Regional Challenge

You have been assigned to represent a region of Canada in a contest for the title of Canada's most valuable, beneficial, and generally favourite area.

 

Using an Atlas, your textbook (Horizons), and other sources, work together in your group to find information to answer the following questions:

• What types of resources(e.g. minerals)are there in your region?
• What is the physical geography of your region? (What does it look like? Is it flat, grassy, mountainous? Does it have a lot of rivers (fresh water) or is it beside an ocean?)
  
• e.g.Ecozones:  

• Pacific Marine Arctic Archipelago Marine

  Northwest Atlantic Marine Atlantic Marine

  Arctic Basin Marine

• Is there anything in the history of your region that would influence people's choice? (economic regions/history - Chapter 8: fur trade, railway, politics, famous people, etc.?)
• What are the main cities? The capital? Where do most people in that region live?
• What is the climate (temperature, weather, etc.) of your region?
• What makes your region unique or special?
• Anything else you find interesting!

 

• Using the information your group has just collected put together a presentation or skit on your region.
  • Make sure that you include all of the information you discovered above and visuals, remember you want to convince us that your region is the best choice!
• You will have five minutes to present your case to your classmates and hopefully win their vote.

Other Links and Resources:

• The Canadian Encyclopedia is always a good place to start. 
• The Natural Resources Canada Facts about Canada site 
• Environment Canada's Ecozones of Canada
• Environment Canada's site about flooding
• Environment Canada's site about Thunder, lightning and hail
• UVIC's Canadian Institute for Climate Studies
• Natural Resources Canada's  Geographical Names of Canada
• Natural Resources Canada's The Atlas of Canada
• The Canadian Atlas Online
• NRC's Tour Canada from Space
• Parks Canada's 3D Maps of Canada
• The Historical Atlas of Canada's online learning project
• The federal government's About Canada
• A site all about Iqaluit, Nunavut

	Does Not Meet 0-1	Minimally Meets 2	Meets 3	Exceeds 4
Resources & Economy	Major economic activities missing OR topic not present	Economic activities and resources are described but lack details and an explanation	Major economic activities and resources described and explained fully	Well researched facts that highlights how important they are to shaping society and settlement and how unique the region is
Physical Geography	Description shows misunderstandings OR topic not present	Landscapes and formation are described	Landscapes and geographic formation are explained fully and shown	Shows how landscapes and geographic formations were formed and how they help shape society and settlement in a unique way
History	Shows a misunderstanding of the history OR topic not present	Shows an awareness of the historical events of the region	Major historical events of the region are explained fully	Full details on major people, economic changes, major events that helped to shape how the area is today
Major Cities	No attempt to show or discuss cities of the region	Major cities listed and described	Major cities listed and described and shown	Highlights the city in a unique way that makes people want to visit or move to
Climate	Misunderstandings about the topic OR description not present	Temperature and weather data described	Temperature and weather are explained fully for the region	Well researched specific details of temperature, weather, and its effects on society
Presentation	Difficult to hear, hard to follow and visuals seem random and do not connect with the content.	Presentation is audible and complete. Visuals are present.	Clear presentation that is logical, informative and easy to follow. Visuals add to the effect of the presentation.	Dynamic presentation that is clear, easy to follow, informative and captures the audience's attention. All visuals are carefully thought out.