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Urbanization and Industrialization

Identify the three or four biggest changes to Canadians' collective identities as a result of increased urbanization and industrialization between the 1870-1900 period and now.


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Specific Outcomes

This critical challenge may address these outcomes:

Specific Outcome 7.2.3 - Students will appreciate the challenges that individuals and communities face when confronted with rapid change (I, CC, LPP)
Specific Outcome 7.2.5.12 - To what extent was agricultural activity a key factor in the population growth of western Canada? (TCC, LPP, ER)
Specific Outcome 7.2.7.1 - What impact has increased urbanization had on rural communities in Canada? (LPP, CC)
Specific Outcome 7.2.7.2 - How did the emergence of large factories in Canada contribute to the development of Canada's economy? (ER, PADM)
Specific Outcome 7.2.7.3 - In what ways did technological advances contribute to the development of Canada (e.g., aviation, farming equipment, radio transmissions, electronics, multimedia)? (ER, PADM)
Specific Outcome 7.S.2.6 - Students will identify patterns in organized information
Specific Outcome 7.S.3.1 - Students will construct and interpret maps to broaden understanding of issues, places and peoples of Canada (i.e., elevation, latitude and longitude, population density, waterways)
Specific Outcome 7.S.3.2 - Students will use geographic tools, such as geographical information system (GIS) software, to assist in preparing graphs and maps
Specific Outcome 7.S.3.3 - Students will interpret historical maps to broaden understanding of historical events
Specific Outcome 7.S.3.4 - Students will define geographic challenges and issues that lead to geographic questions
Specific Outcome 7.S.3.5 - Students will access and operate multimedia applications and technologies from stand-alone and online sources
Specific Outcome 7.S.4.3 - Students will articulate clearly a plan of action to use technology to solve a problem
Specific Outcome 7.S.4.4 - Students will identify appropriate materials and tools to use in order to accomplish a plan of action
Specific Outcome 7.S.4.5 - Students will use networks to brainstorm, plan and share ideas with group members
Specific Outcome 7.S.4.6 - Students will evaluate choices and progress in problem solving, then redefine the plan of action as necessary
Specific Outcome 7.S.7.7 - Students will practise the responsible and ethical use of information and technology
Specific Outcome 7.S.7.8 - Students will include and organize references as part of research
Specific Outcome 7.S.7.12 - Students will evaluate the relevance of electronically accessed information to a particular topic
Specific Outcome 7.S.7.13 - Students will make connections among related, organized data and assemble various pieces into a unified message
Specific Outcome 7.S.8.6 - Students will use selected presentation tools to demonstrate connections among various pieces of information
Specific Outcome 7.S.9.6 - Students will recognize that information serves different purposes and that data from electronic sources may need to be verified to determine accuracy or relevance for the purpose used
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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