The following is a Grade 6 Social Studies lesson on the United Nations.

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These lessons and activities are meant to meet the following expectations with Strand B People and Environments: Canada's Interactions with the Global Community in the Ontario Grade 6 Social Studies curriculum:  

B1. Application: explain the importance of international cooperation in addressing global issues, and
evaluate the effectiveness of selected actions by Canada and Canadian citizens in the international
arena 
B2. Inquiry: use the social studies inquiry process to investigate some global issues of political, social,
economic, and/or environmental importance, their impact on the global community, and responses
to the issues 
B3. Understanding Context: describe significant aspects of the involvement of Canada and Canadians
in some regions around the world, including the impact of this involvement

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The lesson and activities have been designed to take 3-4 days or classes. Each lesson begins with a Google slides story that breaks down the history of the U.N. into a story. Following the presentation, students are given a prompt for their Social Studies Journal. The cumulative task for these lessons has students designing a new flag for the U.N., bringing in curricular aspect to the lesson.. A day is built into this lesson plan to introduce students to Adobe Spark, or any other design program. The lessons were designed for and tried on my Grade 6 practicum class in January and was taught virtually and with great success.

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• DAY 1: The History of the U.N. 

Journal Entry: 

Think about a time that you were a part of big group (like a class or team) Were there difficulties in being part of a big group? Was it easy? Write 3-5 sentences on your experiences of being a group

• DAY 2: U.N. Charter + Current U.N.

Journal Entry: 

Fill in the blank and complete the sentence:

The U.N. is an inter________ o___________ that...

• DAY 3: Introduction to Adobe Spark

• DAY 4: U.N. Flags

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The google slide presentations are linked below.