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Manitoba Education

Social Studies

Websites to Support the New Curriculum

Grade 4: Cluster 5
Canada's North

 

Learning Experience
4.5.1 Physical Features and Natural Resources

4.5.1 ACTIVATING STRATEGIES

HRW World Atlas
http://go.hrw.com/atlas/norm_htm/canada.htm

 

4.5.1 ACQUIRING STRATEGIES

Teaching and Learning about Canada: Map

http://www.canadainfolink.ca/nunavut.htm

Word Central
http://www.wordcentral.com/

 

4.5.1 APPLYING STRATEGIES
No websites recommended

 

Learning Experience
4.5.2 Changes in the North

4.5.2 ACTIVATING STRATEGIES
No websites recommended

 

4.5.2 ACQUIRING STRATEGIES

Arctic Region Reference Map with Place Names:
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/islands_oceans_poles/arctic_ref802647_1999.jpg

Place Names Database:
http://pwnhc.learnnet.nt.ca/databases/geodb.htm

Indian and Northern Affairs: Places:
http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ks/2000_e.html

Creation of Nunavut Territory:
http://archives.cbc.ca/300c.asp?id=1-73-108

K-12 Canadian Schools Online:
http://www.library.ualberta.ca/subject/
education/canschools/index.cfm

 

4.5.2 APPLYING STRATEGIES
No websites recommended

 

Learning Experience
4.5.3 People of the North

4.5.3 ACTIVATING STRATEGIES

Inuit Throat Singing
http://www.stuff.co.uk/media/polar-relay/inuit.html

Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre
http://pwnhc.learnnet.nt.ca/exhibits/index.htm

The Dogrib TeaDance
http://pwnhc.learnnet.nt.ca/exhibits/teadance/teadance.html

 

4.5.3 ACQUIRING STRATEGIES

Statistics Canada: Community Profiles
http://www12.statcan.ca/english/profil01/PlaceSearchForm1.cfm

Nunavut Territory Map
http://www.graphicmaps.com/webimage/countrys/
namerica/province/nuz.htm

Aboriginal Languages in Canada
http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ks/5000_e.html

 

4.5.3 APPLYING STRATEGIES
No websites recommended

 

Learning Experience
4.5.4 Ways of Life in the North

4.5.4 ACTIVATING STRATEGIES

Arctic Theme Page
http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/faq.html

Auyuittuq National Park
http://www.eclipse.net/~studio1/baffin.htm

Human Inuksuk
http://www.kativik.qc.ca/ulluriaq/cultures/activities/page1.htm

 

4.5.4 ACQUIRING STRATEGIES

Inuit Life in Nunavut
http://www.kativik.qc.ca/ulluriaq/Nunavik/inuitlife/index.html

Frequently Asked Questions about the North
http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/pr/info/info115_e.pdf Adobe Acrobat Files

Teaching and Learning about Nunavut
http://www.canadainfolink.ca/nunavut.htm

Inuksuit
http://www.kativik.qc.ca/ulluriaq/Nunavik/inuitlife/inuk/inuksuk.htm

 

4.5.4 APPLYING STRATEGIES

The Road to Nunavut: A Chronological History
http://www.gov.nu.ca/road.htm

ICT Link
http://pooka.nunanet.com/~arctic/
http://www.sleddogcentral.com/nunavut_style_racing.htm

The Aurora Page
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/weather/aurora/images/aurora/jan.curtis/

 

Learning Experience
4.5.5 Northern Contributions

4.5.5 ACTIVATING STRATEGIES

Canadian and Inuit Art:
http://www.inuitfinearts.com/

 

 

4.5.5 ACQUIRING STRATEGIES

Aboriginal Games:
http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/
Holman/english/games/index.php3
 
Storytelling - Oral Tradition:
http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/
Holman/english/storytelling/index.php3

 

4.5.5 APPLYING STRATEGIES
No websites recommended