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The Charter of Rights and Freedoms

  • Grade 5
  • Social Studies
  • 1 min 22 s
  • British Columbia
  • BC5-SS-09

A scroll stands for the Charter, which became part of the Constitution, Canada's highest law, in 1982. As each section lights up on it, a board beside it shows the four fundamental freedoms in their own words, that these freedoms can have reasonable limits set by law, and then the equality rights. For the equality rights, a row of different people stands on one level, one is moved to a lower step to show discrimination and then brought back, and the seven grounds the Charter names appear as examples, before a recap that the Charter protects everyone's fundamental freedoms and equality rights.

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The question this lesson answers

What rights do people in Canada have?

Many of them are written in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

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What the lesson says

What rights do people in Canada have?

Many of them are written in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

In 1982, it became part of the Constitution, Canada's highest law.

First, it lists four fundamental freedoms for everyone.

Freedom of conscience and religion lets you hold and practise your own beliefs.

Freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression lets you share your own ideas.

Freedom of peaceful assembly lets people gather together peacefully.

Freedom of association lets people form and join groups.

These freedoms can have reasonable limits, set by law.

Equality rights say every individual is equal before and under the law.

Discrimination means treating people unfairly because of who they are.

Every individual has the right to equal protection and equal benefit of the law, without discrimination.

The Charter names examples: race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age, and mental or physical disability.

The Charter protects everyone's fundamental freedoms and equality rights.

Curriculum

Where this fits

British Columbia, Grade 5

Social Studies, History and identity: human rights and responses to discrimination in Canadian societyBC5-SS-09

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The outcomes and strands follow the British Columbia curriculum.

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