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It’s the ______ of Rights and Freedoms
Something you are obligated to do for the benefit of others
The power to act without unfair interference, to exercise one’s rights without penalty
A legal, social, or ethical principle of entitlement, something you should always be allowed to do and no one has the legal grounds to take it from you
A person in control of a group of people EX: The Prime Minister
The government that handles all things national and international
The government that handles things in the interest of towns
A government that has one person with all the power and control
A government where a small group of wealthy or connected people rule
A government that includes a majority of people on political decisions
The system where you get to vote for who you want in power, on any government level
A say in what you want, or who you want in power
This party is known for caring about the environment and in the last election their party leader was Annamie Paul
This party’s leader is Jagmeet Singh and are known for supporting minority rights
Erin O’Toole is this party’s leader and they believe in “upholding individuals right and freedoms”
This party won the last federal election and their leader is Justin Trudeau
The people and institutions that lead the federal, provincial, and municipal levels
A group sent by the queen to represent her share of power
When the Queen or King is the head of state
The people who become a representative
A type of democracy where we vote for someone to represent our riding.
The government that handles regional issues
The leader of the federal government(Justin Trudeau)
The leader of a Provincial government(Scott Moe)
The leader of a Municipal government(Sandra Masters)
A area in which certain Representatives can run for their party
The representatives for a riding on a federal level.
The representatives for a riding on a provincial level.

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Civics Vocabulary

Crossword

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What is a crossword?

Crossword puzzles have been published in newspapers and other publications since 1873. They consist of a grid of squares where the player aims to write words both horizontally and vertically.

Next to the crossword will be a series of questions or clues, which relate to the various rows or lines of boxes in the crossword. The player reads the question or clue, and tries to find a word that answers the question in the same amount of letters as there are boxes in the related crossword row or line.

Some of the words will share letters, so will need to match up with each other. The words can vary in length and complexity, as can the clues.

Who is a crossword suitable for?

The fantastic thing about crosswords is, they are completely flexible for whatever age or reading level you need. You can use many words to create a complex crossword for adults, or just a couple of words for younger children.

Crosswords can use any word you like, big or small, so there are literally countless combinations that you can create for templates. It is easy to customise the template to the age or learning level of your students.

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Once you’ve picked a theme, choose clues that match your students current difficulty level. For younger children, this may be as simple as a question of “What color is the sky?” with an answer of “blue”.

Are crosswords good for students?

Crosswords are a great exercise for students' problem solving and cognitive abilities. Not only do they need to solve a clue and think of the correct answer, but they also have to consider all of the other words in the crossword to make sure the words fit together.

Crosswords are great for building and using vocabulary.

If this is your first time using a crossword with your students, you could create a crossword FAQ template for them to give them the basic instructions.

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Can I create crosswords in other languages?

Crosswords are a fantastic resource for students learning a foreign language as they test their reading, comprehension and writing all at the same time. When learning a new language, this type of test using multiple different skills is great to solidify students' learning.

We have full support for crossword templates in languages such as Spanish, French and Japanese with diacritics including over 100,000 images, so you can create an entire crossword in your target language including all of the titles, and clues.