Week of 2/1 to 2/5

Welcome to February.  Here's the suggested plan for this week, and it will require you to become a creator.

Today:  Based on all the work you have done, you need to make a CLAIM about which are you want to live in.

 I chose using Greater Appalachia and Newfoundland/Labrador and the Northern Territories (note--NONE of you choose these, so it's fair).


Claim:  Living in Northern Territories  would be better than living in either Newfoundland/Labrador or the Appalachia.  (put your own claim in using the three territories)

My evidence is what I have written/collected on the past week for each of them.

• culture:   Appalachia and Newfoundland both have mining.
• population:  Greater Appalachia has more people than the other two so there are more cities and hospitals (http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table-Tableau.cfm?LANG=Eng&T=101&S=50&O=A ) 
• language, settlement, and indigenous people:  There are native people in both countries (http://firstpeoplesofcanada.com/fp_groups/fp_groups_origins.html) but the Canadians aren't treated very well by their government and got into trouble for speaking their own languages and wanting their own land (http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/10/02/canada-un-indigenous-rights_n_5918868.html)
• regional government: Newfoundland and the Northern Territories have a Premier and an assembly house, kind of like a governor (http://www.gov.nt.ca/ and  http://www.gov.nl.ca/ )
• industry/agriculture  You can farm in the Appalachias and there is mining, just like in the other territories
• landforms and water

Next step:  Figure out how to tell the story of your claim.   This could be a podcast, a video, a comic, a brochure

What I am going to make:

How am I going to make my claim interesting? (Pictures, talking, musics, what?   **see the videos I have shared with you**)

Wednesday and Thursday:  The Geography of Canada will have three worksheets)