Subject/Grade: Social Studies, Grade ½ (gr.

2 objectives) Lesson/Date: January 12 Time: 1:30 - 2:30

Stage 1: Desired Results

Lesson This lesson will continue our discovery of where Iqaluit is. We will be labeling and colouring a
Overview: map showing Nunavut and Iqaluit, discovering the direction we must travel to get there, watch
a video on nunavut tourism, and write a reflection

GOs: GLO: 2.1: Canada’s Dynamic Communities: Students will demonstrate an understanding and
appreciation of how geography, culture, language, heritage, economics and resources shape
and change Canada’s communities.

SOs: SLO 2.1.1: Students will appreciate the physical and human geography of the communities
studied:
- Appreciate how a community’s physical geography shapes identity
- Appreciate the diversity and vastness of Canada’s land and peoples

SLO 2.1.2: Students will investigate the physical geography of an Inuit, an Acadian, and a
prairie community in Canada by exploring and reflecting the following questions for inquiry:
- Where are the Inuit, Acadian and prairie communities located in Canada?

Learning
Objectives Students will:
● Recall the location of Nunavut and Iqaluit
● Label and locate both Nunavut and Alberta
● Recall what direction we must travel from Alberta to Iqaluit
● Reflect on what they are excited about and hope to learn about Iqaluit

Stage 2: Assessment Evidence

Formative Formative: students’ participation will Summative Students’ completion of labeling and
Assessment help me assess where they are at in Assessment colouring the map will help me assess
their learning their understanding and what they
have learned from this lesson and
others.

Stage 3: Learning Experience

Prior to - Prepare powerpoint Resources: - https://www.youtube.com/
Lesson: - Prepare reflection worksheet user/NunavutTourism
with sentence starters
- Print reflection worksheet
- Print Journey to Iqaluit cover
page/colouring page
- Check links and watch video
Time: Content/Description Differentiation/
Assessments:
Introduction:
1:30 -
1:40 Review of Previous Concepts/New Learning: Formative:
students’
We will begin by reviewing what we did last class which was discovering where participation in
Subject/Grade: Social Studies, Grade ½ (gr. 2 objectives) Lesson/Date: January 12 Time: 1:30 - 2:30
Iqaluit is discussion will
- Ask students’ if they remember where it is and what we spoke about last help me assess
class what they took
away from the
last lesson

Transition

We will then move on to our activities

Body:

1:40 - Learning Activity 1: Formative:

2:00 students’
This lesson we will be expanding on some of the inquiry questions from the last participation
lesson. and completion
of map will help
First I will hand out the map worksheets. Students’ will put their names on the me assess their
worksheets. understanding
- Then together we will locate both Alberta and Nunavut
- Students’ will label Alberta and Nunavut
- Students’ will then colour both Alberta and Nunavut different colours
- We can also draw a line from Alberta to Nunavut to show where we
have to go
- We will review what direction we need to travel and students’ will add
directions to their map

Ask students’ how they think we may get to Iqaluit?

- We can research the airport together

Transition
Then we will watch a video to get students’ excited

2:00 - Learning Activity 2: Summative:

2:30 Student’s
Explain that we will now watch a video to see more about Iqaluit before we go: labelling map
https://www.youtube.com/user/NunavutTourism and colouring
will
After the video we can discuss what they thought of it demonstrate
their
Then we will have a discussion about what students’ are excited about or understanding
questions they may have
- Once we have a few ideas to get students’ started students’ will be asked
to write a reflection on what they hope to do or learn in Iqaluit.
- This can be a worksheet I make that has sentence starters to help
students’ out.
Subject/Grade: Social Studies, Grade ½ (gr. 2 objectives) Lesson/Date: January 12 Time: 1:30 - 2:30
If there is additional time, students can begin decorating the Journey to Iqaluit
page for their travel journals

Transition

Afterwards everything will be collected

Consolidation:

Review of Key Concepts/Point to Next Class:

It will be explained that next class we will plan more of our trip to Iqaluit

Stage 4: Reflection

1. How the students responded to the lesson as planned and taught:

2. Specific strengths of the lesson plan and delivery:

3. Specific weaknesses in the lesson plan and delivery:

4. What must be addressed to improve this plan?

5. How I have grown from this teaching experience: