Inquiry Project:
Political Regions
Hello parents/guardians!
Happy New Year! I hope that you and your families enjoyed the holidays.
We have been learning about the political regions of Canada in class. Your
child will be completing an inquiry-based research project on one of the
provinces or territories of Canada. This will be our first partner assignment.
Students will find a partner based on their mutual interests and
curiosities about Canada’s political regions (guided by me). They will be given
class time over the next three weeks to complete the project, but may have to
put some finishing touches on their projects at home. Students will be able to
complete research during class time from online research and curriculum related
handouts we have been using for Social Studies thus far. Each student will have
an individual graphic organizer to gather and record information to put
together their final project. The final project is to be presented on either a
piece of Bristol board or a Google slides presentation.
The students have been given a handout with instructions/guidelines and
a rubric (both attached in this post). This project is due on Friday,
January 26th and we will begin presentations to share our findings on this
day. Presentations will be about 3-5 minutes.
The project needs to include the following information:
- The name of the political region.
- Inquiry question(s)/wondering(s).
- The name of the capital city and major bodies of water.
- The populations of the capital city and political region.
- A description of the physical region(s) it belongs to. If the political region belongs to more than one, they must describe each one.
- The climat.
- Natural resources.
- Major tourist attractions.
- Industries or products that the political region is known for.
- Information and pictures of animals and the flower that is representative of the province/territory.
- A picture of the flag of the political region.
- At least 3 interesting facts on the political region.
- Answer(s) to the inquiry question(s)/wondering(s).
The students have watched me present and model an example of this
assignment in class. Further, I will be conferencing, supporting, and guiding
students throughout the inquiry and research process.
Should you have any questions concerning this project please contact me
either through your child’s agenda or email.
Take care,
Madame Campbell
Projet
d’enquête: Les régions politiques
Dans les partenaires, vous choisirez et ferez de la
recherche sur une région politique du Canada qui vous intéresse. Vous montrerez
votre recherche en créant une affiche ou une présentation de Google
Slides. Il doit être complété par vendredi, le 26 janvier pour être
présenté à la classe.
Mon partenaire
: _________________________________
Notre région
: ___________________________________
Notre format
: ___________________________________
Comme démontré dans le modèle de Madame, vous devez
inclure :
1.
Le nom de la région politique.
2.
Votre/vos question(s) d’enquête sur la région politique.
3.
Le nom de la ville capitale et les plans d’eau.
4.
Les populations de la ville capitale et de la région politique.
5.
Une description de la/les région(s) physiographique(s) qu’elle appartient à.
6.
Le climat.
7.
Les ressources naturelles.
8.
Les attractions touristiques principales.
9.
Les industries ou produits trouvés dans la région politique.
10.
L’information et les images des animaux et de la fleur qui est représentative
de la région politique.
11.
Une image du drapeau de la région politique.
12.
Au moins 3 faits intéressants de la région politique.
13.
Votre/vos réponse(s) d’enquête sur la région politique.
Rubric
- Grade 4 Social Studies Inquiry Project:
Political
Regions of Canada
|
Level One
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Level Two
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Level Three
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Level Four
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Knowledge and
Understanding
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-I can identify
few and show little understanding of characteristics of my political region
|
-I can identify
and show some understanding of some characteristics of my political region
|
-I can identify
and show understanding of several characteristics of my political region
|
-I can identify
and show excellent understanding of many characteristics of my
political region
|
|
Thinking,
Inquiry, and Communication Skills
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-I provide limited information on my
political region
-I demonstrate
a limited ability to sort and communicate information found from my research
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-I provide some information on my
political region
-I demonstrate
some ability to sort and communicate information found from my research
|
-I provide a considerable amount of
information on my political region in detail
-I demonstrate
considerable ability to sort and communicate information found from my
research
|
-I provide an insightful amount of
information in great detail on my political region
-I demonstrate
an insightful ability to sort and communicate information found from my
research
|
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Application
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-My poster/slide is not organized and
includes limited information
-Visual aids
are minimal and unclear
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-My poster/slide is somewhat organized
and includes some relevant and factual information
-Visual aids
are somewhat clear and logical
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-My poster/slide is organized and
includes relevant and factual information
-Visual aids are clear and logical
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-My poster/slide is very well organized
and includes insightful and factual information
-Visual aids
have an element of creativity and style
|
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Group Work
(self-evaluation)
|
-I did not share the work equally with
my partner
-I did not respect, encourage and
support the ideas of my partner
-I did not
listened to my partner
|
-I somewhat shared the work equally with
my partner
-I sometimes respected, encouraged and
supported the ideas of my partner
-I sometimes
listened to my partner
|
-I shared the work equally with my
partner
-I respected, encouraged and supported
the ideas of my partner
-I listened to
my partner
|
-I shared the work equally with my
partner and offered assistance
-I always respected, encouraged and
supported the ideas of my partner
-I always
listened to my partner
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