Grade 6 Worksheets

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• Explain how sacred texts and oral traditions help communities preserve beliefs and laws over time.
• Describe ways rituals and repeated practices strengthen cultural identity and social cohesion.
• Analyze how communities interpret traditions to make moral and social decisions in changing circumstances.

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• Make inferences about an author’s purpose and meaning in complex informational texts
• Evaluate evidence by identifying which details support specific claims
• Interpret technical vocabulary and text signals that show relationships (cause, contrast, consequence)+ Show more

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• Explain how stewardship supports ecological responsibility and land health in Indigenous communities.
• Identify examples of sustainable resource management and conservation practices.
• Describe how reciprocal relationships and ethical decision-making guide community involvement.

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• Understand how anatomical and molecular traits provide evidence for common ancestry among taxa.
• Identify examples of homologous structures, vestigial organs, and conserved DNA sequences.
• Interpret phylogenetic trees and morphological gradients to analyze lineage divergence.+ Show more

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• Identify the main idea and key details from spoken messages by tracking what the speaker emphasizes.
• Distinguish fact, opinion, and reasoning by listening for wording and tone.
• Write a concise summary that reflects the overall message and relationships between ideas.+ Show more

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• Explain how media choices (who appears, what is said, and how people are portrayed) create perspective.
• Analyze how framing, word choice, and selected quotes can reinforce or challenge stereotypes.
• Compare two portrayals of the same event to identify differences in emphasis and credibility signals.+ Show more

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• Identify how visual and audio techniques guide an audience’s attention in media texts.
• Explain how editing choices such as pacing, cuts, and transitions shape meaning and emotion.
• Analyze how typography, captions, and graphic overlays affect interpretation in trailers, infographics, and short video stories.

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• Explain how audience adaptation changes language, detail, and emphasis to help listeners understand.
• Identify evidence of audience adaptation in examples of announcements and explanations.
• Revise a short presentation to better fit a specific audience and purpose.

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• Understand what digital sources are and their importance in local inquiry.
• Identify different types of digital data and their uses.
• Learn how to verify metadata, temporal resolution, and spatial coverage of digital datasets.+ Show more

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• Define what a habitat is and explain its importance in an ecosystem.
• Describe what a niche is and how it differs from a habitat.
• Understand how overlapping niches create competition among species.+ Show more

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• Explain how nutrient loading contributes to eutrophication in aquatic ecosystems.
• Describe how chemical contaminants can cause endocrine disruption and bioaccumulation in organisms.
• Use measurable indicators (dissolved oxygen, algal biomass, contaminant residues) to connect pollution to changes in species diversity and ecosystem functioning.

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• Understand the different types of trophic interactions such as predation, herbivory, parasitism, competition, and mutualism.
• Explain how these interactions influence survival, reproduction, and community structure.
• Identify examples of trophic interactions in ecosystems and their ecological significance.+ Show more

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• Describe matter as composed of tiny particles that are too small to see.
• Explain how particle motion, collisions, and spacing relate to phases and changes of state.
• Relate temperature and thermal energy to particle kinetic energy and pressure in gases.+ Show more

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• Explain how different forms of governance (monarchy, city-state, tribal councils) maintain authority
• Compare how laws and leadership roles create social cohesion in historical societies
• Identify key features of governance systems and match them to their examples

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• Describe the main organs involved in the digestive process.
• Explain how enzymes and acids chemically digest food.
• Understand how nutrients are absorbed into the blood and lymph.+ Show more

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• Understand the processes that influence the distribution of mineral, energy, and groundwater resources.
• Identify how geological history and hydrologic flow shape resource availability and patterns.
• Evaluate trade-offs in resource extraction considering demand, environmental impact, and technological constraints.+ Show more

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• Understand how human activities alter land, water, and atmosphere systems.
• Identify examples of human impacts such as deforestation, pollution, and urbanization.
• Analyze the causal links between human actions and environmental changes.+ Show more

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• Explain how intercultural contact through festivals, trade, and digital communication can lead to cultural exchange and change.
• Analyze how power, stereotypes, and media influence intercultural understanding and identity.
• Describe how Indigenous perspectives help shape how global interactions are understood and evaluated.

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• Explain how human activities can change local ecosystems and community well-being
• Use cause-and-effect reasoning to describe environmental impacts of infrastructure and resource extraction
• Evaluate possible benefits and harms of environmental decisions and suggest stewardship strategies

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• Identify how physical features (rivers, coastlines, fertile land) influence where people choose to live.
• Explain how resource availability affects early economic activities such as farming, fishing, hunting, and trade.
• Use examples from Canadian and Indigenous history to describe settlement patterns connected to geography.

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• Explain how collaborative discussion refines ideas through paraphrasing, acknowledging others, and adding connections.
• Use respectful disagreement based on reasoning or evidence rather than personal comments.
• Practice claim-and-counterclaim speaking moves by referencing shared points and asking follow-up questions.

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• Explain key conservation policy tools such as protected areas, species-at-risk legislation, and land-use zoning.
• Analyze how scientific evidence, Indigenous rights, and economic priorities influence conservation policy decisions.
• Describe how conservation governance can show continuity and change across federal, provincial, and municipal levels.+ Show more

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• Identify the purpose of clarifying questions during a discussion (definitions, examples, reasons behind claims, and restatements).
• Use active listening strategies to check understanding and confirm accurate interpretation of meaning and implied tone.
• Distinguish whether a speaker is offering evidence, expressing an opinion, or sharing a hypothesis by interpreting clues in their wording.

