TCSS Canada Content Map

Teachers:

Grade/Subject: 6th Grade Social Studies

Unit: Canada Date Range:

Standard(s):

Unit Essential Question: How do geographic, historical, government, economic, and understandings influence Canada?

Concept 1: Geography

Concept 2: History

Concept 3: Government/Civics

Concept 4: Economics

Lesson Essential Questions: Location 1. Where are the physical features of Canada located? (SS6G5a.) Human-Environment Interaction 2. How do location, climate, and natural resources affect people in Canada? (SS6G6a-b) (where people live and work; access to water; impact on trade) 3. How have environmental issues affected Canada? (SS6G7a) (acid rain and pollution of Great Lakes; extraction and use of natural resources; timber resources) Culture 4. How does the literacy rate affect the standard of living in Canada? 5. How did the French and English influence the language and religion of Canada? (SS6H4a.)

Lesson Essential Questions: Conflict and Change 6. How did Canada become an independent nation? (SS6H4b.) 7. Why does Quebec seek independence from Canada? (SS6H5a.)

Lesson Essential Questions: Power, Authority, & Governance 8. How does the structure of the national government of Canada distinguish the role of its citizens? (SS6CG3a.)

Lesson Essential Question Production, Distribution, & Consumption 9. What is the economic system of Canada? (SS6E1c.; SS6E2d.) (Compare Canada with Cuba and Brazil; Be sure to include that they are located on a continuum between pure market and pure command economies, and the system for exchanging currencies) 10. How does specialization encourage trade between Canada and other countries? (SS6E2a.) 11. How do trade barriers affect Canada? (SS6E2b.) (tariffs, quotas, and embargos) 12. How does NAFTA play a role in trade in Canada? (SS6E2c.) 13. How has Canada been influenced by the presence or absence of economic factors? (SS6E3a-d)

TCSS 6th Grade Social Studies Document last changed: 7 October 2008 1

TCSS Canada Content Map

TCSS 6th Grade Social Studies Document last changed: 7 October 2008 2

Vocabulary 1: Places St. Lawrence River Hudson Bay Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean Great Lakes Canadian Shield Rocky Mountains Terms Permafrost Natural Resource Extraction Timber Population distribution Air pollution Acid Rain Wildlife Standard of Living Literacy Rate

Vocabulary 2: Sovereign state Commonwealth of Nations British Commonwealth “Quiet Revolution”

Vocabulary 3: Constitutional monarchy Parliamentary democracy Federation Personal freedoms Voting Prime minister

Vocabulary 4: Pure market Pure command Mixed economy Continuum Specialization Trade barriers Tariffs Quotas Embargos Imports Exports Diversification North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Exchange Currency Human capital (education/training) Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Investment Capital (factories, machinery, and technology) Entrepreneurship

*Not specifically stated in the state standards