Loaded with practical activities to help students learn about communities, Canadian Cities combines geography, math, tourism, and language arts into a comprehensive social studies program. Students will learn the capital cities of Canada and how to locate them on a map. They will locate cities within the province of Saskatchewan on a map and discover elements unique to their city. Independent learning activities, fun tourism reports, task cards, a big book and Canada's capital city game are all included. Students will also discover elements unique to a city, participate in group work, and read a dramatic role. This Social Studies lesson provides a teacher and student section with reader's theatre, game, big book pattern, task cards, word search, and answer key to create a well-rounded lesson plan.
Strengthen your students mapping skills and understanding of geographic terminology through the usage of the various activities in this resource. Students will explore Canada using maps and will learn about its political divisions and its position in the world. They will be introduced to the terms hemishpere, continent, latitude, longitude, pictoral symbols, legend, key, scale, landforms, and cardinal and intermediate directions. Exploring different maps of one's native country is a wonderful way to become acquainted with it. This book supports many of the fundamental concepts and learning outcomes from the curriculums for the province of British Columbia, Grade 3, Social Studies, Human & Physical Environment. 80 pages plus 5 full colour maps.
Learn about Canada's provinces, cities, tourist and historical attractions! A 12-page reproducible student booklet will teach students about the provinces and territories, their names, locations, flowers, and flags. Feartures skills, concepts and content in reading, writing, phonics, mapping, research and more. 65+ activities, teacher information, suggestions and answer key. 126 pages.
The contributors to this volume demonstrate the richness and diversity of the social landscapes and communities in Canadian urban centres, emphasizing changes which occurred in the period from the mid 1960s to the early 1990s. The nineteen non-technical and integrative essays include reviews of the literature, empirical studies, and discussions of policy issues. CONTENTS Introduction * The Social Context and Diversity of Urban Canada -- David F. Ley and Larry S. Bourne Part One - Patterns: People and Place in Urban Canada * Evolving Urban Landscapes -- D.W. Holdsworth * Measuring the Social Ecology of Cities -- W.K.D. Davies and R.A. Murdie * Demography, Living Arrangement, and Residential Geography -- J.R. Miron * Urban Social Behaviour in Time and Space -- D.G. Janelle Part Two - Contexts: Social Structure and Urban Space * Migration, Mobility, and Population Redistribution -- E.G. Moore and M.W. Rosenberg * The Emerging Ethnocultural Mosaic -- S.H. Olson and A.L. Kobayashi * Work, Labour Markets, and Households in Transition -- D. Rose and P. Villeneuve * Housing Markets, Community Development, and Neighbourhood Change -- Larry S. Bourne and T. Bunting Part Three - Places: Selected Locales * Integrating Production and Consumption: Industry, Class, Ethnicity, and the Jews of Toronto -- D. Hiebert * Past Elites and Present Gentry: Neighbourhoods of Privilege in the Inner City -- David F. Ley * From Periphery to Centre: The Changing Geography of the Suburbs -- L.J. Evenden and G.E. Walker * The Social Geography of Small Towns -- J.C. Everitt and A.M. Gill Part Four - Needs: Social Well-being and Public Policy * Social Planning and the Welfare State -- J.T. Lemon * The Meaning of Home, Home Ownership, and Public Policy -- R. Harris and G.J. Pratt * Homelessness -- M.J. Dear and J. Wolch * Geography of Urban Health -- S.M. Taylor * Changing Access to Public and Private Services: Non-family Childcare -- S. Mackenzie and M. Truelove * Cities as a Social Responsibility: Planning and Urban Form -- P.J. Smith and P.W. Moore
