Grade by Grade
Alberta · Grade 6

Social Studies

Democracy: history, principles and operation

Outline

Lessons for this subject are being written.

Below is how the official curriculum organizes it. Each strand will get full lessons like the ones in Grade 1 Mathematics.

Curriculum strands

TPTime and Place

Athenian direct democracy, Roman Republic and Haudenosaunee Confederacy decision making

SYSystems

Principles of democracy; the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

CICitizenship

Formal and informal civic participation; discrimination and racism