• Overview of Canada's geography
• Location of provinces, cities, bodies of water, etc.
• Scavenger Hunt

This lesson was developed to help students gain information about the location of Canada and the provinces located within. During the lesson, students should be exposed to the geographical regions as well as any major distinguishing factors. A scavenger hunt activity (with an answer key) was created to help reinforce the location of provinces and bodies of water.

Lesson 3 - History

• Canada general information - Venn Diagram T-chart and websites
• Students create a timeline showing key events. (Can use Timeliner program)

This lesson was developed to help the students gain information about general historical events and key people. The teacher should help facilitate this lesson, based on resources available. Students should be able to create a visual key of events of Canada and then compare these events to ones in the United States. At this point, students should can use the Timeliner program or create a timeline using a different medium.

Lesson 4 - Government

• Review different forms of government
• Brief overview of government of Canada

This lesson was developed to help students review information about different forms of government (democracy, dictatorship, monarchy, etc.). The lesson can be brief, but substantial enough to provide a basis for the information in the next lesson on the Canadian government. A chart describing each form of government should be posted for reference.

Lesson 5 - Parliamentary Government/Democratic System

Students use websites (posted on this site), to gain a basic understanding of the structure of the Canadian government. These activities are intended to be student-driven, having students use the websites provided to conduct their research. Graphic organizers (with answer keys for the teacher) are provided for aid in completing this activity.

• Answer key for graphic organizer
• Answer key for questions

Lesson 6 - Province Research (Geography, Exports and Imports)

Students identify and locate a province and research key ideas using a graphic organizer. Students are placed in cooperative groups to research a particular province. A graphic organizer is provided to help the students take notes and a bibliography sheet will ensure that resources are cited. Teachers may need to review the proper method for citation before the beginning of this lesson.

Lesson 7 - Province Research (Geography/Lifestyle)

Teachers should use questions to facilitate group discussions in order to draw conclusions about the way of life in Canada.

Suggested Questions:

• How do the geographical features affect the lifestyle of the citizens?
• How has history affected the lifestyle of the people in this country/province?
• How does government affect the lives of the citizens?

Students should use their research and class notes to draw conclusions about the lifestyles of the Canadian people. Teachers may want to differentiate how thier groups handle this task.

Lesson 8 - Tying It All Together: Comparison to the United States

In this lesson, students compare different aspects of life in Canada with those of the United States. Students use a graphic organizer to compare individual provinces and a state in the US. Teachers should facilitate a discussion of the following question:

• Discuss the interdependency of between this country (Canada) and the United States.

• How Canadians Govern Themselves - this site provides a good overview of how the US and Canadian governments are alike and different.
• Canada Day Resource Page - has lots of worksheets, classroom ideas, lesson plan units, clip art, multimedia files (Canadian songs) and other links