Social Studies: Topic 5A

Math: Databases

Graphing (Data Analysis)

Number Concepts

Technology and Language Arts- research skills

Students will use a variety of resources to identify Canada’s provinces and capital cities. They will locate the population count for each of the provinces and territories and capital cities. They will record this information on spreadsheets (student prepared or teacher prepared in Excel) and develop bar graphs (student or teacher prepared in Excel) which will allow them to compare the information and answer questions on this information.

Students will then be introduced to the regions of Canada by completing a map of the regions and a chart relating the major cities and their populations to the region in which they are located. This will be used as a motivator to further investigation as to why the population of Canada is distributed as it is among the various regions. This will lead to further investigation into the regions by organizing information using databases and Inspiration webbing charts. Students may be asked a the end of the unit to produce a Power Point presentation of one of the units to demonstrate their understanding of the objectives for one particular region.

• Difference among continents, countries, provinces and territories
• The names of Canada’s provinces, territories and their capitals
• Population distribution in Canada between cities, provinces and regions

• identify possible sources and locations of information
• acquire information on a specific topic by reading , skimming, listening and viewing
• gather information by interpreting relationships and drawing inferences from graphs,

charts, pictures, atlases

• organize information by using different types of graphs, charts, and/or diagrams
• use computer programs
• to assist in the study of specific content areas

• locate places using an atlas, encyclopedia (CD) and the Internet

• identify, locate, and label on a map capital cities, provinces and

territories and the physical regions of Canada

• read and interpret maps/legends of Canada showing political

• population distribution

• communicate ideas and information in a variety of oral, print, and other media texts, such as illustrative reports, charts, and graphic displays

• connect gathered information to prior knowledge to reach new conclusions

• summarize important ideas in oral, print and other media texts and express opinions about them.

Gr. 6 1. Read and write numbers greater than a million.

C.6 2.1 select and use technology to assist in problem solving

F.1 2.1 apply terminology appropriate to the technologies being used at this division level

2.2 identify and apply techniques and tools for communicating, storing, retrieving and

selecting information

2.4 recognize the potential for human error when using technology

2.2 display data electronically through graphs and charts

2.3 navigate the Internet with appropriate software

Microsoft Office: Word and Excel

Internet

Canada: Its Land and People (Text)

Copy of Canada political map with regions indicated

Atlas

You will need to complete the two charts and graphs, titled "Canada’s Cities and Provinces" given to you in your folder. You can complete the charts using the Internet links given to you below each chart. Once the charts and graphs are completed you are to complete the question sheet using the information you have gathered on the charts and graphs.

Having completed the question sheet, go to the Regions and Their Major Cities chart in your folder and complete the information required. You need to use the atlas to identify the major cities. The cities population can be found at the Internet link shown below the chart. Once the information is complete, order the regions from greatest to least in population. Write down reasons that you believe so many people live in the first two regions listed.

You will be marked according to the Rubric given to you.

Student Name __________________________________

Rubric