Lesson

Welcome to Social 9 Lesson 2 Date September 7th

Title/Focus
Subject/Grade Time
Social Studies 9 70 mins
Level Duration

OUTCOMES FROM ALBERTA PROGRAM OF STUDIES

General
9.1: Students will demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of how Canada’s political processes
Learning
impact citizenship and identity in an attempt to meet the needs of all Canadians
Outcomes:
Specific
Learning 9.S.3.4: define geographic problems and issues and pose geographic questions
Outcomes:
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Students will:
1. Review some of the important contextual information for the semester
2. Identify the immense variability of Canada’s geography
3. Pose questions that consider the influence of Canada’s geography on our identity
ASSESSMENTS (How I will know students have achieved the objective(s))
Discussion With Students (Year in Review)
Collection of student work (Canada Mapping Activity & Over Canada Companion)

Prior to the Lesson MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT

 Print out mapping activity and over Canada documents  Sticky notes
 Over Canada Viewing Companion
 Canada Mapping Activity
 Summer in Review ppt.
PROCEDURE
Introduction Time
How Many Canadian cities can you name? – Sticky notes
On a sticky note, students will have 1 min to see how many Canadian cities they can name.
5 mins

Body Time
Summer in Review (15 mins) 50 mins
Go through Summer in Review ppt.

Mapping Canada Activity (15 mins)

Students will complete the mapping Canada Activity

Over Canada Viewing Companion (30 mins)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98PQ5hBHYwQ

Students will watch the documentary “Over Canada” on YouTube. As they watch the film, they will
complete the Viewing Companion as well. We will not be watching the whole documentary so here are the
time stamps:

2:22 Atlantic Canada/the Maritimes

15:48 Central Canada
29:11 Western Canada/the Prairies
36:24 Far North/Territories
41:47 West Coast (British Columbia)
Watch about 5 mins of each. After each region, pause, summarize some of the characteristics of the
geography on the board, and continue.
Both the Viewing Companion and the Mapping Canada Activity will be due at the end of the period.
Closure Time
Closing Question:
What aspects of the southern Alberta geography have made it a desirable location to live in for thousands
of years?
10 mins