1. Grade Six Social Studies Review
Preparing for the Provincial Achievement Test

2. KNOWLEDGE VS. SKILL QUESTIONS
It is helpful to be able to recognize the difference between a knowledge question and a skill question. In the knowledge and understanding category, students are tested on their ability to understand generalizations, concepts, related facts, and content. The skills and processes that students are expected to use when answering questions include critical and creative thinking, historical and geographic thinking, decision making and problem solving, research skills, written literacy, and media literacy. There will be twice as many Skill questions on your exam as knowledge questions. Skill questions typically include a source.

3. Test Blueprint

4. Principles
1) In a word what was grade six social studies about 2) What are the principles of democracy? 3) What are some examples of democracies? 4) A proposed, or suggested, law is known as…… 5) The most important law of Canada and a framework for how our government should work is known as

10. IDEALS OF EQUITY AND FAIRNESS
6) What is the Charter of Rights and Freedoms? 7) List examples of Fundamental freedoms in the Charter. 8) List examples of democratic rights in the Charter. 9) List examples of mobility rights in the Charter.

11. IDEALS OF EQUITY AND FAIRNESS (2)
10) List examples of Legal Rights in the Charter. 11) Give some examples of equality rights in the Charter. 12) Give several examples of group rights protected by the Charter. 13) What was the Treaty of La Grande Paix de Montreal and what? 14) Why is the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms entrenched in the Canadian Constitution? How would it be different if it was not entrenched?

15. Recall the purpose of the Minority Language Education Rights as defined in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Identify an example of Mobility Rights as defined in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Identify accountability as a characteristic of democracy
Identify a similarity between direct democracy and representative democracy
Recall the principles of democracy
Recognize Freedom of Expression as defined in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Determine the right from the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms being demonstrated in a photograph
Recognize the purpose of activities from a photograph
Determine the most likely motivation for performing activities in a photograph
Recognize an example of equality

16. Local Government
15) In the City of Edmonton who represents us at the local government level? 16) What is the area called that elects people in Edmonton’s local elections? 17) What are the responsibilities of local governments? Name as many areas of jurisdiction as possible. 18) What is the main source of revenue for local governments? 19) What role is played by school boards within local communities?

17. Recall the requirements for running in a municipal election
Identify buildings that house local government operations
Recall the role of representation in government
Recognize the level of government responsible for bylaws

18. Provincial Government
20) Who is the head of government at the provincial level?
21) Who is the Queen’s representative at the provincial level?
22) What are the main responsibilities of the Lieutenant Governor?
23) What are the responsibilities of the provincial government?
24) An elected representative who is in charge of a provincial government department
25) At the beginning of a session in the Alberta Legislature the Lieutenant Governor makes an important speech. Who writes the speech and what is it called?

19. Recall the steps in the election process for a provincial election
Identify a requirement for becoming premier in the province of Alberta
Identify an example of accountability in provincial government
Recall how the Official Opposition is determined in provincial government
Recall the role of representation in government
Recognize the duties of the lieutenant governor in provincial government
Recall the different roles of members of the provincial government

20. Impacting Decision Making
26) Provide some examples of how individuals, groups and associations within a community participate in the decision-making process regarding current events or issues. 27) If you wanted to change/influence a local law, who would you contact? 28) If you wanted to change/influence a provincial law, who would you contact? 29) If you wanted to change/influence a policy at your school, who would you contact? 30) In what ways do elected officials demonstrate their accountability to the electorate? 31) Rights that individuals have because they are part of a particular group are known as 32) What is it called when people vote directly on a specific issue/concern that affects them?

24. Recognize an activity that is both a right and a responsibility of citizens in Alberta
Demonstrate understanding of the varying reliability of web-based research
Identify an example of active citizenship from a news article
Determine the most effect way to influence decision-making
Recognize a statement as an opinion
Determine the points-of-view of individuals
Identify an example of active citizenship and it's purpose
Synthesize information to determine solutions offered by speakers
Recognize a statement that contains fact

25. Ancient Athens
33) Males in Athens who had Athenian-born parents could become what? 34) Foreigners who were living in Athens who couldn’t participate in government or vote were known as 35) The heart of ancient Athens where people bought and sold goods and discussed issues was known as 36) While Greece is often called the first democracy what is one reason you could argue that it was not a real democracy? 37) The type of democracy practiced in ancient Athens is often referred to as….. 38) In ancient Greece an independent area made up of a city and surrounding countryside was known as a

