Week of ...
September 5
September 12
September 19
September 26
October 3
GEOLOGIC HISTORY (chapter 11)
October 17
October 24
October 31
November 7
November 14
November 21
November 28
SOIL AND NATURAL VEGETATION (chapter 14)
December 5
December 12
December 19
Unit Test: Physical Geography
CHRISTMAS BREAK!!!
January 9
Chapter 16 - An Introduction to the Study of Population
January 16
January 23
January 30
February 6
February 13
Chapter 19 - Rural Settlement Patterns
February 20
February 27
March 5
March 12
MARCH BREAK!!!
March 19
March 26
April 2
April 9
April 16
April 23
April 30
Chapter 24 - Farming
September 5
- Review Course Outline
- Website: Classroom Expectations
- Activity: Create a Mental Map of Canada
September 12
- Handout: Map Design Guide
- Handout: How to Label a Map (**handout in classroom binder)
- Map: Political Map of Canada (due the following class)**
- Note: Geographer's Toolkit (direction, latitude, longitude, scale, types of maps)
- Activities: for each of the above **
September 19
- Finish Geographer's Toolkit and activities
- Note: Grids
- Activity: Grids **
September 26
- Wordsearch and definitions
- Worksheet: Introduction to Geologic History
- Unit Test
October 3
GEOLOGIC HISTORY (chapter 11)
- Wordsearch and definitions
- Take up Worksheet: Introduction to Geologic History
- Note: Planet Earth
October 10
- Handout: Careers in Geography **
- Assignment: Careers in Geography **
- Wordsearch and definitions
October 17
- Map: Landform Regions of Canada
- Film and questions: The Canadian Shield and The Lowlands**
- Discuss questions
October 24
- Note: The Lowlands
- Film: The Highlands**
- Discuss questions
- Note: The Highlands
- Assignment: Landform Postcard
October 31
- Landform postcard due
- Film: Geologic Journey
- Muskoka Woods Field Trip
November 7
- Test (Nov 11 . Worth 24 marks) [Geologic History (Chapter 11) and Landform Regions (Chapter 12)]
- Wordsearch and definitions
- Worksheet: Factors Affecting Climate and Precipitation
November 14
- Activity: Canada`s Climate Regions **
- Note: Two Types of Climate: Maritime and Continental (page 152)
- Textbook Activity page 155 a and b
- Note: Precipitation
November 21
- Activity: Climate
- Handout: Blank Climate Graph
November 28
SOIL AND NATURAL VEGETATION (chapter 14)
- Wordsearch and definitions
- Worksheet: Content 1
- Graphic Organizer: Soil Regions
December 5
- Test chapter 13, 14
- Wordsearch and definitions
December 12
- Worksheet: Interesting Facts about Ecozones **
- Map: Canada's 15 Ecozones
- Review for Test
December 19
Unit Test: Physical Geography
CHRISTMAS BREAK!!!
January 9
Chapter 16 - An Introduction to the Study of Population
- Wordsearch and key terms
- Worksheet: Content Chapter 16 content worksheet.do
- Youtube clip: 7 billion, National Geographic Magazine
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C8M8VRKM90
- Note: Factors Affecting Population Growth
- Activity:Canada's Population Growth
January 16
- Discuss activity Canada's Population Growth
- Clip: If the World were a village
- Film: Population: human demographics and worksheet**
- Activity: Analyzing Canada's Census Data
January 23
- Activity: Population Pyramids **
January 30
- Handout: Demographic Transition Model
- Wordsearch and definitions p. 213
- Worksheet: Content
- Atlas Activity: Canada's top 10 source countries for immigration **
February 6
- Issue: Read Where do Immigrants settle in Canada? What impacts result? p. 216-217. Complete questions 1 - 3.
- Film and questions: In the Shadow of Gold Mountain **
- Note: Three types of Immigrants
- Newspaper Article "We need immigrants as boomers retire" Toronto Star **
- Handout and activity: Points System**
February 13
Chapter 19 - Rural Settlement Patterns
- Wordsearch and definitions
- Worksheet: Content
- Assembly:
- Map: Canada's Population Density
- Quest: Chapter 16, 1
8
February 20
- Issue: Rural Depopulation text page 232-233. Answer all questions.
- Film: Rural Urban Migration**
- Wordsearch and definitions
February 27
- Activity: Different Types of Urban Cities
- Note: Factors Affecting Urban Growth
- Activity: Isodemographic Map of Canada **
March 5
- Quest: Chapter 19, 20
March 12
MARCH BREAK!!!
March 19
- Wordsearch and definitions chapter 17
- Worksheet: Canadian Aboriginals
- Class Discussion: Aboriginal Issues
March 26
- Wordsearch and definitions: Chapter 20
- Worksheet: Urban Settlement Patterns Chapter 20
April 2
- Lecture: Intro to Urban Settlement
- Worksheet: Different Types of Urban Cities
April 9
- Take up Different Types of Urban Cities
- Activity: Isodemographic Map of Canada **
- Wordsearch and definitions
- Content Worksheet
April 16
- Note: Taking up content worksheet
- Activity In groups, prepare the answers to questions14, 15, 16, 17 (page 265 text) and present to the class.
- Activity: Neighbourhood Land Use Study
April 23
- TEST Chapters 18, 19, 21
- Wordsearch and definitions
- Powerpoint to introduce chapter
- Content worksheet
- Activity: Graphing Employment Sectors
- FIELD TRIP: Willow Tree Farms April 25
April 30
Chapter 24 - Farming
- Wordsearch and definitions
- Worksheet: Content
- Film: Food Inc. Reflection on film due next class
- Activity: page 299 text questions 1-4
- Note: Issues Facing Farming