1. Webquest - - engage in a “webquest” (guided search for information on the internet) about Canada’s Trading Partners
http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/cgkidsatlas/market.asp
http://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/center/students/trade/index.htm
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/tdo-dcd.nsf/eng/Home
Open the above links and explore.
You will receive a list of questions in class. You may use these sites to assist with your answers.
You may also use relevant sections of our Canada's Trading Partners textbook & Nelson Literacy text
2. Watch and discuss the thought-provoking video entitled “The Story of Stuff” ......
http://storyofstuff.org/movies/story-of-stuff/
– Analyze posters about the life cycles of three products.
http://www.epa.gov/osw/education/pdfs/life-cell.pdf
http://www.epa.gov/osw/education/pdfs/finalposter.pdf
http://www.epa.gov/osw/education/pdfs/life-soccer.pdf
– Pick one of the above - research and map (trace from beginning to end) the location of the raw materials needed to make these products.
As you are researching keep in mind the: - Extraction - Production - Distribution - Consumption - Disposal of your product.
Raw materials from all over the world are shipped to factories. Where do most of them end up? Why?
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