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Geography

Term 1

In Term 1 of Grade 8, students will focus on issues surrounding where people live and why they live there, and on the impact of human settlement and land use on the environment. They will enhance their ability to apply a geographic perspective to their investigation of issues, including issues related to human settlement and sustainability and to global development and quality of life. In addition, students will study factors that affect economic development and quality of life on a global scale and will examine responses to global inequalities. Students will be introduced to new types of maps and graphs, including choropleth maps, scatter graphs, and population pyramids, and, at the same time, will continue to develop their ability to use a variety of sources, tools, and spatial technologies to study various geographic issues.

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Geography Resources

UNIT 1

1) TEXT:  How is the Earth's Population Changing?

2) TEXT:  Why do people live where they live?

3) NOTE:  "Population"

4)  NOTE:  " Why Do People Live Where They Live?"

5)  REFERENCE:  Intro to Choropleth Maps

6)  Choropleth Map Assignment

7) Canada's Population Density and Distribution

8) TEXT:  Patterns Of Population Distributions

9) Interpreting Aerial Images Assignment/note

10)  Inferences about African Continent Population Distribution and Density Assignment

11)  Unit Test Study Guide

Geography Resources

UNIT 2

1) GLOBAL MELTDOWN (VIDEO)

2) GLOBAL MELTDOWN (NOTE)

3) How is climate change affecting settlements?  (TEXT)

4) How is Climate Change Affecting Settlements (NOTE)

5) How Does Climate Change Work? (NOTE)

6) Human Migration (TEXT)

7) Human Migration (NOTE)

8) What does Sustainability Look like? (VIDEOS)

a) Renewable energy

b) Philippines: Plastic Bottles go Solar 

c) Renewable energy in Canada

d) Vancouver Aims to be the Greenest City by 2020

e) A city goes energy efficient

f) Why is Africa building a Great Green Wall?

g) How to reduce your carbon footprint

9) GEO PROJECT:

Click here for Due Dates

1)  Project Instructions

2) Project Rubric

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Helpful Links

Eco Home Features

Luxury Eco Homes

Middle Eastern Eco Homes

Eco Ideas

"Build Green" (Video)

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Geography Resources

Unit 3:  Global Inequality

1)  Note 1:  Global Inequality
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2)  Note 2:  UN HDI Reports
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3)  Note 3:  Global Inequality Issues
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4)  Unit Test Study Guide
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Supplemental Videos:
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a)  Access to Water 
b)  Education (video 1)
     Education (video 2)
c)  Gender Inequality
d)  Child labour
 

Canadian History

Term 2

In Term 2 of Grade 8, students will examine how social, political, economic, and legal changes in Canada between 1850 and 1914 affected different groups in an increasingly diverse and regionally distinct nation.

 

Students will explore experiences of, and challenges facing, Canadians around the beginning of the twentieth century and will compare them to those of present-day Canadians. Students will examine the internal and external forces that led to Confederation and territorial expansion and of the impact of these developments on long-time Canadians, including First Nations, as well as new immigrants. Through an examination of inequalities in the new nation, students will learn that many of the rights and freedoms we have in Canada today are the result of actions taken by people in this era to change their lives.

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