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Where to Put the People?

Identify the best location for a new community in an assigned region.


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Specific Outcomes

This critical challenge may address these outcomes:

Specific Outcome 5.1.1.4 - Students will appreciate how the land sustains communities and the diverse ways that people have of living with the land (GC, LPP)
Specific Outcome 5.1.2.2 - How do landforms, bodies of water and natural resources affect the quality of life in Canada? (LPP)
Specific Outcome 5.1.3.1 - In what ways do natural resources and the physical geography of a region determine the establishment of communities? (ER, LPP)
Specific Outcome 5.S.1.2 - Students will evaluate ideas, information and positions from multiple perspectives
Specific Outcome 5.S.1.3 - Students will re-evaluate personal opinions to broaden understanding of a topic or an issue
Specific Outcome 5.S.5.1 - Students will consider multiple points of view while attempting to reach group consensus
Specific Outcome 5.S.5.2 - Students will demonstrate the ability to deal constructively with diversity and disagreement
Specific Outcome 5.S.5.3 - Students will work collaboratively with others to achieve a common goal
Specific Outcome 5.S.7.8 - Students will organize information gathered from the Internet, or electronic source, selecting and recording the data in logical files or categories
Specific Outcome 5.S.8.2 - Students will respond appropriately to comments and questions, using language that is respectful of human diversity
Specific Outcome 5.S.8.3 - Students will listen to others to understand their perspectives
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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