civics, Social Studies/Sciences, Politics, Law

We'd love to hear any feedback on how they work for you and your students. Please feel free to send us a note at SENgage@sen.parl.gc.ca.

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