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Resources and Wealth
Goal: To examine various worldviews about the use and distribution of
resources and wealth in relation to the needs of individuals, communities,
nations, and the natural environment and contribute to sustainable
development.
RW7.1 Explain the role of barter, trade, and sharing in traditional
economies in Canada and the circumpolar and Pacific Rim countries.
RW7.2 Investigate the influence of resources upon economic conditions of
peoples in circumpolar and Pacific Rim countries.
RW7.3 Assess the ecological stewardship of economies of Canada and the
circumpolar and Pacific Rim countries.
What makes a country rich?
How does what I have change what I get?
Who has more?
Does money buy everything?
What is wealth?
What does my country tell me about me?
How do countries think about resources differently?
Who owns natural resources?
Are bartering, trading and sharing the same?
How does our economy impact our ecology?
What determines the wealth of a country?
How can a country increase its economic sustainability?
How does the level of industry impact an area?
How is GNP linked to resource and industry?
What is the link between barter, trade, and sharing and traditional and modern
economies?
How are economies similar and different?
Students need to know:
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research skills on origins of words
define “sustainable”
what are resources and industry?
How the level of sustainability can be increased
Natural resources: renewable and non-renewable
Using maps to locate natural resources and analyze the impact it has on local
community
Difference between primary, secondary, tertiary industry
GNP – related to resources
Types of economic societies and factors that determine them
Traditional economies
Barter
Trade
Share
Canada
Pacific Rim countries
Circumpolar regions
Goods and services
Standard of living (measured by GNP, GDP, and quality of life index)
Students need to do:
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research and illustrate the origins and current meanings of “steward” and
“stewardship”
define “sustainable”
discriminate between concepts of sustainable and unsustainable in relation to
resources and industry
examine the sustainability of the economies of countries
propose practices which could increase the level of sustainability
define natural resource: renewable/ non-renewable
identify location of resources
analyze impact of resources
differentiate between primary/secondary/tertiary
Correlate GNP to resources and industries
Role play
Present experiences
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Describe examples
Question sustainability
Listen to presentations
Draw conclusions about standard of living based on GNP, GDP, and quality of
life index.
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that resources determine the wealth of a country
that resources are unequally distributed throughout the world
that we are each stewards of natural resources
that not all countries are good ecological stewards
that the wealth of a country depends on their sustainable resources
that the level of sustainability of an economy can be increased
that the level of industries determine the type of work, wealth and conditions of
an area
that GNP determines the level of trade a country will have and whether it relies on
imports and exports
that barter, trade and sharing were the basis of our modern economy, and they are
still part of it.
That barter, trade, and sharing are part of a traditional economy and are part of
today’s economy
That there are similarities and differences between economies
That the standard of life is measured by GNP, GDP, and quality of life index.
Assessment
Summative:
See Learning Plan and Unit rubrics on Curriculum Corner
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explain the role of barter, trade, and sharing
investigate the influence of resources on economies
assess stewardship of economies on ecologies – describe the parts,
linkage/connections, form a judgement, justify their judgement
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Formative:
locate information for a specific country on: resources, economic conditions, GNP, GDP,
primary, secondary and tertiary industries, quality of life
- Have a checklist for the information: locate and record.
Learning Plan:
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Explain the role of barter, trade, and sharing in Canada, and another country.
Rubric is based on explanation, and examples.
Explain the role of barter, trade, and sharing in traditional economies. Provide
examples from Canada, circumpolar, and Pacific Rim countries.
Remember to show that you know what the terms mean.
Remember to give examples from countries we’ve studied.
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3
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Explain
Clearly
Clearly
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understand the
understands the understanding
understanding
concepts of
meaning of
of barter, trade, of barter, trade
barter, trade,
barter, trade,
and share. No
and share. No
and share and
and share. No
connection is
connection is
shows high
connection is
given.
given.
level of
given.
connection to
traditional
and/or modern
economies
Examples
Cites insightful Cites relevant
Cites examples Unable to
examples of the examples of the of the roles of
provide
roles of barter,
roles of barter,
barter, trade,
examples of the
trade, and
trade, and
and sharing in a roles of barter,
sharing in a
sharing in a
community
trade, and
community
community
sharing in a
community
Investigate the influence of resources upon the economic conditions:
- Post: What is the influence of resources upon the economic conditions?
Be sure to teach each of the terms.
- locate information for a specific country on: resources, economic conditions, GNP,
GDP, primary, secondary and tertiary industries, quality of life
- Have a checklist for the information: locate and record. Provide ways for them to
record.
Checklist for information:
________ renewable resources
________ non-renewable resources
________ economic conditions
________ Gross National Product
________ Gross Domestic Product
________ primary industries
________ secondary industries
________ tertiary industries
________ quality of life
________ cite sources
- make connections – “I notice..”
- draw conclusions – “In conclusion..”
Make
Connections (I
notice…)
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4
Advanced
connections
beyond what
was discussed
in class, and
have drawn a
conclusion
3
Made
connections
without
assistance
2
Made
connections
with assistance
1
Restated
information
without making
connections
Assess ecological stewardship of economies. Assess each of these steps along the
way:
Pick a country and describe their economy and ecology.
What is the connection between the economy and ecology?
Judge whether the country has a sustainable economy based on the stewardship of
their resources.
Justify their judgement.
These steps will also be assessed summatively with a different country.