Canadian City Challenge

Canadian City Challenge

You have been assigned to represent a city in Canada in a contest for the title of Canada's Best City

In groups of 3, you will advertise your city to prove that it is truly the best in Canada and show why people would want to live there. Here's what you will include:

 

• The major economies of your city (what do people do there? What makes money for the city/region, what valuable resources are there?)
  • Include numbers and stats
• What is the physical geography of your region? (What does it look like? What region is it in? Is it flat, grassy, mountainous? Rivers? Lakes?)
  • Include images
• What is the climate (region, temperature, weather, etc.) of your city?
  • Graphs, numbers, charts
• The demographic makeup of your city?
  • Density, population, area, growth rate and an explanation of each
• Where is your city? What does it look like?
  
• What makes your city unique or special?
• Anything else you find interesting! (history is always a good one!)

• Using the information your group has collected, put together a presentation, skit or commercial on your city.
  • Make sure that you include all of the information you discovered above and visuals, remember you want to convince us that your city is the best in Canada!
• You will have five minutes to present your case to your classmates and hopefully win their vote.
• A published site of your information will be handed in
• Include a citation/works referenced list of the sources you used

	Does Not Meet 0-4	Minimally Meets 5-6	Meets 7-8	Exceeds 9-10
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 in shaping the city's culture and settlement patterns
Physical Geography	Description shows misunderstandings OR topic not present	Landscapes and formation are described	Landscapes and geographic formation are explained fully and shown, features of the land are presented	Shows how landscapes and geographic formations were formed and how they help shape society and settlement in a unique way
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
Demographics	Does not include demographic data OR data is out of date and irrelevant	Data is given but misses one or more of population, growth rate, density	Data presented on population, growth rate, density	Information given and explained in relation to factors in settlement
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.

 

/50 marks