Unit About Canada

No longer in print. Can be purchased as an e-book directly from Evan-Moor Publishing.

A wealth of information about our neighbors to the north, this resource unit will supplment your students' textbook or help you create your own Canada curriculum. Through active learning experiences, your students will sample the rich diversity of Canada's people and cultures, glimpse the vastness of Canada's lands and waters, and get an idea of the variety of its resources, wildlife and history.

A large section of the unit is devoted to The Land of Canada. It delves into such topics as:

• Songs and Symbols of Canada
• Activities with Maps of Canada
• Big City Canada
• Pick-a-Province Research Activity
• the Highest Tides in the World
• Canada's Third Seacoast.

Another section deals with The People of Canada. Topics include:

• Meet Some Canadians
• A Bilingual History, Parlez-vous Francais?
• A French-Canadian Soiree
• the Inuit
• Design a Flag for Nunavut
• Inuit Carving
• A Snow House Keeps You Warm
• Other Native Peoples of Canada
• Artists of the Northwest Coast
• Totem Poles
• Art from Porcupine Quills.

Also covered are Snowshoes, Canadian Sports Reports, Celebrations Old and New, Activities with Canadian Wildlife, Make a Paper Canadian Quilt, and A Canadian Quiz Show/An Old-Fashioned Fair.

Includes bibliography, and complete step-by-step instructions for all activities. All pages are reproducible and perforated for easy removal.