Websites to Support the New Curriculum
Grade 10 (S2): Cluster 1
Geographic Literacy
Learning Experience
S2.1.1
What Is Geography?
S2.1.1 ACTIVATING STRATEGIES
What is Geography?, Canadian National Standards for Geography, Canadian Council for Geographic Education http://www.ccge.org/ccge/english/Pro_development/docs/Canadian_Geography_Standards.pdf
Defining Geography, Online Dictionaries
http://www.dictionary.com
S2.1.1 ACQUIRING STRATEGIES
S2.1.1 APPLYING STRATEGIES
No websites recommended
Learning Experience
S2.1.2
Physical and Human Geography
S2.1.2 ACTIVATING STRATEGIES
No websites recommended
S2.1.2 ACQUIRING STRATEGIES
Online Atlas, The Atlas of Canada
http://www.atlas.gc.ca
Online Atlas, The Canadian Atlas
http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/atlas
Manitoba Education, Citizenship & Youth http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/cur/gis/capital_cities.pdf
S2.1.2 APPLYING STRATEGIES
No websites recommended
Learning Experience
S2.1.3
Place and Identity
S2.1.3 ACTIVATING STRATEGIES
No websites recommended
S2.1.3 ACQUIRING STRATEGIES
Big Things in Manitoba
http://www.bigthings.ca/bigmb.htm
Map Projections, The Atlas of Canada
http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/learningresources/carto_corner/map_projections.html
Map Projections, University of Colorado
http://www.colorado.edu/geography/gcraft/notes/mapproj/mapproj_f.html
The Peters Projection
http://www.petersmap.com/stores/main.asp
S2.1.3 APPLYING STRATEGIES
No websites recommended
Learning Experience
S2.1.4
Global Environmental Types
S2.1.4 ACTIVATING STRATEGIES
S2.1.4 ACQUIRING STRATEGIES
Global Environmental Types (Biomes), University of California, Museum of Paleontology
www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/index.html
Manitoba Cities, Manitoba Community Profiles
http://www.communityprofiles.mb.ca/csd/
Terrestrial Ecozones of Canada Map, Canadian Council on Ecological Areas
http://www.ccea.org/ecozones/terrestrial.html
Terrestrial Ecozones of Canada Map, The Atlas of Canada
http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/environment/ecology/framework/terrestrialecozones
S2.1.4 APPLYING STRATEGIES
No websites recommended
Learning Experience
S2.1.5
Why Care?
S2.1.5 ACTIVATING STRATEGIES
S2.1.5 ACQUIRING STRATEGIES
http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-
URL_ID=27234&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
S2.1.5 APPLYING STRATEGIES
No websites recommended