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Mia Crumbley
6th Grade
Social Studies
CanadaPhysical Features
STANDARDS
SS6G5 The student will locate selected features of Canada.– a. Locate on a world and regional
political-physical map: the St. Lawrence River, Hudson Bay, Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, the Great Lakes, Canadian Shield, and Rocky Mountains.
Essential Essential Question……Question……What are the
major physical features of
Canada, and where are they
located on a map?
A Varied Land Like the United
States, Canada is a vast land and contains nearly all types of landforms.
Canada contains all major landforms from interior plains to mountain ranges.
Geographic Features
Take notes on the relative location and description of the landforms in chart form.
Geographic Features
Feature RelativeLocation
Description
St. Lawrence River
Great Lakes
Rocky Mountains
Canadian Shield
Hudson Bay
St. Lawrence River
The St. Lawrence River is located in Eastern Canada; stretching from
Lake Ontario to the Atlantic Ocean
The St. Lawrence River played an important role in Canada’s history: Allowed European
explorers to easily travel farther into North America
The French explorer Jacques Cartier explored much of the St. Lawrence river system. In 1541
he led an expedition back to Canada, along with a few hundred colonists, to found New France.
Today, the St. Lawrence is a source of fresh water, fish, & part of a valuable trade/travel route.
The Great Lakes
The Great Lakes are located in south eastern Canada, four of which form part of the border between Canada and the U.S.
Great LakesGreat Lakes
HHuronOOntarioMMichiganEErieSSuperior
The Great Lakes provide fresh water, fish and hydroelectricity for the people of Canada.
The St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes create
ST. LAWRENCE WATERWAY
deep water ship route built by U.S. and Canada to import/export goods
Large ocean vessels can get to industrial and agricultural heartland
https://youtu.be/tfWyBz5bHj8
Connects Great Lakes to Atlantic by way of St. Lawrence River by a series of lakes, locks, canals and dams.
St. Lawrence St. Lawrence RiverRiver
JobsJobs: are : are located in the located in the SouthernSouthern part part of Canada in of Canada in portsports and and many many factories factories are built near are built near
Good Good farmlandsfarmlands are located are located near the near the St. St. Lawrence Lawrence River River provide provide grainsgrains, , vegetablesvegetables and and fruitfruit..
Long, narrow strips of farmland, typical of French Canada, laid out along the roads in the St. Lawrence River valley near Montreal.© George Hunter
Canadian Rockies
major mountain range.
In western Canada
The Rocky Mountains run all the way from Alaska, through Canada and the U.S., all the way down to Mexico.
Rocky Rocky MountainsMountains
Over Over 3,0003,000 miles longmiles long
BeautifulBeautiful physical physical features features
influences influences climate, climate, tourism, and tourism, and natural natural resourcesresources
Chateau Lake Louise
CanadianCanadian ShieldShield
Large rockyLarge rocky area area that that curves curves around Hudson around Hudson BayBay in in eastern eastern and central and central CanadaCanada
Canadian ShieldCanadian Shield
rich in natural resources rich in natural resources such as such as waterwater, , trees,trees, and and metallic minerals such as iron, nickel, copper, zinc, uranium, gold, silver, and platinum
Hudson BayHudson Bay
Hudson BayHudson Bay a major resource a major resource in Canada. It is an in Canada. It is an arm of the Atlantic arm of the Atlantic Ocean Ocean and and connects it to the connects it to the Arctic OceanArctic Ocean
Geographic Features
Feature RelativeLocation
Description
St. Lawrence River
Great Lakes
Rocky Mountains
Canadian Shield
Hudson Bay
Locate on a world and regional political-physical map
Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean Canadian Shield Rocky Mountains Hudson Bay St. Lawrence River (Seaway) Great Lakes
,,
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
St. Lawrence River
Great Lakes
Canadian Shield
Hudson BayRocky
Mountains
Return to Our Return to Our Essential Question……Essential Question……
What are the major physical
features of Canada, and
where are they located on a
map?
Question….Question….
What Physical Feature in Canada do you What Physical Feature in Canada do you think is the most important? Why?think is the most important? Why?
ECONOMICS OF CANADAS LAND
Economics of Canadas Land
Watch video and pay attention to the geography. Be thinking what job could you have here.
Watch video and complete relative locations of regions.
Watch segments and add occupations to chart. Work in groups to share information and
verbally complete cloze activity, Cornell notes over video. Use information to add to chart.
