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Same-sex marriage and families in Canada
Everyone in Canada has the right to education, jobs, housing,
healthcare services, to get married, and to have children. In
Canada, straight, gay, and bi people all have the same rights and
protections as everyone else. Vocabulary matching activity Draw a
line to join the word to the correct pictures. education jobs
housing healthcare married children In 2005, same-sex marriage
became law in Canada. Some people in Canada might have different
beliefs about same sex marriage. In Canada, you must treat people
all people fairly. Most Canadians respect others, even if they have
different beliefs. It is part of Canadian culture to respect
different beliefs.
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Listening activity
Listen to these stories about different families in Canada. As
you listen to each family story, write the correct number next to
the correct picture.
Photo A: __________________
Photo B: __________________
Photo C: __________________
Photo D: __________________
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Listening activity Listen to the story of this family again.
Is each sentence true or false?
Circle T if it is true and F if it is false.
1. In this family, there are five people. T or F ? 2. There are
two moms in this family. T or F ? 3. In this family, there are two
daughters called Olivia and Emma. T or F ? 4. Olivia is younger
than Emma. T or F ? 5. These girls love animals. T or F ?
Photographs:
Page 1 Clipart Copyright © 2007 Microsoft Corporation®, One
Microsoft Way, Redmond, Washington 98052-6399 U.S.A. Clipart
reproduced with permission of Microsoft Corporation. All rights
reserved.
Page 2 Photo A: [three women sitting on grass] by Luis Quintero,
Public Domain, available at
https://www.pexels.com/photo/three-women-sitting-on-grass-1436618/
Photo B: San Francisco LGBTQ Pride Parade 2019 by davidyuweb
available under a CC BY-NC 2.0 Generic licence at
https://www.flickr.com/photos/55514420@N00/48164249412
Commented [NC1]: The typical title is “Image Credits” because
not all images are photographs. Also, images are typically listed
by page number (I’ve added them in to show you).
Commented [NC2]: Titles of photos or other images are in
italics.
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Photo C: [family of four on the street] by Emma Bauso, Public
Domain, available at
https://www.pexels.com/photo/family-of-four-walking-at-the-street-2253879/
Photo D: [man in white tshirt carrying boy on his back] by Hannah
Nelson, Public Domain, available at
https://www.pexels.com/photo/man-in-white-t-shirt-carrying-boy-on-his-back-1456955/
Page 3 San Francisco LGBTQ Pride Parade 2019 by davidyuweb,
available under a CC BY-NC 2.0 Generic licence at
https://www.flickr.com/photos/55514420@N00/48164249412
Commented [NC3]: Titles of photos or other images are in
italics.