Year-at-a-Glance Many Voices Combined Grades 4 and 5 Correlation Theme/Unit: Geography Influences Communities (LPP, ER, GC, CC) 1. What can be learned from studying the physical geography of a community? 2. How does the physical geography of a community directly shape the quality of life of the people who live in that particular community? 3. How does the physical geography affect how people in a community live? Many Voices Components Grade 4 Specific Outcomes Grade 5 Specific Learner Outcomes Values and Attitudes: Values and Attitudes Grade 4: 4.1.1 value Alberta’s physical geography and 5.1.1 value Canada’s physical geography and Chapter 1: Explore the Land natural resources: natural environment: What does Alberta look like? (ST) Appreciate the diversity of elements pertaining to appreciate the variety and abundance of natural What is the story of the land? (ST) geography, climate, geology and palaeontology in resources in Canada (ER, LPP) What are the natural regions? (ST) Alberta (LPP) appreciate the diversity of geographic phenomena in How does climate affect quality of life? Canada (LPP) (ST) Appreciate the environmental significance of national Natural Resources (PC) and provincial parks and protected areas in Alberta appreciate the environmental significance of national Looking at the Land (CD-ROM) (ER, LPP) parks and protected areas in Canada (ER, LPP) “Alberta” (CD 1:1) appreciate how the land sustains communities and Appreciate how Alberta’s fossil heritage contributes “Prairie Sky” (CD 1:5) to the province’s unique character (LPP) the diverse ways that people have of living with the “Under the Berry Moon” (CD 1:9) land (GC, LPP) Appreciate the variety and abundance of natural appreciate the influence of the natural environment resources in Alberta (ER, LPP) Chapter 2: Alberta’s Fossil on the growth and development of Canada (LPP) Heritage demonstrate care and concern for the environment What Do Fossils Tell About Alberta? 4.2.1 appreciate how an understanding of Alberta’s through their choices and actions (GC, LPP) (ST) history, people and stories contributes to their Why Do We Find Fossils in Alberta? sense of belonging and identity: appreciate the geographic vastness of Canada (LPP) 5.2.1 appreciate the complexity of identity in the (ST) Recognize oral traditions, narratives, and stories as Canadian context: Where Are Fossils Found in Alberta? valid sources of knowledge about the land, culture, (ST) and history (CC, TCC) recognize how an understanding of Canadian history How Did Alberta Become Known for and the stories of its peoples contributes to their Fossils? (ST) 4.3.1 appreciate the factors contributing to the sense of identity (I, TCC) What are Fossil Fuels? (ST) quality of life in Alberta: acknowledge oral traditions, narratives and stories Coal: Mining a Fossil Fuel (CD-ROM) Value and respect their relationships with the as valid sources of knowledge about the land and environment (C, ER, LPP) diverse Aboriginal cultures and history (CC, I, TCC) Chapter 3: Natural Resources in acknowledge the roots of Francophone identity and Your Life Knowledge and Understanding: presence in Canada (CC, I, TCC) Why Was the Leduc Discovery 4.1.2 critically examine the physical geography of Important? (ST) acknowledge British influence and presence in Alberta by exploring and reflecting upon the Why Is Agriculture Important? (ST) Canada (CC, I, TCC) ST=Student Textbook TG=Teacher Guide 1 CD-ROM=Interactive Multimedia CD-ROM PC=Photo Card ¾=Selected ICT outcomes are indicated by this symbol © 2007 Pearson Education Canada Inc. Alberta’s Forests (ST) following questions and issues: acknowledge the contributions made by diverse How Do Communities Form? (ST) What are the major geographical and natural cultural groups to the evolution of Canada (CC, I, Then & Now (PC) vegetation regions, landforms, and bodies of water in TCC) View Point on Alberta’s Oil Alberta? (LPP) recognize how changes in society can affect identity (CC, I) Development (CD-ROM) 5.3.1 appreciate how changes impact citizenship “Under the Berry Moon” (CD 1:9) What are the factors which determine climate in the and identity: Roughest Neck Around” (CD 1:8) diverse regions of Alberta? (LPP) “Universe Song” (CD1: 10) recognize how economic and political changes What are the significant natural resources in Alberta, and where are they located? (ER, LPP) impact ways of life of citizens (C, ER, I, PADM) Knowledge and Understanding: 5.1.2 examine, critically, the physical geography of Grade 5: 4.1.3 critically examine how geography and Canada by exploring and reflecting upon the Chapter 1: Exploring Canada paleontology contribute to knowledge of Alberta’s following questions and issues: Let’s explore Canada’s regions. (ST) physical geography by exploring and reflecting What makes a region? (ST) upon the following question: What are the major geographical regions, landforms Exploring Canada’s people’s. (ST) and bodies of