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New Activity Guide

Manitoba Ombudsman continues to develop a new collection of learning activities designed to support the curriculum for social studies in grades six and nine and grade 12 law and global issues. The collection is divided into four main themes – government and the ombudsman, fair decision making, access to information and information privacy.

Government and the Ombudsman

Student Activity Grade(s) Teacher's Notes
Government in our lives 6, 9 Notes: Government in our lives
Problem solving 6, 9 Notes: Problem solving
What's in a complaint 6, 9, 12 Notes: What's in a complaint

Fair decision making

Student Activity Grade(s) Teacher's Notes
The language of fairness 6, 9, 12 Notes: The language of fairness
Splitting the orange 6, 9 Notes: Splitting the orange

Access to Information

Student Activity Grade(s) Teacher's Notes
Information is empowering 6, 9, 12 Notes: Information is empowering
What is personal information? 6, 9 Notes: What is personal information?
Plan a right to know event 6, 9, 12 Notes: Plan a right to know event
Case study: access to information in practice 9, 12 Notes: Case study: access to information in practice
Make an access to information request 9, 12 Notes: Make an access to information request

Information Privacy

Student Activity Grade(s) Teacher's Notes
Plan a Data Privacy Day event 6, 9, 12 Notes: Plan a Data Privacy Day event

Privacy lessons created by MediaSmarts for the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada and provincial and territorial privacy protection authorities:

Lesson Grades
Getting the toothpaste back into the tube: a lesson on online information 6-8
Know the deal: the value of privacy 6-8
Privacy rights of children and teens 9-12