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Subject: Social Studies
Date:
Grade: Five
Content (Topic):
Teaching Strategy: Direct teaching
Introductory lesson to the Interior Plains region of Canada.
Learning Objectives:
- geography - extent of the Interior Plains
- landscape of the Interior Plains
- what is the climate of the Interior Plains
- where people live in the Interior Plains
Assessment:
- question sheet at the end of the lesson
- anecdotal
Adaptive Dimension:
Prompt students for questions – saying “____, I am going to ask you the next question.”
Common Essential Learnings:
Communication – asking and answering questions
Critical and Creative thinking – question sheet answers
Independent Learning – reading of the text to find the answers to the question sheet
Prerequisite Learnings:
- Introduction to Canada’s geographic regions
Lesson Preparation:
Equipment / materials
Map of Canada
Map of the geographic regions of Canada
Textbook – Canada: its Land and People – Massy/Sheilds
Advanced Preparation
Copy question sheet.
Set
Can anyone tell me where the Interior Plains are?
Show on map where the Interior Plains are. also on pg. 44
What do you think some of the characteristics of the
Interior Plains are? landscape, climate, population
Create a list on the board.
Development
Turn to pg. 46 of the text. Geographer’s three prairie
levels within the Interior Plains. Show on map of Canada
where the levels are.
- first level
- mostly made up of Manitoba lowlands
- three large lakes – Lake Winnipeg, Lake Winnipegosis,
and Lake Manitoba
- lots of marshland especially around all the lakes in the
north, good farming land in the middle Red River Valley,
and then sudden change of elevation to the south.
- second level
- mostly made up of Saskatchewan plains
- Southwestern area has sparse vegetation and few trees,
centre area is the parkland with groves of aspen trees, and
mixed forests to the north.
- soils are good for farming and ranching at this level
- third – Alberta with higher elevation
- covers most of Alberta with flat areas, foot hills, deep
river valleys, and badlands
- Cypress Hills and Wood Mountain stand above the
plain
- some areas have good farming and ranching while other
areas require irrigation to grow anything
Does anyone have any questions about the three
different levels?
What is the climate like in the Interior Plains? add to
list on board as necessary
Climate
- distinct seasons
- winter cold and summer hot
- north is cold with more precipitation
Classroom
Management
Strategies
- specific answers only no
shouting out of answers
- try to get a response from
all students
- prompt students before the
question
- south is warmer with less precipitation
- extreme southwest is almost desert like
- Manitoba gets more rain than Saskatchewan and
Alberta
- 2/3 of the yearly precipitation falls in the spring and
summer
Look at the charts on pg 50. It displays temp verse rain
fall graphs in the three provinces.
- explain the highlights of the graphs
Does anyone have any questions about the climate of
the Interior Plains?
Where do you think the people of the Interior Plains
live?
Population
- most people live in the cities
What are some cities in the Interior Plains you can
name?
Why do you think these cities started?
- cities start for a variety of reasons but mostly because
of location
Look at the map on pg 53.
- explain the legend of the map
- give some idea of why cities are where they are eg.
transportation, resources, agriculture
Population change
- started mostly rural but now is mostly urban
- farms getting bigger
- check out the chart on pg 56
Does anyone have any questions about population?
Closure
Review the brainstorming on the board.
Does anyone have any questions about the Interior
Plains?
Have the students work on their question sheet.
Canada’s Interior Plains pg 1
Name: __________________________
Answers to the following questions can be found in chapter 3 of the text book.
1. Looking at page 44. Which provinces are in the Interior Plains region?
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2. How many different prairie levels are there in the Interior Plains?
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3. What prairie level is the city of Regina part of?
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4. The Interior Plains have three main climate zones; the northern part, the southern part,
and the far south.
a) Which zone is the coldest?
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b) Which zone has the longest growing season?
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5. According to the charts on page 50 which city receives the most average precipitation
in July?
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6. Looking at the map on page 53. Does the northern or the southern half of the Interior
Plains have the most population?
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Canada’s Interior Plains pg 2
7. Why are there more people living in cities now then there were in 1911?
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8. Why do you think most of the population lives where they do in the Interior Plains?
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