27. Identify an example of direct democracy in ancient Athens
Demonstrate understanding of the influence of ancient Athens in Canada today
Compare the government of ancient Athens to the provincial government of Alberta
Recall the requirements for citizenship in ancient Athens
Identify a speaker from ancient Athens as a metic
Recall the social structure in ancient Athens
Recall activities that would have occurred in the Assembly in ancient Athens
Identify an example of equity and fairness in the structure of government in ancient Athens
Evaluate the contents of a flowchart to determine the most suitable title
Identify the method of selection for membership in a government body in ancient Athens

28. Iroquois Confederacy
39) Among the Iroquois, these beads made from shells are woven into patterned strings of belts that record important events, ideas, contracts, pledges or treaties among nations. 40) What was the Iroquois confederacy? 41) In Iroquois society large groups of related families that claim to be descended from a common ancestor are known as 42) This group met to discuss issues that affected the whole Iroquois Confederacy, such as peace treaties, trade agreements, and decisions to go to war. It was made up of the Hoyaneh from each a nation. 43) What was the method of decision making used by this group? 44) What are the advantages and disadvantages of this method? 45) What is the name of the people of the Six Nations, also called “Iroquois” by French Settlers?

29. Recall the role of women in the decision-making process of the Iroquois Confederacy
Identify the role of one of the nations of the Iroquois Confederacy
Recall the result of the Treaty of La Grande Paix de Montreal
Recall the method of passing down information in the Iroquois Confederacy
Identify an example of equality within the Iroquois Confederacy
Select the correct manner in which decisions were recorded in the Iroquois Confederacy
Determine the consequences for behaviour within the leadership of the Iroquois Confederacy
Identify the how democratic principles were built in to decision making in the Iroquois
Use geographic thinking to determine the motive for an action of a nation in the Iroquois Confederacy
Synthesize information in a timeline to make a generalization about the Iroquois Confederacy
Use the contents of a timeline to identify an appropriate related question

30. Pre-contact Cayuga chief, standing near council fire.
A pre-contact Seneca holding unity belt.

31. An older woman & her daughter is holding a baby in cradleboard tie.

32. Iroquois symbols: Longhouse with six holes, Tree of Peace, Sun, Hiawatha Belt, five bound arrows, and on the left standing figure of Seneca man, and on right standing figure of Mohawk man

33. First Grand Council: Peacemaker with white wampum belt standing near white pine tree of format, a crowd of hundreds, majority sitting, long bark house to right. Atataho standing in middle back ground, Aionwatha standing closer and to right with arms folded.

34. Tree of Peace

35. Wampum belts, made of shell beads, were a mnemonic device to commemorate events. Such belts were particularly prominent in the 1700s, as contrasted with earlier strings of wampum laid down as points of emphasis by orators at treaties. Today, belts often represent the struggles the Iroquois Confederacy has faced with State, Provincial, and Federal governments of the United States and Canada. This particular belt, the Hiawatha Belt, represents the founding of the Iroquois Confederacy of Five Nations the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca. Hiawatha Belt, quahog shells. Ken Maracle, Cayuga

36. #52 Iroquois are governed by chiefs whether elected or appointed by clan mothers. The horns of office are symbolically placed upon their head and the strings of wampum represent their pledge to keep the welfare of their people foremost in their minds. THE SPEAKER, chalk, pastels, 1989 Bruce King, Oneida Oneida Reservation, WI

37. Suggestions for Success
Before the Test Do not Simply Memorize Facts Actively Summarize Practice Makes Perfect Be Prepared Emotionally and Physically, as Well as Intellectually During the Test Dos and Don’ts Do: Spend Time on the Question Before Reading the Alternatives Predict an Answer Before Looking at Alternatives Check the Format of the Alternatives Carefully Read Each Alternative Choose the Alternative that Best Answers the Question Review Answers Don’t: 1. Rely on Recognition 2. Rely on Myths and Misconceptions 3. Dismiss Alternatives Because they Seem too Obvious 4. Run Out of Time