Teacher: Alicia Matthews

Subject / grade level: Social Studies, Grade 4 Time Required: 45 minutes

Materials: Printouts of landscapes, masking tape, six groups of objects, yarn, Post-
It notes, map of Canada, cardstock, markers, pencil crayons.

Text, Audio, Video Based Resources: Powerpoint, Explorations 4 Text Chapter 8.
4.4.1: Describe the physical landscape of Canada.
Lesson objective(s): Students will learn about the different regions in Canada
and how they make Canada special.
How are places organized into regions? What are the names of the six physical
regions of Canada? Where are the six physical regions of Canada? What are the
features of Canadas physical regions?
Differentiation strategies to meet diverse learner needs: Kinesthetic activities
are included as well as visuals and integration of the Art and LA curriculums for
those who are spatial or linguistic learners.
We have provided questions and opportunities for higher order thinking through
our engagement activities and thought provoking questions.
Teacher will be wearing an FM system microphone for those who may have
difficulty hearing.

ENGAGEMENT (5 minutes)
(Teacher`s Actions)
Ask questions such as: Where do you
think this landscape is from? Why?

What physical features do you notice in
this landscape?

Give students plenty of time to make
their predictions.
ENGAGEMENT
(Student`s Actions)
Students should be making guesses at
where the photos were taken.

They should be asking themselves the
question: How can I tell where a
landscape photo was taken by looking at
the physical characteristics?
EXPLORATION (10 minutes)
(Teacher`s Actions)
! Asking questions to engage higher
order thinking.
Why did you choose to separate them
like that? Explain your rationale.
What are some of the defining features of
your home? New Brunswick? Canada?

EXPLORATION
(Student`s Actions)
!
Student should: separate the items by
group, separate the groups within the
masking tape rectangle using yarn,
explain why they chose to separate the
way they did.
EXPLANATION
(Teacher`s Actions)
Teacher will explain characteristics of
the 6 different regions in Canada.
Appalachia: a land mass in eastern
EXPLANATION
(Student`s Actions)
!Student will make predictions about
paintings of different Canadian
landscapes, guessing which regions they
North America, that contains the
appalachia mountains.
Shield: a vast area of land with exposed
rock.
Lowlands: land that is lower than the
land around it.
Plain: a large stretch of level/flat or
gently rolling land.
Cordillera (core-dill-yare-a): a system of
parallel mountain ranges.
Arctic: an extremely cold, dry and
treeless region in the northernmost parts
of Earth.

would belong to.
Students will have a Post-It note and will
write their predictions on the note and
stick it to its corresponding landscape
painting.

Students will compare their predictions to
others and will analyze.
ELABORATION
(Teacher`s Actions)
!Teacher will distribute materials for
students to create their postcards.

Circulate to offer help to those who may
need it.

Clarify the defining features of the
regions as needed.
ELABORATION
(Student`s Actions)
Students will create their post card using
the materials distributed.

Students will draw a landscape on one
side and identify the region type on the
other side as well as a few defining
features of the region.

EVALUATION
(Teacher`s Actions)
!Teacher will look at students post cards
to ensure that they have understood the
lesson and have included their new
understanding into the final product.
EVALUATION
(Student`s Actions)
! Students should hand in their post
cards.