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• Identify the main climate zones of Canada and describe how temperature and precipitation differ among them.
• Explain how growing seasons influence vegetation and human activities in different regions.
• Analyze how climate variability affects settlement, transportation routes, and regional economies.+ Show more

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• Identify the purpose, audience, and format needed for a simple media product
• Explain how coherence comes from using supporting details and consistent visuals or text
• Describe ethical representation practices when creating media content

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• Revise sentences by replacing vague words with precise, specific language.
• Improve clarity by adjusting sentence structure to show clear relationships between ideas.
• Identify and remove repetitive or unnecessary wording that adds little meaning.+ Show more

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• Understand what physical changes are and how they differ from chemical changes.
• Identify examples of physical changes in everyday life.
• Describe properties that change during physical changes and which do not.+ Show more

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• Explain how communities balance economic growth with environmental conservation.
• Describe examples of sustainable development, including renewable energy and conservation efforts in Canada.
• Connect environmental stewardship and sustainability practices to indigenous knowledge and modern policies.+ Show more

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• Identify how revision strengthens a draft by clarifying a central message
• Evaluate whether sentences and paragraphs support the main idea and improve coherence
• Revise writing for consistency in point of view, tense, and terminology+ Show more

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• Explain how supporting evidence strengthens a claim by connecting it to concrete information.
• Select evidence that is relevant to the intended point and appropriate for the audience.
• Use accurate paraphrasing and acknowledge sources to maintain credibility.

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• Distinguish simple, compound, and complex sentences and explain how each contributes to meaning.
• Revise writing by correcting fragments and run-ons and by adding or removing commas to clarify sentence boundaries.
• Use sentence combining and sentence splitting to improve flow, readability, and emphasis in a draft.

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• Synthesize ideas from multiple speakers to create a clear, coherent message that matches a stated purpose.
• Use evidence from a conversation by identifying common themes and comparing claims and details.
• Organize a response with a strong opening, grouped supporting points, and a closing that reflects what the discussion established.

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• Review a draft to ensure spelling, punctuation, and paragraphing are accurate and consistent.
• Evaluate whether headings, titles, and text features support the purpose and audience.
• Revise for consistency in tense, voice, and style to create a polished final presentation.

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• Identify how community events such as settlement, epidemics, and fairs affected local life over time
• Explain causes and consequences of major developments using evidence from records and oral accounts
• Connect economic changes, migration, and social traditions to community identity

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• Identify major physical and human traits of selected Canadian regions (Arctic, Prairies, Boreal Shield, Great Lakes–St. Lawrence, Atlantic, and Pacific Coast).
• Explain how climate, landforms, and vegetation influence transportation, settlement, and daily life.
• Describe how regional traits shape economic activities and cultural practices over time.

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• Identify and describe settlement patterns and explain how geography influences where communities form
• Use evidence from climate and resource availability to infer why different regions have different layouts
• Analyze spatial relationships on maps (such as water access, terrain, and trade routes) to interpret origins and significance+ Show more

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• Compare how transportation and resource availability shape settlement patterns in different regions.
• Explain how migration and urbanization influence economic activities over time.
• Identify continuity and change in economic roles across urban, prairie, coastal, and northern communities.+ Show more

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• Describe how agricultural suitability, resource locations, and transportation influence rural settlement patterns.
• Explain how demographic shifts and mechanization affect rural communities over time.
• Analyze connections among land tenure, transportation access, and proximity to urban markets.

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• Identify how geography, technology, and markets shape resource-use patterns in different Canadian regions
• Explain continuity and change in how natural resources are extracted and conserved
• Analyze how government decisions and Indigenous rights influence resource management+ Show more

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• Identify key features of Indigenous governance structures, including leadership roles and decision-making systems.
• Describe how treaty agreements and colonial administrations historically affected Indigenous governance.
• Explain how self-governance initiatives support Indigenous nations’ sovereignty and responsibilities to their territories.

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• Explain what Indigenous knowledge systems are and how they connect learning to responsibility.
• Describe how relationships with land, water, and animals guide stewardship decisions.
• Use examples to show reciprocal obligations in traditional ecological practices.+ Show more

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• Explain how cultural perspectives influence the way historical events are described and interpreted.
• Compare Indigenous worldviews and Western interpretations in historical narratives.
• Use evidence to describe how different cultural lenses can add missing context to a history story.+ Show more

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• Explain how historians use primary and secondary sources to build historical accounts
• Evaluate evidence by considering reliability, context, and possible bias
• Organize historical information using chronological reasoning and cause-and-effect thinking+ Show more

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• Explain what cultural diffusion is and how it spreads between societies.
• Describe how ancient trade routes like the Silk Road and Indian Ocean encouraged cultural diffusion.
• Identify examples of goods, ideas, and technologies that were exchanged through long-distance contact.

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• Explain how bedrock geology, glacial history, and erosion shape major Canadian landforms and soil regions
• Describe how soil types and terrain affect agriculture and the planning of transportation and other infrastructure
• Analyze causes and consequences of soil depletion and erosion, and evaluate how humans can reduce negative impacts+ Show more

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• Explain how military expansion helped the Roman, Han, and Persian empires grow and control territory.
• Describe how political organization and economic systems supported classical imperial power.
• Identify key causes of decline and connect political or social change to the empires’ collapse.+ Show more

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• Explain how freshwater systems and watersheds shape where people live and how they travel and trade.
• Describe how pollution and water diversion affect rivers, lakes, and coastal environments.
• Analyze how water-management practices can change over time while staying connected to underlying geographic factors.+ Show more

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• Identify how maps and graphs display spatial and temporal information about historical events.
• Interpret basic map elements (legend, scale, direction) and graph features (axes, labels, trends) to draw conclusions.
• Use quantitative data to explain how demographic or economic patterns change over time.