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It is expected that students will:
E1
Describe the physiographic regions of Canada (map) and the geological processes that formed these regions
Students who have fully met the prescribed learning outcome are able to:
- describe geological processes (e.g., plate tectonics, glaciation, volcanic activity) that created the following:
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Interior Plains Physiographic Region
Cordilleran Physiographic Region
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- identify the natural resources associated with each physiographic region of Canada
Provincial Resource Profiles | British Columbia / BC governemnt site | Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut | Alberta | Saskatchewan | Manitoba | Ontario | Québec | The Atlantic Provinces |
Lesson plans from The Atlas of Canada
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E2
Analyse how geography influenced the economic development and settlement patterns in regions of Canada from 1815 to 1914
- describe population distribution and density in terms of climate and physical geography
- make connections among resource locations, economic activities, and settlement patterns in various regions in Canada, including
Prairies (e.g., farming)
British Columbia , also (e.g., Cariboo and Klondike gold rushes, salmon fishery, logging)
Atlantic (e.g., cod fishery) (rise and fall of the fishery)
Maritimes (e.g., ship building) (timber trade)
Central and Western Canada (e.g., fur trade) (Metis traders)
Resource: Lesson: comparing the importance of resources in various provinces
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E3
Evaluate attitudes and practices in resource development in British Columbia from 1815 to 1914 and their impact on contemporary resource management
- identify key renewable and non-renewable resources in British Columbia (e.g., mining, fishing, forestry, agriculture)
- define stewardship and sustainability with respect to environmental considerations and social responsibility (model stewardship organization)
- compare past and present resource development practices in BC, such as
forestry (e.g., clear-cutting, hand logging, single plank removal) (sustainability) more
fishing (e.g., spear fishing, dip-net fishing, driftnet fishing, fish farms) (traditional First Nations) (salmon) (Suzuki Foundation)
mining (e.g., underground mining, open-pit mining)
farming (e.g., land use, industrial farming, organic farming)
- defend a position on a selected resource development issue
