Students will study Canada's ten provinces and three territories. During this study, students will develop and strengthen reading, research, and mapping skills.

Expand your student knowledge of Canada's:

Physical Regions
Climate
Provinces
Territories
Capital Cities
Bodies of Water
Natural Resources
Industrial Growth, and it's
People

Includes 20+ activities, 23 maps, teacher guide, and answer key!

Seventeen lesson topics:

Lesson Plan #1: Where is Canada?

Lesson Plan #2: Canada's Borders

Lesson Plan #3: Canada's Provinces and Territories

Lesson Plan #4: Borders Inside Canada

Lesson Plan #5: Canada's Capital Cities

Lesson Plan #6: Physical Regions of Canada

Lesson Plan #7: Rivers of Canada

Lesson Plan #8: Lakes of Canada

Lesson Plan #9: Canada's Population

Lesson Plan #10: Climatic Regions of Canada

Lesson Plan #11: Canada's Natural Vegetation

Lesson Plan #12: The Atlantic Provinces

Lesson Plan #13: Qubec

Lesson Plan #14: Ontario

Lesson Plan #15: Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta

Lesson Plan #16: British Columbia

Lesson Plan #17: The Territories

Learning outcomes for students include:

describe the physical features of regions within the provinces.
identify how regions are interdependent in relation to their economies and governments.
demonstrate and become aware of the various relationships, economically and culturally, etc., within and between Canadian regions.
identify the characteristics of the physical regions of their individual province/territory and all of Canada.
name and describe the main features of a river system.
demonstrate an understanding of the significance of the St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes System.
identify Canada's major natural resources and their uses.
identify and describe types of communities in each physical region of each province and territory.
demonstrate an understanding of the exchange of products within each province or territory and throughout Canada.
identify the physical regions of Canada.
describe and compare the physical environments of these regions according to land forms.
identify the natural resources used to create Canadian products and the provinces/territories from which they originate.
use appropriate vocabulary to describe their inquiries and observations.
construct and read a variety of graphs, charts, diagrams, maps, and models for specific purposes such as to determine physical features, area of regions, size of populations, climate, etc.
identify Ottawa as the capital city of Canada.
locate and label the Great Lakes and other major bodies of water and waterways in Canada.
identify symbols used to outline boundaries (international, national, provincial).
locate and label the physical regions of Canada on a map.
use cardinal and intermediate directions, non-pictorial symbols, and colour on a map to locate and describe physical regions.