Social Studies 10 Social Studies 10 Initial Assignment: Welcome! Welcome to The Link! Choosing to complete courses through Distributed Learning is an exciting choice! You have the opportunity to complete work at your own pace, at times of the day that work for you. Courses typically take 100-120 hours to complete, so plan to work at least 30 minutes per school day to complete this course in the one year permitted. That means your first goal should be to have about 10% of the course complete within one month. Of course, working more quickly is highly recommended. Success in Distributed Learning is dependent on a few things: Communication: It is essential you communicate with your teacher(s) when you have questions. If you don’t ask, we don’t know! Send an email as soon as you have a question, and you will receive a response within one school day. You can also book a time to come in and see your teacher if it’s easier to talk things through (it sometimes is). 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Social Studies 10 Social Studies 10 Initial Assignment: Introduction to Social Studies 10 Student Responsibilities: • To complete all assignments to the best of their ability (partially completed assignments will not be accepted) • To complete assignments in the order in which they are assigned, unless given written instruction otherwise • To review the feedback given on assessed assignments and complete corrections as required • To maintain regular contact with teachers • To work within mutually agreed upon timeframes • To ask for help and clarification when needed Social Studies 10 Curriculum Social Studies 10 is a course that is required for graduation in British Columbia. There is not a provincial exam for this course. A complete list of prescribed learning outcomes for this course can be found at the Ministry of BC website: Social Studies 10 Learning Outcomes Social Studies 10 is divided into units of study as follows: The Environment The Prairies Canada 1814-1840 British Columbia Confederation (Building a Nation) The Emergence of Modern Canada The Northwest The Economy of Canada Research Project Each unit will contain a variety of assignment structures, from projects, tests, quizzes, short answer, multiple choice, as well as opportunities for student choice. You will be assigned a textbook once the Environment Unit is complete and fully meets the learning outcomes. ©Materials in this document may not be reproduced in any way without written permission from the author. Social Studies 10 Social Studies 10 Initial Assignment: Canadian Identity and Stereotypes You can print out this assignment and write your answers on the sheet, or you can type your answers on a Word document. If you type your answers, be mindful to watch the formatting. Save your work as a .doc or .pdf document. If you do not have Microsoft Word, Libre Office and Open Office are free downloads available online. 1. What does being Canadian mean to you? Take a moment to think about it. 2. What stereotypes are there about Canadians? Look at this graphic: ©Materials in this document may not be reproduced in any way without written permission from the author. Social Studies 10 3. What stereotypes do you see? Now watch the following YouTube clips: Molson Canadian’s “I am Canadian”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRI- A3vakVg Molson Canadian’s “I am Canadian” #2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gEZF_qts3k Shane Koyczan‘s “We Are More”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsq68qRexFc What did he just say? If Shane’s Koyczan’s poem went too fast for you, you can read it here: http://vancouverisawesome.com/2010/02/12/shane-koyczans-we-are-more/ Did you like that slam poetry? Click here to read more about the poet and the attention he received after reading his poem during the 2010 Olympic Opening Ceremonies. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2010/02/14/koyczan-poet-olympics.html Interesting fact: Shane became a poet after he was bullied at age 14 and had trouble communicating! Games about Canadian Stereotypes: How well do you know Canadian stereotypes? Click here to see: http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz862069e0e18.html 4. Canadian Identity Assignment: By watching the clips you learned about some Canadian stereotypes. Take a moment to think about what being Canadian means to you. You have a choice in this assignment to either work with Canadian stereotypes, or with what being Canadian means to you. Choose one of those topics. ©Materials in this document may not be reproduced in any way without written permission from the author. Social Studies 10 Show me what the topic means to you. This can be done by a virtual poster board (see Glogster example www.glogster.com), a PowerPoint, a piece of writing, or something more creative: a poem (like Shane Koyczan), a song... almost anything that will show me how you feel. What you do must be in digital format, though. Assignments will be graded on presentation, content, and technical aspects, such as grammar and sentence structure. The Glogster example (below) would receive a passing grade (50-60%) but it is missing explanations and more graphics that would warrant a better grade. If you have any questions, contact the instructor. This assignment will be digital. It will be emailed to the instructor. ©Materials in this document may not be reproduced in any way without written permission from the author. Social Studies 10 Social Studies 10 Initial Assignment: Canadian Population, Density and Distribution This section answers the questions: How many Canadians are there? Where do we live? ©Materials in this document may not be reproduced in any way without written permission from the author. Social Studies 10 Why did we pick there? So exciting! Internet Resource: Atlas of Canada Website: www.atlas.gc.ca Two terms you must understand are population density and population distribution. What these terms represent affected the way Canada developed, as well as affects the rest of the globe. These terms are closely linked. Population distribution refers to how people are spaced out throughout a given area. In the map below, the red (darker) areas show concentrations of people throughout the globe. Population Density describes the number of people in a given area. Clearly, there is a greater density of persons in India, China and Europe than there is in Canada. In Hong Kong, they have approximately 6 000 people living in each square kilometer. In comparison, Canada has about 3 people per square kilometer if you average out the whole country. Canadians have a lot of extra space!! Different factors affect population density. They can be characterized as Physical and Human factors. ©Materials in this document may not be reproduced in any way without written permission from the author. Social Studies 10 Human factors contributing to how many people want to live in a certain area are: • Communication (would you want to live somewhere with no phone or TV?) • Culture (do you want to live somewhere without a personality?) • Development (roads would be nice! Schools, stores, etc..) • Disease (no one is moving to places overrun with germs) • Government Policies (move somewhere with lower taxes?) Physical Factors also contribute to why people settle in a certain area: • Accessibility (if you can't get there, you can't live there) • Climate (why people don't like living in the Arctic) • Landscape (people settle in "prettier" areas) • Resources (fresh water nearby, not just desert) • Soils (because you want to grow food) • Vegetation/Water (so you can stay healthy!) When Canada was a new country, physical factors affected how our country was settled: Vancouver and Victoria were settled in BC early because of water access. There is still less population in Northern BC because it is less accessible. Now, consider a long time ago, when Europeans were new to Canada and began to settle in our country. They had many options where they could settle. How did they decide?? When Europeans began exploring and developing resources in what is not Canada, they found the land sparsely populated by many different First Nations peoples in the south and Inuit in the north. The native peoples were primarily hunters and gatherers and often were nomadic. Because they were few in number, the First Nations made little impact on the natural environment; they harvested only the resources needed for their own consumption, and there were no large settlements.