Kyler has been enthralled by the South Pacific video he has borrowed from the library. One of more than 20,000 islands has a population density larger than any other in the whole world. Kyler loved learning about their society. Here is what he wrote:
Citizenship
Citizens are people who belong to the community. Immigrants and people who are born in Canada can be citizens. People In a community need each other and help each other. People in that community need others to build their homes, make their clothes, and grow their food.
Citizens have duties like paying taxes, voting, and keeping laws. The government is in charge of making laws and solving problems. They are leaders for the community.
Citizens must respect private property and public property. Citizens must recycle so we don't use up all of the natural resources on the earth. Good citizens think of ways that they could make their community a better place. Good citizens also tell the government their ideas or solutions to problems. Citizens should volunteer to help their community.
Trinity watched two Discovery Education videos on the Constitution and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. She wrote a bit about it here:
Trinity has added to her natural resources knowledge by watching some discovery education videos. Here are some notes from "Canada:Its Land, Resources, and Economy":
Kyler recently read "Beware, Pirates!" from the "Canadian Flyer" series by Freida Wishinsky. It was set on the Aid, a ship that Martin Frobisher captained on his second voyage to the Arctic. Kyler learned about privateering, life on a ship in the 1500's and some of what life was like for the Inuit of the time. There was much information at the back of the book about Captain Frobisher's life and why he turned to pirating. He found it interesting that he was knighted, even after 3 failed attempts to find gold.
Kyler is always enthusiastic and attentive when learning history this way.
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