CultureGrams & World Conflicts Today
Standards-Aligned Insight into Daily Life & Global Conflicts

National Curriculum Standards

National Standards for Social Studies

• People, Places, and Environments: Standard F [Early Grades]: Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of people, places, and environments, so that the learner can describe and speculate about physical system changes, such as seasons, climate and weather, and the water cycle.

Developed by the National Council for the Social Studies

• CultureGrams Provinces Edition

1. Divide the class into groups and have each group choose a Canadian province whose weather they will research. To start, have each group read the Climate section of the CultureGrams report for their province.
   
   
2. Have groups make predictions about the average temperature in their province for the next month.
   
   
3. Have each group use a reliable online weather source to research the average daily temperature and rainfall for their province. After one month, the groups will make a graph to represent the temperature and rainfall in their province for the month. Each group should also calculate the average temperature and rainfall for the month.
   
   
4. In front of the class, on a large map of Canada, record the class's findings for each province.
   
   
5. Discuss their findings. How close were the predictions from the beginning of the month? Where is it the hottest? Where is it the coldest? Which part of the country had the most rainfall? Why do you think this is? Ask students if they think the same time next year will have the same results.

Obtain a map that shows the population distribution in Canada. Compare this map with the map showing the class's findings in terms of temperature and rainfall. Discuss the two maps as a class. Do you see any similarities? Why do you think this is?