Lesson Plan

Grade 9
Topic
Socials
Date
2016-11-18
Allotted Time
75 minutes
Cite sources used to develop this plan:
- https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/curriculum/social-studies/9
1.

Rationale: Why is this lesson relevant at this time with these students?
Students will finish notes on the regions of Canada and then label a map of Canada. The map includes
important cities, bodies of water, rivers. They will have to colour the regions of Canada on the map.
This will show them the placement of different features of Canada within each region. After they have
completed their notes it will give them some insight into life in different cities across the country.

2.

BC Curriculum Connections: Provincial learning standard(s) does this lesson develop?

Big Ideas- Collective identity is constructed and can change over time.
- The physical environment influences the nature of political, social, and economic change.
Curricular Competencies
-Explain different perspectives on past or present people, places, issues, and events by considering
prevailing norms, values, worldviews, and beliefs
-Assess how prevailing conditions and the actions of individuals or groups affect events, decisions,
and developments
Content
-Physiographic features of Canada and geological processes
- Global demographic shifts including patterns of migration and population
growth

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Assessment
Lesson Outcome
What will students learn?

Sources of Evidence
What product or action will
show what students have
learned?
1. 2. The notes that they have
took
3. 4. Finding the correct
locations of cities, rivers and
lakes on the map

Criteria
What will you look for in this
evidence?

1. The different topography,

1. 2. the notes are correct
climates and vegetation of
summaries of the text
different regions in Canada
3.4. that the cities, lakes,
2. note taking skills
rivers are located in the
3. Where different cities are
correct regions
located in regions of Canada
4. using the Gazeteer in an
atlas
Resources, Material and Preparation: What resources, materials and preparation are required?
Atlas
Canada map and assignment sheet
Notes worksheet from Crossroads (pg 161-179)

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Lesson Development

Introduction: How will you introduce this lesson in a manner

that engages students and activates their thinking?
- do attendance
-work block for notes on regions worksheet if people finish hand out
Canadian geography crossword.

depending on what people get done introduce mapping assignment

Remind students about the parts of a map

Remind students about the gazetteer in the atlas if they have trouble
finding locations

Pacing

20minutes
10 minutes
45 minutes

show people the best order for putting stuff on the map get them too
look stuff up in the atlas colour the map hand in on Monday

6.

Accommodations (adaptations, extensions, other): How will you plan for students who have
learning/behavior difficulties or require enrichment?
Their is one student who is from another country and is ESL. He may have trouble finding and
labeling the things on the map offer him another mapping assignment. Instead of labeling all of the
rivers, lakes and cities on the hand out, he can label the provinces, capital cities and colour the
provinces not the reigions. This way he will still learn important geographical locations in Canada. If
he finishes this a head of time he can do a map of BC including important cities and colouring the
elevation.