DR5.1


 * K-12 Goal: To analyze the dynamic relationships of people with the land, environments, events, and ideas as they have affected the past, shape the present, and influence the future. **** (DR) **

** Outcome: DR5.1 ** **Analyze the historic and contemporary relationship of people to land in Canada.**
 * 1) Distinguish between physical and political maps and investigate the application of mapping and data management (i.e., geographic information systems) technology.
 * 2) Differentiate between Canada’s various geopolitical constructs, including a country, a province, and a municipality.
 * 3) Outline the predominant physical features of the regions of Canada, including the Western Cordilleran, Interior Plains, Canadian Shield, Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Lowlands, Appalachian, and Arctic/Innuitian regions (e.g., vegetation zones, resources, bodies of water, and principal landforms).
 * 4) Undertake an inquiry investigating the relationship between Canada’s physical geographic features and the population distribution.
 * 5) Explain the meaning and origin of a variety of Canadian symbols and consider the purposes of such symbols (e.g., coat of arms, motto, flag, beaver, feather, drum, RCMP, national anthem).
 * 6) Investigate reasons for western expansion of Canada in the 19th and early 20th centuries, and the consequences of the expansion.

Web Resources [|Confederation for Kids] []

Canadian Geography (Click on- Teacher : Physical Regions of Canada note and assignment) []

Physical Regions of Canada []# Political Maps of Canada []