Etudes Sociales 6e année: Les organisations non-gouvernementales

This is a grade 6 cumulative social studies project for French Immersion (Canada and World Connections).

Throughout the course of this project, students will have the opportunity to explore in depth a non-governmental organization (NGO) of their choosing. I have added a list of suggestions that they can choose from. Students are permitted to choose a NGO that is not on the list provided that they check with the teacher first. In addition to the list, I have included suggestions for a variety of formats that students can use in order to present their NGO and make their presentation more interesting. Essentially, they are to give a lesson to the class about their NGO using various media and formats of their choosing.

This project is also scaffolded in the sense that students are given precise guiding questions in order to break down the expectations of what they are to include in their project. From their responses to the guiding questions, they may then construct appropriate paragraphs in which they can share their information. In addition, there is an introduction on NGO’s and some preliminary research work that they are to do prior to starting the project. Lastly, there is a bibliography template that is included for the students, along with a rubric.

I use this project in combination with my other grade 6 social studies project on 'Les organisations internationaux. I hence give students to option to pick on whether they would like to do a research on an international organization involving various governments from around the world or an NGO.