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Governments, NGOs and Aid Groups: Who Does What

  • Grade 6
  • Social Studies
  • 1 min 3 s
  • British Columbia
  • BC6-SS-07

One picture builds up step by step: a government that makes laws and runs services for people paid for partly by taxes, NGOs whose aid groups bring food, water, shelter and medicine, and activists, lobby groups and groups for Indigenous peoples' rights who speak up to governments. It ends by showing that these groups often work together, that anyone can volunteer, donate or speak up, and the recap that governments make laws while other groups help and speak up.

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The question this lesson answers

Many different groups work to solve problems in society, but who does what?

Governments make laws and run public services for everyone.

Transcript

What the lesson says

Many different groups work to solve problems in society, but who does what?

Governments make laws and run public services for everyone.

People pay taxes, which help pay for these services.

NGOs, or non-governmental organizations, are groups that are not part of any government.

Many NGOs are aid groups that bring food, water, shelter and medicine to people in need.

Activists are people who speak up and campaign for a cause they care about.

Lobby groups try to persuade governments to make or change laws.

Some groups represent Indigenous peoples and speak up for their rights.

Governments and these groups often work together, and sometimes they disagree.

You can take part too, by volunteering, donating or speaking up.

So governments make laws, while other groups help people and speak up to governments.

Curriculum

Where this fits

British Columbia, Grade 6

Social Studies, Governance: roles of individuals, governmental organizations, and NGOs, including groups representing indigenous peoplesBC6-SS-07

Previous: The United Nations: what it is and what it doesNext: Democracy, Monarchy and Dictatorship: Who Holds the Power?

The outcomes and strands follow the British Columbia curriculum.

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