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THE CANADIAN ATLAS ONLINE MANITOBA – GRADE 6
Building Canada: Timelines and Parliamentary
Representation
Lesson Overview
Students will learn about how Canada was built. They will learn important dates and events in Canada
over the last 138 years and look at alternate ways that Members of Parliament could possibly be
organized. In doing so, students will learn about the size of the provinces in comparison to
population. Finally, students may participate in extension activities that include learning about federal
political parties and Parliament Hill.
Grade Level
Grades 6-8
Time Required:
Introduction (5 Minutes)
Activity I: Group Mini-Presentation (20 Minutes)
Activity 2: Create A Timeline (30 – 40 Minutes)
Activity 3:Seats In The House Of Commons (30 – 40 Minutes)
Manitoba Curriculum Connection
Social Studies
Grade 6: - Unit IV: Life in the Late 19th Century, Western Canada
- Unit V: Life in Canada during the 20th Century
Grade 8: - Unit IV: Life in the Modern World
Link to Canadian National Geography Standards
Essential Element #2 (Grades 6-8) - Places and Regions
Changes in places and regions in Canada and the world
Essential Element #4 (Grades 6-8) - Human Systems
Territorial dispute and conflict
Essential Element #6 (Grades 6-8) - The Uses of Geography
Effects of physical and human geographic factors on major historical events
Role of multiple points of view in contemporary geographic policies and issues
Geographic Skill #2 (Grades 6-8) - Acquiring Geographic Information
Use a variety of research skills to locate and collect geographic data.
Geographic Skill #3 (Grades 6-8) - Organizing Geographic Information
Prepare various forms of diagrams, tables and charts to organize and display geographic
information.
Geographic Skill #4 (Grades 6-8) - Analyzing Geographic Information
Interpret and synthesize information obtained from a variety of sources – graphs, charts, tables,
diagrams, texts, photographs, documents and interviews.
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THE CANADIAN ATLAS ONLINE MANITOBA – GRADE 6
The Canadian Atlas
The “Building Canada” section (pp. 34-35) of The Canadian Atlas are used in this lesson. You can also
use the corresponding pages from The Canadian Atlas Online website at
http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/atlas/
Additional Resources, Materials and Equipment Required
Access to computers or calculators
Mini-Presentation Groupings Sheet
Online Timeline Generators: http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/timeline/ OR http://teach-
nology.com/web_tools/materials/timeline/
Table: Number of seats in the House of Commons IF based on Area of each Province
Teacher Answer Guide
House of Commons Seats, Blank Chart for Ranking (two copies/student)
Main Objective
Students will use The Canadian Atlas Online to learn about significant political events and processes
over the last 138 years, which have helped to shape Canada.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to
Use The Canadian Atlas Online to collect information about the building of Canada over the last
138 years.
Research the most significant events in Canada over this period and make a short oral
presentation.
Use an on-line timeline generator to create a timeline of these events.
Calculate and sort information pertaining to seats in the House of Commons.
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THE CANADIAN ATLAS ONLINE MANITOBA – GRADE 6
Lesson
Teacher Activity Student Activity
Introduction Explain that over the next few activities,
students will learn about political
development in Canada. Students will
also learn about how laws are made and
when each province joined Canada.
Finally, students will learn about
significant dates and events that
occurred over the last 138 years.
Read the opening paragraph of Read the opening paragraph of
“Building Canada” (p 34). (From the “Building Canada”.
time of Confederation… up to and
including …the source of dispute).
Lesson Activity 1: Group Mini-Presentation
Development Students are divided into seven small Prepare presentation in small groups.
groups to read and present about each
of the maps of Canada (grouping chart
for teachers attached).
They will note the most significant
ideas and prepare a quick 30 second
presentation for the rest of the class.
Each group will take turns presenting
until all seven maps are presented.
(Students have 3 minutes to get into
groupings, 5 minutes to read information, 2
minutes to prepare who will say what, and 5
minutes for all 7 groups to present)
Activity 2: Create A Timeline
Individual students will read the
detailed timeline starting at 1867 and
ending at 1999 on page 34 & 35.
They will choose two of the events that Choose two significant political events.
they feel are the most significant
events over the last 138 years.
In a group, discuss events and create
In small groups (possibly the same
a master list of the top five political
ones as Activity 1), students discuss
events in Canada.
their choices.
As a group, they are to decide which
five events (in their opinion) were the
most significant events over the last
138 years.
