Canada and World Connections:
  Canada's Links to the World

• Ontario Social Studies Curriculum
  http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/sstudies.html
  
  
  
• The Ontario Curriculum Exemplars Grades 5 and 6
  http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/sstudies56ex/
  

• Altapedia Online
  http://www.atlapedia.com/index.html
  • Countries A to Z
    Alphabetical listing of countries. Includes: location & geography, climate, people, demographic statistics, religions, languages, education, history, currency, trading partners, main products, major industries, main exports.
    
  • World Maps
  • Class Resources
    
    
• Country Library
  http://www.the-bag-lady.co.uk/countries/index.asp?
  Build a country profile from the drop down menu and categories: Trade and Legislation, Social Profile, Communication & Transport, Business Profile, Demographics, Military.
  
  
• Visual Geographic Series
  http://www.vgsbooks.com/
  County links to information about: The Land, History and Government, The People, Cultural Life, The Economy, and Teacher Resources
  
  
• United Nations: Country At A Glance
  http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation/index.asp
  Select a country from the database and view info of basic facts, including today's  news, economy, environment, health, technology with links to some countries mission to the U.N.
  
  
• Infoplease Countries
  http://www.infoplease.com/countries.html
  
  
• The World Factbook
  https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
  
  
• Library of Congress - Portals to the World
  http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html
  
  
• CBC News in Review
  http://www.tv.cbc.ca/newsinreview/S
  Season indexes and resource guides on-line.
  
  
• Oxfam Education
  http://www.oxfam.org.uk/education/
  • Lesson Plans
    
  • Whiteboard lessons
  • Mapping Our World
    http://www.oxfam.org.uk/education/resources/mapping_our_world/
    • Lesson 1
    • Lesson 2
    • Lesson 3
      
      
• CBC Archives - Auto Pact
  http://archives.cbc.ca/300c.asp?IDCat=73&IDDos=326&IDLan=1&IDMenu=73
  History and current information of the Auto Pact with lesson plans.
  
  
• Look! You're Wearing Geography
  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/education/ideas58/58wearing.html
  A lesson plan that reinforces global independence. 
  
   
• Mineral Information Institute
  http://www.mii.org/
  A comprehensive site with many printable lesson plans and background information for the teacher. Lots of lesson sheets that teach the connection of resources we use to the trade needed to get them.
  • For Teachers Only- Links to printable pages
    http://www.mii.org/teacherhelpers.html
  • Idea Starters (lessons and curriculum links- pdf format 21pgs)
    Mineral identification cards and activity, rock cycle explained, plate tectonics activity, minerals and you, industrial mineral list used around the house, 
    http://www.mii.org/pdfs/Ultimate.pdf 
  • Everything we have and everything we use comes from our natural resources - 25 pg. pdf
    http://www.mii.org/pdfs/have/EverythingWeHave.pdf
  • Everything is made from something - 48 pgs. pdf
    http://www.mii.org/pdfs/study/StudyoftheEarth.pdf
  • Individual lesson sheets to print of everyday uses of minerals - 14 sections
    http://www.mii.org/3everyday.html
  • Individual lessons and activities 
    http://www.mii.org/lessons.html 
  • Reclamation Stories
    Positive and negative effects of human interaction on the landscape.
    Good graphics. Reading level above grade level.
    http://www.mii.org/recl.html
    
    
• Volcano World
  http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/education/index.html
  • Volcanic Mineral Deposits
    http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/education/minerals/index.html
    A listing of minerals resulting from volcanoes, their use in our lives, and quiz to test your knowledge.
    
    
• Lesson Plan on Supply and Demand
  http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/soc/cecsst/cecsst184.html
  Simulation game for students to experience the effect of supply and demand using personal items.
  
  
• String Trade
  http://www.frontiernet.net/~mikef/lessonplans/lesson1a.htm
  Lesson plan that outlines experts, imports, and global interdependence.
  
  
  
• Hey, I Don't Have Enough Stuff!
  http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/Lessons/242.htm
  Students discover through this simulated activity that resources are unequally distributed throughout the world and that regions use resources differently.
  
  
• Canada's Winning Secrets
  http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/scdt/invest/pdf/InvestinCanada_Feb21.pdf
  On-line slide presentation that outlines why Canada is a world trading partner.
  
  
• Industry Canada
  http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrkti/tdst/engdoc/tr_homep.html
  Search for Canadian and U.S. trade by product and sorted by trade type, Time period, Canada/Provinces or U.S., Trading Partner, Value in..., and Product search. An alternate search method  is Canadian trade by industry. Graphs are created on-line and they can be copied into other software programs for reporting. Data is supplied by Statistics Canada.
  
  
• Business etiquette and culture in U.S. top trading partner nations
  http://www.executiveplanet.com/
  An  interesting analysis of how to do business with trading partner countries from an American perspective. Read about how business is done with Canadians.
  
  
• Cultural Profiles
  http://www.cp-pc.ca/english/
  Many immigrants come to Canada each year. Learn about the countries that they came from to start a new life in Canada.
  
  
• Nation Master
  http://www.nationmaster.com/index.php
  A massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations.
  
  
• Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
  http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/international/index.aspx
  • NAFTA North America Free Trade Agreement
  • WTO World Trade Organization
  • FTAA Free Trade Area of the Americas
  • APEC  Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation
    
    
• Migration Information Source
  http://www.migrationinformation.org/
  Includes global migration data, country profiles, and U.S. data.
  
  
• NATO
  http://www.nato.int/
  North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  Click on Welcome on the left of the screen for: member countries, fundamental role of NATO, common values.
  
  
• NATO's Role in relation to the conflict in Kosovo
  http://www.nato.int/kosovo/history.htm
  Background information about the conflict.
  
  
• The United Nations: An Introduction for Students
  http://www0.un.org/cyberschoolbus/unintro/unintro.htm
  A clear text site explaining the formation and role of the UN.
  
  
• ReliefWeb
  http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf
  A project of the United Nations Office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs (OCHA).
  
  
• Peace Education
  http://www0.un.org/cyberschoolbus/peace/index.asp
  • Links and lesson plans
    
    
• Minerals Imported by the United States
  http://www.mii.org/pdfs/imports.pdf
  
  
• United Nations - cyberschoolbus
  http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/
  • United Nations - Introductions
  • Compare info on Countries
  • Curriculum Links
  • Model UN Resources
    
    
• J8Summit
  http://www.j8summit.com/
  • Learning Resources
    
    
• Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
  http://bensguide.gpo.gov/index.html
  Use this site to identify the distinguishing features of the United States.
  • Grades 3-5 -Symbols, Government building, songs and oaths, statues and memorials and more... The links connected to this grade level explain the U.S. government with the use of graphics and maps.
  • Grades  5-8 - Text-based explanations of the U.S. government with more detail provided.

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Pat Elliott, Library Specialist
Thursday December 4, 2008 8:04 PM