THE CANADIAN ATLAS ONLINE QUEBEC –MIDDLE GRADES (SECONDARY 1 AND II)

Living in a Heritage City: Quebec

Lesson Overview

Students must answer the question: "What unique aspects are involved in living in a heritage city like Quebec?"

Grade Level

Secondary 1 and 2(middle grades)

Time Required

Approximately two 75-minute periods. During the first period, students develop a working hypothesis and explore the issue by creating a thematic map of the Old Quebec heritage district. During the second period, students identify the unique aspects of living in a heritage city like Quebec.

Curriculum Connection - Quebec

Urban Area, Heritage City, C1, IntramuralQuebec

  • Creation of Thematic Map (Technical)
  • Research Process
  • Main Concepts: Heritage, Change, Conservation, Continuity, Restoration, Site

Main Resources

  • The Canadian Atlas Online:
  • Map of Quebec:
  • History of Quebec:

Additional Internet Resources

  • Photo album of Old Quebec:
  • Satellite images:
  • Heritage sites in Old Quebec:
  • UNESCOfactsheet:
  • Projet-civ.comcollaborative directory:

Main Objective

Develop Skill 1: Spatial organization of an area

Learning Outcomes

Identify the heritage features of Quebec City

  • Determine the links between heritage conservation issues and urban development
  • Introduction to Geographic Skill 2: Interpret a territorial issue (Address the heritage features of a site)

The Lesson

LESSON

TEACHER ACTIVITY / STUDENT ACTIVITY

Introduction

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  • Guide students.
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  • Develop a hypothesis.

Lesson Development

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  • Provide the appropriate documents.
  • Guide students in creating the map and in developing their answers.
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  • Create a thematic map of the historic district of Old Quebec.
  • Identify the special features of the historic district of Old Quebec.

Conclusion

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  • Guide students.
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  • Answer the problem question.

Lesson Extension

None

Assessment of Student Learning

Assessment charts are included at the end of the student worksheet

Links to Canadian National Standards for Geography

Essential Elements 1: The World in Spatial Terms(Geographic Location)

  • Distribution of major human and physical features at country and global scales
  • Map types (e.g., topographic, navigational, thematic)
  • Major cities of the province, Canada and the world
  • Map projections (e.g., size, shape, distance and direction)

Essential Elements 2: Places and Regions

  • Physical and human characteristics of places and regions in Canada and the world
  • How culture affects places and regions (e.g., cultural landscapes)
  • World cultural regions

Essential Element 3: Physical Systems

  • River systems of Canada and the world

Essential Elements4:Human Systems

  • Internal structure of cities
  • Cities as providers of goods and services
  • Processes of cultural diffusion
  • Transportation and communication networks in Canada and the world

Essential Elements 5: Environment and Society

  • Effects of human modification of the physical environment (e.g., global warming, deforestation, desertification, urbanization)
  • Environmental issues (e.g., air pollution, water pollution, and solid waste, including hazardous and toxic materials)

Essential Elements 6: Uses of Geography

  • Effects of physical and human geographic factors on major historic events
  • Role of multiple points of view in contemporary geographic policies and issues

Geographic Skill 1 - Asking geographic questions

  • Identify geographic issues, define geographic problems and pose geographic questions.
  • Plan how to answer geographic questions.

Geographic Skill 2 - Acquiring geographic information

  • Use a variety of research skills to locate and collect geographic data.
  • Use maps to collect and/or compile geographic information.
  • Systematically observe the physical and human characteristics of places on the basis of fieldwork.

Geographic Skill 3 - Organizing geographic information

  • Prepare various forms of maps as a means of organizing geographic information.
  • Prepare various forms of graphs to organize and display geographic information.
  • Prepare various forms of diagrams, tables and charts to organize and display geographic information.
  • Integrate various types of materials to organize geographic information.

Geographic Skill 4 - Analyzing geographic information

  • Interpret information obtained from maps, aerial photographs, satellite-produced images and geographic information systems.
  • Use statistics and other quantitative techniques to evaluate geographic information.
  • Interpret and synthesize information obtained from a variety of sources -- graphs, charts, tables, diagrams, texts, photographs, documents and interviews).

Geographic Skill 5 - Answering geographic questions

  • Develop and present combinations of geographic information to answer geographic questions.
  • Make generalizations and assess their validity.

STUDENT ACTIVITY SHEET

Name: ______Group: ______

Living in a Heritage City: Quebec

  • Develop a hypothesis (temporary answer) for the following question:

What unique aspects are involved in living in a heritage city like Quebec?

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  • Create a thematic map of Old Quebec. Include the following items in your map:

THE CANADIAN ATLAS ONLINE QUEBEC –MIDDLE GRADES (SECONDARY 1 AND II)

  1. Major heritage sites
  2. The protected area of the Old Quebec district
  3. Landforms
  4. River systems
  5. Streets and one-way roads
  6. Tourist flows
  7. Urbanization flows

THE CANADIAN ATLAS ONLINE QUEBEC –MIDDLE GRADES (SECONDARY 1 AND II)

Here are a few reference sites to help you create your map:

  • The Canadian Atlas Online:
  • Map of Quebec:
  • History of Quebec:
  • Photo album of Old Quebec:
  • Satellite images:
  • Heritage sites in Old Quebec:
  • UNESCOfactsheet:

THE CANADIAN ATLAS ONLINE QUEBEC –MIDDLE GRADES (SECONDARY 1 AND II)

Title: ______

L’ATLAS CANADIEN EN LIGNE QUEBEC – (SECONDARY I AND II)

  • Using your map, identify the unique features involved in living in a heritage city for each of the following items

Item / Unique Features
Transportation
Heritage Conservation
Tourism
Urbanization
Environmental Protection
  • Give a general answer to the problem question:

What unique aspects are involved in living in a heritage city like Quebec?

______

L’ATLAS CANADIEN EN LIGNE QUEBEC – (SECONDARY I AND II)

Skill 1 Evaluation Chart 1: Interpret the spatial organization of an area

Evaluation Criteria / Indicator / Result
Interpret the landscapes of an area
  • Identify the signs of spatial appropriation in landscapes
  • Relate these landscapes to spatialorganization
  • Examine the emotions that these landscapes evoke
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  • Identify the special heritage features of Quebec City
(Question 2)
  • Answer to problem question (Question 4)

Understand the meaning of human activity within the area
  • Identify the major characteristics of spatial organization
  • Identify the major components of spatial organization
  • Explore the reasons for human activities
  • Identify influences outside the area
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  • Create the skeleton map(Question 2)

Compare various geographic scales
  • Select appropriate scales
  • Use several scales of analysis at once
  • Call attention to different realities
  • Expand your illustration of spatial organization
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  • Create the skeleton map (Question 2)

Use cartographic language
  • Refer to different cartographic illustrations of the area
  • Identify points of reference for interpretingspatial organization
  • Illustrate your understanding of this organization in a diagram
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  • Create the skeleton map (Question 2)

Comments: ______
______ / Overall Result:

Legend:

Score / 5 / 4.5 / 4 / 3.5 / 3 / 2.5 / 2 / 1.5 / 1 / 0
Percentage / 100 / 92 / 84 / 76 / 68 / 60 / 52 / 44 / 36 / 0
Skill / Exceptional / Strong / Acceptable / Under-developed / Very under-developed