Communities in Canada, Past and Present
Key Learning
Explain how various features that characterize a community can contribute to the identity and image of a country. (Focus on parks)
Knowing we have vast wilderness and a variety of Federal, Provincial and Municipal parks and greenspaces. What does this say about people in our community, Ottawa, Ontario, and Canada? How does it contribute to our identity as a people? What does it say about our activities, aspirations, hopes, future, priorities, creativity?
Map the green spaces of Ottawa, and Eastern Ontario.
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Explain how various features that characterize a community can contribute to the identity and image of a country. (Focus on parks)
- Use Google Maps to locate cities with a lot of green space, and those with almost no green space.
- Compare and Contrast places with a strong outdoor/parks identity and places with no parks/green spaces. (Google pictures provided - San Bernardino, North Las Vegas, Copenhagen, Qiqihar)
- What does it say about their activities, aspirations, hopes, future, priorities, creativity?
Knowing we have vast wilderness and a variety of Federal, Provincial and Municipal parks and greenspaces. What does this say about people in our community, Ottawa, Ontario, and Canada? How does it contribute to our identity as a people? What does it say about our activities, aspirations, hopes, future, priorities, creativity?
Map the green spaces of Ottawa, and Eastern Ontario.
Click below for more details.
| communitiesincanada.pdf |
| ontario2.pdf |