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Curricular Competency
Draw conclusions about the variation and distribution of geographic phenomena over time and space (patterns and trends)
Elaboration
- Key questions:
- What are some reasons that a company might move manufacturing of certain goods from one country to another?
- Is resource use and development always harmful to the landscape?
- How have our Canadian eating patterns changed over the last 100 years? Where did our food come from then? Where does it come from now? What do we eat now that we didn’t used to eat? Where does it come from?
- Sample activities:
- Research a specific product (e.g., toothbrush, basketball, avocado). Where is it grown/sourced, manufactured and then sold?
- Find historical photos of the town you live in/were born in and compare them with how the town looks now. What changes happened and why?
- Compare political systems in Canada with those in another country. What differences in values and beliefs might account for the very different ways countries govern themselves?
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Draw conclusions about the variation and distribution of geographic phenomena over time and space