Grade Level Grade 10
Time Required 60 to 90 minutes
Curriculum Connection
Alberta Social Studies Theme 1: Diversity
Link to Canadian National Geography Standards
Essential Element #1 – The World in Spatial Terms
The geographically informed person knows and understands
- how to use maps and other geographic representations,
tools and technologies to acquire, process and report information
from a spatial perspective
- how to analyse the spatial organization
of people, places and environments on Earth’s surface
Essential Element #4 – Human Systems
- types and patterns of human settlement
- types and patterns of economic activity
Geographic Skill #2 – Acquiring Geographic Information
- use maps to collect and/or compile geographic information
Geographic Skill #4 – Analyzing Geographic Information
- interpret information obtained from maps, images, graphs, charts as well as use statistics and other quantitative techniques to evaluate geographic information
Atlas of Canada Resources
The following maps from the Atlas of Canada Web site at atlas.gc.ca will
be used:
- Explore Our Maps
- Economy » Resource Reliant Communities, 1996 » Energy-Reliant Communities, 1996 Map
- Economy » Income » Median Income of Individuals, 1995$ Map
- People and Society » Population » Population Density, 1996 Map
Main Objective
Students will use the online Atlas of Canada to investigate and analyze the variation in dependency on resources between two Canadian provinces. [Note: For this lesson, Alberta and Saskatchewan have been chosen but other provinces may be substituted.]
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the lesson the students will be able to:
- access and use the Atlas of Canada Web site to obtain
data
- identify indicators of wealth
- identify the various sectors of the economy
- assess the contribution of natural resources to provincial
economies
- analyze population density in relation to economic
wealth
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