Issues in Canadian Geography, AcademicUnit 2: Let’s Get Physical

Name: _______________________

RAFT Assignment: Canada’s Landform RegionsThis assignment is all about choice and creativity. You will be assigned a landform region in Canada to research and you will share what you have learned in the following way:

Assume a ROLE; Consider your AUDIENCE; Create in a particular FORMAT; And, examine a TOPIC.

Think of it like a “choose your own assignment” task. Examine the table below and check ( ✓ )/ highlight one option from each column to outline how you will demonstrate your learning. The only one chosen for you is the topic (your assigned landform region); otherwise, how you present your learning is up to you:

ROLE AUDIENCE FORMAT TOPIC You are a

resident living in landform region

Your peersARTISTIC- A cartoon/comic strip of the

geologic history of your landform region.

Western Cordillera

You are a native species (plant/animal who originates from landform region)

Young people/ children

BODY/KINISTHETIC- Act out the physical processes

that your landform regions Great Lakes-St.

Lawrence Lowlands

You are a mineral/fuel common to the region

Academic

LINGUISTIC- Write a letter or journal entry

to describe your landform region, it’s geologic history and how it’s affected your life.

Hudson Bay & Arctic Lowlands

You are a resource/service company who employs residents in the region

General public (Canadians)

SPATIAL/VISUAL- Map the area of your landform

with the various physical features.

Appalachians

Canadian Shield

You are a geologist who studies this region

Residents living in landform region

LOGICAL/MATHEMATICAL- Graph the number of people

employed in your region as a result of your region’s geologic history and/or the type of minerals and fuels found in the region.

Interior Plains

General public (International) Innuitian Mountains

TASK1. Using your atlas (8th Ed. pp. 9th Ed. pp. and statistics in the back) and your text (Ch.12

pp.125-144) as well as your previous notes from Unit 2, take notes (research worksheet) on the following criteria and make sure to incorporate them into your assignment:

Era(s) when the landform was created Age of the rocks in your landform Rock types in your landform Landform processes which created your landform region Unique characteristics of your landform and how that has help to characterize the

population living there and/or Canadians as a whole.

EVALUATIONYour assignment will be evaluated under 2 categories:

CriteriaLevel

Criteria not met

Some of criteria met

Most to all of criteria met

Communicationo The overall communication / appearance of the

assignment is of high quality and high clarity.o Content of the assignment is tidy, eye-catching,

free of spelling mistakes, etc.

0 1 2 3 4 5

Application Creative/effective presentation of chosen

FORMAT:o Cartoon – creative use of images/speech

bubbles to communicate messages (shows natural processes involved in creating the landform region)

o Skit – creative use of movement/dialogue to communicate messages (demonstrates natural processes involved in creating the landform region)

o Map – effective incorporation of mapping conventions & use of colour/symbols to communicate messages (minerals, plate boundaries, watershed boundaries)

o Letter/journal entry – is written in first person, and describes landform region, its geologic history and how it has affected your life.

o Graph – accurate applied graphing rules to present information and communicate messages (demonstrates significance of region’s resources-e.g. employment stats per industry in the region)

Assignment effectively incorporates remaining RAFT criteria:

o How well did you sound like the individual whose voice you were representing (ROLE)

o How well did you acknowledge the group or person for whom the message was intended for? (AUDIENCE)

o How well did you prove you’ve learned the content outlined in the assignment? (TOPIC)

0 2 4 6 8 10

0 1 2 3 4 5

TOTAL /20One thing you did well: You can improve:

Issues in Canadian Geography, AcademicUnit 2: Let’s Get Physical

Name: _______________________

RAFT Assignment: Canada’s Landform RegionsResearch Worksheet

Landform Region: ____________________________________________________

Era:

Age of the rocks (refer to Era dates):

Rock types:

Landform/geologic process involved:

Unique characteristics of the regions:

Sources:

NOTE: Reference using the following format: Author/Editor, (Year). Title. Year of Publication: Publisher.