water in Canada? (LPP) What geological features make Alberta unique? (LPP) Canada’s Stories (PC) How do landforms, bodies of water and natural How did archeologists and paleontologists discover resources affect the quality of life in Canada? (LPP) the presence of dinosaurs in Alberta? (LPP, TCC) How have natural disasters and severe weather Chapter 2: The Atlantic Region: been part of Canada’s physical geography? (LPP, Life by the Ocean 4.1.4 analyze how Albertans interact with their TCC) Let’s explore the Atlantic region. (ST) environment by exploring and reflecting upon the Why did people settle in the Atlantic following questions and issues: What are the differences and similarities among the region? (ST) geographical regions of Canada? (LPP) Why do we need to protect the land? (ER, LPP) Why did Europeans come to the How is the geographical region they live in different Atlantic region? (ST) What do our provincial parks preserve? (ER, LPP) from other regions of Canada? (LPP) Who were the Loyalists? (ST) How do Albertans deal with competing demands on What are the factors that determine climate in the Did quality of life change in the Atlantic land use in Alberta? (ER, LPP) diverse geographical regions of Canada (e.g., region? (ST) latitude, water, mountains)? (LPP) The Atlantic Region (PC) How can ownership of a discovered artifact be How are Canada’s national parks and protected St. John’s NL: Then and Now (PC) determined? (C, ER, PADM) areas important to the sustainability of Canada’s In what ways does the Royal Tyrrell Museum natural environment? (ER, LPP) contribute to scientific knowledge regarding Alberta’s 5.1.3 analyze how people in Canada interact with Chapter 3: Great Lakes – fossil heritage? (ER, LPP, TCC) the environment by exploring and reflecting upon St.Lawrence Lowlands: Life by the How are natural resources used by Albertans? (ER, the following questions and issues: river. LPP) Let’s explore the Great Lakes – In what ways do natural resources and the physical St.Lawrence Lowlands. (ST) geography of a region determine the establishment How did the First Nations live on the 4.3.2 critically assess the challenges and of communities? (ER, LPP) land? (ST) opportunities that Alberta has faced in its growth 5.2.2 examine, critically, the ways of life of Who were the first Europeans to come and development by exploring and reflecting upon Aboriginal peoples in Canada by exploring and to the Lowlands? (ST) the following question: reflecting upon the following questions and issues: When did the Loyalists arrive? (ST) In what ways have occupations and commerce been What do the stories of First Nations, Métis and Inuit What was the underground railroad? impacted by geography, climate and natural peoples tell us about their beliefs regarding the (ST) resources in Alberta? (ER, LPP, TCC) relationship between people and the land? (I, CC, How did the Great Migration change TCC, LPP) the Lowlands? (ST) 4.3.3 critically examine Alberta’s changing cultural How are the Aboriginal cultures and ways of life How has the region changed? (ST) and social dynamics by exploring and reflecting unique in each of the western, northern, central and The Great Lakes – St. Lawrence upon the following question: eastern regions of Canada? (I, CC, TCC) Lowlands (PC) In what ways has Alberta changed demographically Niagra Falls: Then and Now (PC) How were the natural environment and geography since 1905? (CC, I, LPP) of each region of Canada determining factors of the Chapter 4: The Canadian Shield: diversity among Aboriginal groups (e.g., languages, 4.3.4 examine recreation and tourism in Alberta by ST=Student Textbook TG=Teacher Guide 2 CD-ROM=Interactive Multimedia CD-ROM PC=Photo Card ¾=Selected ICT outcomes are indicated by this symbol © 2007 Pearson Education Canada Inc. Muskeg, Moose, and Minerals. exploring and reflecting upon the following symbolism)? (LPP, TCC) Let’s explore the Canadian Shield. (ST) questions and issues: What was the significance of the potlatch to the Who first lived in the Canadian Shield? How do physical geography and climate affect identity of the Aboriginal peoples of the Northwest (ST) seasonal activities throughout Alberta? Coast? (I, CC, LPP) How did the fur trade affect the First In what ways do anthropology and archaeology Nations? (ST) contribute to our understanding of First Nations, What jobs do people have in the shield Métis and Inuit peoples? (CC, LPP, TCC) today? (ST) 5.2.3 examine, critically, ways of life in New The Canadian Shield Region (PC) Skills: France by exploring and reflecting upon the 4.S.1 develop skills of critical thinking and creative following questions and issues: thinking: Chapter 5: Interior Plains: Land of How do stories and legends of the coureurs des bois Evaluate significant local and current events, Open Skies. distinguish between fact and opinion and voyageurs inform us about Francophone history, Let’s explore the Interior Plains.