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Canada's Regional Treasures

Identify the most remarkable geographical features and the most fascinating place names to use in creating a travel brochure or guidebook to promote a specific region by highlighting the region's geographical treasures.


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Specific Outcomes

This critical challenge may address these outcomes:

Specific Outcome 5.1.1.1 - Students will appreciate the variety and abundance of natural resources in Canada (ER, LPP)
Specific Outcome 5.1.1.2 - Students will appreciate the diversity of geographic phenomena in Canada (LPP)
Specific Outcome 5.1.2.1 - What are the major geographical regions, landforms and bodies of water in Canada? (LPP)
Specific Outcome 5.1.2.4 - What are the differences and similarities between the regions of Canada? (LPP)
Specific Outcome 5.2.1.1 - Students will recognize how an understanding of Canadian history and the stories of its peoples contributes to their sense of identity (I, TCC)
Specific Outcome 5.S.1.2 - Students will evaluate ideas, information and positions from multiple perspectives
Specific Outcome 5.S.1.5 - Students will seek responses to inquiries from various authorities through electronic media
Specific Outcome 5.S.2.1 - Students will use photographs and interviews to make meaning of historical events and issues
Specific Outcome 5.S.3.2 - Students will construct maps, diagrams and charts to display geographical information
Specific Outcome 5.S.4.4 - Students will use data gathered from a variety of electronic sources to address identified problems
Specific Outcome 5.S.4.5 - Students will solve problems requiring sorting, organizing, classifying and extending of data, using such tools as calculators, spreadsheets, databases or hypertext technology
Specific Outcome 5.S.7.3 - Students will draw and support conclusions, based on information gathered, to answer a research question
Specific Outcome 5.S.8.1 - Students will select appropriate forms of delivery for written and oral information, taking particular audiences and purposes into consideration
Specific Outcome 5.S.8.4 - Students will create visual images for particular audiences and purposes
C Citizenship
ER Economics and Resources
CC Culture and Community
I Identity
LPP The Land: Places and People
GC Global Connections
TCC Time, Continuity and Change
PADM Power, Authority, and Decision Making
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