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Students will:

2.1.2 investigate the physical geography of an Inuit, an Acadian, and a prairie community in Canada by exploring and reflecting the following questions for inquiry:

• Where are the Inuit, Acadian and prairie communities located in Canada? (LPP)

• How are the geographic regions different from where we live? (LPP)

• What are the major geographical regions, landforms and bodies of water in each

community? (LPP)

It is a bit of a far stretch but I think this link helps students to become familiar with all the communities in Canada. This may be a fun activity for students to do before introducing the three communities that you will be looking at.

One problem with this puzzle is that you have to have the province in the exact spot before it clicks in so students may have a hard time getting their puzzle pieces to click into place. Grade 5 Social Studies (Sam Sir) - 5.2 Histories and Stories of Ways of Life in Canada 5.2.4 - Examine, critically, ways of life of the fur traders by exploring and reflecting upon... Nor'West Adventure [] Grade 2 Social Studies (Lauren Yakemchuk) -
 * This interactive game is about a voyageur fur trade expedition and your choices as the controller determine its success. I think this game is good because it examines who was involved in the fur trade (companies, cultures, people), languages used and what the journey would be like. It is full of spots to click on for more information. This is definitely more fun than looking through a text book.

Students will:

2.1.2 investigate the physical geography of an Inuit, an Acadian, and a prairie community in

Canada by exploring and reflecting the following questions for inquiry:

How are the geographic regions different from where we live?

How does the physical geography of each community shape its identity? How does the vastness of Canada affect how we connect to other Canadian communities? []

This is an interactive site that allows for exploration of different cultures. This site allows for an interactive way to learn the terminology used in the the social studies curriculum. Throughout the site students can explore the different cultures found in Canada.

__Oregon Trail By Jaryd Potapinski__ Growing up i remember playing Oregon Trail and what a great game it was! Though this game is based more or less on American Settlers it does show the hardships and triumphs of the old west. This can be related to Grade 4 Social studies at the history of Alberta. Even though it is not a direct link to the cirriculum it gives students an interactive look at how life was in the 1800s.