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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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I. Background

  1. Canada Fact Sheet with a Spotlight on the Province of Québec
    Blank Fact Sheet
    Completed Fact Sheet
  2. Big Maps
  3. The Canadian Flag with a Spotlight on the Flag of the Province of Québec
    Flag Terminology Handout
  4. Canada's National Anthem
  5. History of Canada with a Spotlight on the Province of Québec

II. Music

  1. Mauvais Sort
  2. Instrument Making for Students and Adults
  3. World and American Music Links
  4. World Culture Links

III. Canadian Culture

  1. Québec's Native Peoples Board Game
  2. History of Canadian Circus
  3. French Canadian Folk Songs from Québec and Other Provinces
    Folk Tales Values Survey
  4. Culinary Culture: Maple Syrup

IV. Here and Now

  1. Exploring Francais Québécois and Current Events through Journalism
  2. The Great Canada Zoo
  3. What's New in Canada?

V. Community Connections

  1. Before and After Questions
  2. Intercultural Connections
  3. The Heritage Project and Oral History
  4. The Student Curator Project
  5. Class Newspaper or Web site
  6. Culture on Parade
  7. Student Participation in Arts Midwest World Fest

This curriculum was written by Jeanne Paliatka and Olaf Nelson for Arts Midwest.

Canada

I. BACKGROUND

Part 2: Big Maps of Canada with a Spotlight on the Province of Québec

Introduction:
This lesson acts a centerpiece for studying Canada by providing a visual learning tool to which students can add information as they learn.

Overview:
Using the maps below and the link to the Big Map lesson, students will create an oversized map that they will then embellish with topographic, political, cultural, agricultural, and linguistic details. This map can be continuously developed throughout the teaching unit.

The Big Maps Lesson was created by Anne and John Watt of Primary Source.

Suggestions for adapting the lesson to Canada:
For an in-depth analysis of Canada, the class could divide into groups and each group could create a big map to analyze a different province of Canada. If time is more limited, the class can create one giant map of Canada on a twin bed sheet or clear or white shower curtain. The class could then divide into groups that would each be responsible for researching a particular topic area, such as politics, geographic features, climate, agricultural products, etc. Once their research is completed, each group can fill in their section on the giant shared map.

Map Resources:
(Links will open in new windows.)

Teachers may direct students to the Student Resources Pages where they can follow relevant links without having access to lesson plans.

The Atlas of Canada site has many excellent maps of Canada, including this map of the provinces of Canada.

A good basic outline map of Canada

A basic color map of Canada with major cities included.

A good printable outline map of the provinces of Canada.

A printable map of Canada with major cities shown.

Canadian Geographic's CG Kids Atlas Online provides many maps and geographic and cultural information, games, and teaching resources in a kid-friendly format

Canadian Geographic's Map Maker offers many options for creating maps based on agriculture, ethnicity, physical environment, population and climate. It also includes many black outline maps of Canada.

Three timelines of major events in Canadian Aboriginal history.

National Geographic's Map Machine is an excellent source of maps of any country based on physical, cultural, political, climate and weather themes. You can zoom in and out of these full color maps and easily change what type of map is being viewed.

Spotlight on Québec

Altas Québec (in French but the maps are easily accessible)

Map of Québec

Information on Québec's geography.

The Institute for Statistics of Québec provides information on the province as a whole and each of its regions.

The Web site Québec Heritage provides a history of Québec and an overview of its cultural heritage.