Social Studies 9 May 18 - 24

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION OF CANADA: 1921, 1981 & 2010

     Canada, like most countries, does not have an even population distribution throughout the entire country.  Two significant trends are evident when examining Canada's population distribution.  The most noticeable trend is the high density of population in the southern areas of Canada, and the very low densities in the northern regions. The other noteworthy trend is that even within the southern regions of Canada, some areas are very heavily populated while other areas are relatively sparsely populated.

     The distribution of Canada's population has gradually shifted over the past several decades.  Using the data in Table 3 to answer the questions below.

 TABLE 3   POPULATION DISTRIBUTION OF CANADA, 1921 & 1981

QUESTIONS:

 1) What information is displayed in this graph?  What information do you learn from reading this graph?

2a) If you group Quebec and Ontario together as Central Canada, what percentage of Canada's population was found here in 2010?
  b) Was this percentage greater or less than the 1921 figure? Than the 1981 figure?   
  c) Examine Table 3, and try to explain what has happened to account for this change in Central Canada's proportion of the population.

 3) The Atlantic Provinces' and British Columbia's proportions of population have also changed significantly since 1921, how can you account for these changes?

4) What factors affect where people choose to settle?  Explain how these factors may account for the population distribution found in Canada?

5) What impact do you think this distribution would have on the citizens of Canada? Explain your answer.

History 10  (May 11th – 17^th)

Ancient Egyptian Inventions

This week you are going to look at Ancient Egyptian inventions.  Please review the following article and choose 3 inventions

https://discoveringegypt.com/ancient-egyptian-inventions/

For the 3 inventions you chose, describe the invention in your own words and explain why it was significant to the Ancient Egyptians

Entrepreneurship 110   (May 4 – 10)

This week we are going to look at peer assessment criteria to evaluate group work.  Your assignment this week is to compose an “evaluation rubric” to grade your peers in the venture project. 

When developing your team work rubric, you must include 5 main categories, have a minimum of 3 key components for each category and have a grading system based on these categories and components.  Here is an example of a category, it`s main components and a grading criteria:

      Participation

 (3) - group members agree on clear definition of all tasks, take an active role and team engages in follow-up activities to monitor progress.

(2) – tasks are defined informally and not all members understand them, most members contribute and follow-up is sporadic.

(1) – Tasks are undefined, project is completed by mostly one person, there is no follow-up.

Some other categories you may want to include in your rubric are:  Communication skills, Quality of work etc… Again, try to come up with 5 main categories for your rubric, have fun!

Growth and Decline Settlement Assignment (May 4th – 10th)

This week we are going to look at urbanization and research 7 major Canadian cities.

Urbanization has become a worldwide trend.  This movement of people has created the challenge of Megacities, especially in nations that are rapidly industrialized.  Megacities are massive urban areas that are so large that city life has become difficult to sustain.  All cities face these issues, but in Megacities, they can become extremely difficult problems.

Part A: You are to research the following 7 major Canadian cities: Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City.   For each city you must find the following information:

1)      Population

2)      Area

3)      Population Density

4)      Poverty rate

5)       To what extent do they experience the problem of crime

Part B: Choose one of the cities that you researched, write a ½ - 1 page essay describing the condition of that city.  Be sure to explain how you think it is doing in terms of growth and ability to provide a good quality of living for their citizens.