Grade 6s continue their learning in Social Studies about human rights - they reviewed what they learned last year about what they feel are essential rights of a child, and built on that by learning about the United Nations, different non-governmental organizations, and what Canada and Canadians are doing to defend these human rights. We built our understanding of the United Nations by comparing it to what our families do at home when we need to make a decision or when we're in an argument. We learn to collaborate, discuss, form agreements, vote and more to make decisions. You can see this anchor chart below.
Students are using this information to piece together ideas about how Canadians can make a difference in the human rights of others. They're learning about...
Soon, you will start learning about your child's #WorldChangers project. Mrs. Jorgensen and I will be tweeting lots about these projects, so you can check them out as they develop. Our first of #WorldChangers tweets was sent out this morning... check it out here!
Yesterday, we imagined that we were speaking to the founders of the four organizations above. We wondered what advice they might give us about our own projects. Check out our ideas below!
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