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THE CANADIAN ATLAS ONLINE MANITOBA – GRADE 6
Lesson (cont’d)
Teacher Activity Student Activity
Lesson Students will then create a timeline of Create a timeline of these events.
Development their own with dates and a short
(Cont’d) description to show these five
dates/events.
They may create the timeline using a
piece of poster paper or by using
timeline generating tools found at:
http://www.readwritethink.org/materia
ls/timeline/ OR
http://teach-
nology.com/web_tools/materials/timeli
ne/
Remind students to enter dates in
order from oldest to newest for best
results.
(Students have 5 minutes to read
information, 3 minutes to get into
working groups, 5 minutes to discuss
further, and then 17- 27 minutes to
create timeline of events)
Activity 3: Seats In The House Of
Commons:
Refer to the table on page 35 of the
Read and briefly discuss the paragraph atlas or website entitled “The Number
that indicates “The Number of Seats in of seats in the House of Commons”.
the House of Commons” (p 35).
Emphasize that each province is
allotted seats and elects a certain
number of Members of Parliament
using a formula based on population.
Create a new chart to determine what
Students will determine what the make
would happen if the number of seats in
up of the House of Commons would be
the House of Commons was based on
if it was based on the area of the
area, as opposed to population.
province instead.
Complete ranking charts for seats
Use the area of the provinces located
based on area and population.
on the right hand side of page 35 to
complete the chart entitled “Number
of seats in the House of Commons IF
based on Area of each Province”.
Ask students to complete ranking
charts for seats based on population
and then area.
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THE CANADIAN ATLAS ONLINE MANITOBA – GRADE 6
Lesson (cont’d)
Teacher Activity Student Activity
Lesson When the chart is completed, students Discuss how to equitably establish
Development will discuss whether a system based on seats in the House of Commons
(Cont’d) area or population is more equitable.
Conclusion Collect student activity sheets or
introduce extension ideas.
Lesson Extension
Using the Federal Election Results, 1867 – 2000 chart on page 34, debate which political party has
done the most good for Canada over this period.
Research and explain the history of Parliament Hill.
Research how bills become law.
Assessment of Student Learning
Assessment of the timeline can be in the form of a rubric:
Measurement Maximum Score Actual
All five events are placed correctly 5 points
Events chosen are the most significant 5 points
Group participation 5 points
Timeline has a nice appearance (neat professional) 5 points
Total /20
Assessment for the House of Commons Activity can be in a form of a ratings chart:
Measurement 1 2 3 4 5
Correct Answers
Group Cooperation
Use of technology
Quality of spreadsheet / Chart
Total /20
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THE CANADIAN ATLAS ONLINE MANITOBA – GRADE 6
Group Mini-Presentation: Grouping Chart
Date of Event: Group Members:
1867
1882
1895
1905
1912
1949
1999
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THE CANADIAN ATLAS ONLINE MANITOBA – GRADE 6
Calculation Table
Number of seats in the House of Commons IF based on Area of each Province:
Province / Territory Area of Percent of Number of Seats out of 301
Province Canada (by Area)
Ontario 1,076,395 10.78 (10.78 /100) X 301 = 32
Quebec
British Columbia
Alberta
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Newfoundland & Labrador
Prince Edward Island
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
Yukon
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THE CANADIAN ATLAS ONLINE MANITOBA – GRADE 6
Teacher Answer Guide:
Province / Territory # of seats Area of Province Per cent of Number of
(By population) Canada Seats:
out of 301
(by Area)
Ontario 130 1,076,395 10.78 32
Quebec 75 1,542,056 15.44 46
British Columbia 34 994,735 9.46 28
Alberta 26 661,848 6.63 20
Manitoba 14 647,797 6.49 20
Saskatchewan 14 651,036 6.52 20
Nova Scotia 11 55,284 0.55 2
New Brunswick 10 72,908 0.73 2
Newfoundland &
7 405,212 4.06 12
Labrador
Prince Edward Island 4 5,660 0.06 0
Northwest Territories 1 1,346,106 13.48 41
Nunavut 1 2,093,190 20.96 63
Yukon 1 482,443 4.83 15
Total 301
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Blank Chart for Ranking:
House of Commons Seats
House Of Commons Representation:
Sorted by:_______________________________________________________________
Rank Province / Territory Number of Seats
(out of 301)
1
2
3
4
5
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7
8
9
10
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