Canada : the land, histories, and stories : grade 5 social studies - Assignment Booklet 2B

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Grade5 Social Studies
Module2: Navigatethe Maritimes
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Table of Contents
Chapter Summaries
Chapter 9: Driving the Cabot Trail 4
Chapter 10: The Stormiest Region 4
Chapter The Appalachian Region
11: 5
Chapter 12: A Long History of Coal Mining 5
Chapter 13: New People in a New Land 5
Chapter 14: The Maritime Way of Life 6
Chapter 15: The Maritimes and Confederation 6
Chapter 16: Farewell to Nova Scotia 7
Chapter Summaries
Chapter 9: Driving the Cabot Trail
Objective
This chapterfocuses ontheenvironmental significanceofnational parks and protectedareas.
Instructional Strategies
Havethestudent showyouwhere Cheticamp is onthemap ofNovaScotia.
Discussways individuals can carefornational parks and protected areas.Thestudent mightsuggestthe
following: not littering; not goingoffmarked trails; not damaging, picking, orremovinganything inthe park;
respectingwildlifeandvegetation; drivingsmaller, fuel-efficientvehicles orbikingorwalkingwhen possible.
Attheend ofthechapter, direct thestudenttoAssignment Booklet 2B.
Website
Thefollowingwebsitemayprovideuseful information forChapter9:
http://novascotia.com/site-ns/inedia/novascotia/cabot.pdf
Chapter 10: The Stormiest Region
Objective
This chapterfocusesonthesevereweatherin theMaritimes andthe factors affectingit.
Instructional Strategies
Withthestudent, thinkoffactorsthat influenceclimate. Guidethestudenttoseehowbeingsurrounded by
water might affect climate; forexample, moisturefromthewatercan createstorm systems.
At theendofthechapter, directthestudenttoAssignment Booklet 2Btocompletetheassignmentfor
Chapter 10. RemindthestudenttoreturntotheStudent ModuleBookletaftercompletingtheassignment.
Havethestudent compareaveragetemperatures oftwocommunities. Thestudent should compare his orher
own communitywith aMaritimecommunity (anycityortown in aMaritime province) byusingthewebsiteat
theaddresshttp://www.climate.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/.Atthiswebsite, goto "ClimateNormals &Averages."
Discuss similarities and differences between thetwocommunitieswith thestudent.
Grade 5 Social Studies: Module 2 4 Home Instructor's Guide 2B
Chapter The Appalachian Region
11:
Objective
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This chapterfocuses ontheAppalachian geographic region howthe land is used and sustains communities
and howpeople livewiththe land.
Instructional Strategies
Assistthestudentwith locatingtheAppalachianRegion onthesegment titled "Geographic Regions of Canada"
ontheGrade5Social Studies MultimediaCD.
Discusswherefarmingoccurs intheMaritimes. (Manyfarmingareas arecentred around water, such as the Bay
ofFundy,theSaintJohnRiverValleyinNewBrunswick, and theNorthumberland Strait.)
Attheend ofthechapter, directthestudenttoAssignment Booklet 2B.
Chapter 12: A Long History of Coal Mining
Objective
Inthis chapterthestudent learns aboutthehistoryofcoal mininginNovaScotiaandabouttheminerals being
minedtodayintheMaritimes.
Instructional Strategies
AskthestudenttoshowyouwhereGlaceBayisonthemapofNovaScotia.
Askthestudenttoshowyouonthemapthefollowingmajorcoal-miningareas in NovaScotia: Stellarton, New
Glasgow,Westville, andThorburn (inPictou County); Springhill,Amherst, PortHood, andJoggins
(inCumberland County).
Havethestudent recallwhat is mined inAlberta(coal, limestone, shale, sandstone, salt, sand, and gravel).
Comparethese productswiththosemined intheMaritimes.
Attheendofthechapter, directthestudenttoAssignment Booklet 2B.
Websites
Thefollowingwebsites mayprovideuseful information forChapter 12:
• http://www.minersmuseum.com/
• http://www.mininghistory.ns.ca/
Chapter 13: New People in a New Land
Objective
This chapterfocusesontheimmigrantswhocametotheMaritimes,thenaturalresourcestheyusedtosurvive,
andthecommunities andindustriestheybuilt.
Grade 5 Social Studies: IVIodule 2 5 Home Instructor's Guide 2B
Instructional Strategies
Havethestudent showyouwhereEdmunston, NewBrunswick, is onthemap.AskwhyEdmunstonwas a
loggingcommunity. (It's in the heavilytreed areaofNewBrunswick.)
With thestudent, discussthetypeofjobs thatwereavailableintheMaritimes. (Jobs in farming, fishing,
lumber, and shipbuildingindustries existed becausetherewerereadilyavailableresources.)
Attheend ofthechapter, directthestudent toAssignment Booklet 2B.
Chapter 14: The Maritime Way of Life
Objective
Inthis chapterthestudent learnsabouttheeconomyofthe Maritimes: theboom and bustyears;theeffects of
WorldWar1, the Depression, andWorldWarII; andtheeconomicsituationtoday.
Instructional Strategies
Getthestudent toshowyouthequickest routebetweenBaddeckand Moncton, NewBrunswick. (It isthe
Trans-CanadaHighway.)
Havethestudent locatesomeoftheworld's largest natural harbours and showthemtoyou intheatlas oron a
world map.
Givethestudentanumberof differentcoinsto lookat.Whenthestudent findstheBluenoseonthedime,
askwho's head is ontheoppositeside (Queen Elizabeth II) andwhyit'sthere(the monarch's head is on all
Canadiancoins).
Ensurethestudent looks upaquaculture inthedictionaryandwrites its definition onthelines intheStudent
ModuleBooklet.Verifythat it is correct.Askthestudent toexplainwhataquaculturemeans to him or her.
Chapter 15: The Maritimes and Confederation
Objective
This chapterfocuses ontheMaritimes and Confederationand theroleCharlottetown played in Confederation.
Instructional Strategies
Havethestudent locatethe ChignectoIsthmusonthemapofNovaScotiaand showyouwhereit is.
Assist thestudent as neededtofind information ontheInternet about Confederation Bridge. It is theworld's
longest bridgeover icewater.
Grade 5 Social Studies: Module 2 6 Home Instructor's Guide 2B
Directthestudenttothefollowingwebsiteto learn about the provinces andwhen theyjoined Confederation:
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/confederation/kids
DiscusswhyAlbertajoined Confederation.
Chapter 16: Farewell to Nova Scotia
Objective
Thestudentwill demonstrateanunderstandingoftheMaritimes byusingthe information in the final chapters
andthroughoutthemoduletoselect aprovince intheMaritimeswhere heorshe might chooseto live.
Instructional Strategies
Assistthestudentwith locatingthesong"FarewelltoNovaScotia"ontheGrade5 Social Studies Multimedia
CD
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Attheend ofthechapter, directthestudenttoAssignment Booklet 2B. Gooverthe instructions inAssignment
Booklet 2Bwiththestudent. Giveassistanceas needed.
CompletetheHomeInstructor's FeedbackForm. DirectthestudenttocompletetheStudentFeedbackForm at
theendofAssignmentBooklet 2B.
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