Unit Plan: Roles and Responsibilities Within Canada’s Three Levels of Government

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Created by a middle school teacher, Canada

In Canada, our constitution lays out unique roles and responsibilities for each of our levels of government. Understanding each role ensures students are empowered as citizens to know where to turn for a particular concern and to better understand governmental conflicts when these roles are unclear or overlap. 

This unit plan has adaptations for elementary, middle years and secondary years. After the initial activating discussion and worksheets followed by the lessons on Kids Boost Immunity, students are given two options of activities to apply learning. Either create a symbol/word web showing how different levels of government connect, or identify a job or responsibility they feel their municipal government does very well.

This unit plan overview provides links to accompanying teacher support materials that include:

• Student worksheets and answer guides 

• Inquiry activities 

NOTE - answer keys/marking guides are accessible only by teachers and are located at the bottom of this page.

Teachers can use/adapt any of these materials as needed.

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  Download worksheets and make available to your students: 

• Student Worksheet: Key Figures in Government
• Student Worksheet KBI Lesson Information grades 4-7
• Student Worksheet KBI Lesson Information grades 8+
• Teacher Answer Guides—To hide from students, you have to be logged in and scroll down to the answer key section below!

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