The Cordillera

Unit 6 is about Canada’s Cordillera Region.  As with the other regions, you will learn about its geography, climate, natural resources, history, and people.

Targets


Read the I Can statements to see what you will be learning in Unit 6.


I Can…

  • Find the Cordillera region on a map of Canada and name the provinces in it
  • Tell about the geography, landforms, and bodies of water in the Cordillera region
  • Explain how landforms, bodies of water, and natural resources affect people’s lives in the Cordillera region
  • Explain the factors that determine climate in this region and how the climate affects the people’s lives
  • Explain how natural resources and the physical geography of the Cordillera region determine the establishment of communities
  • Tell about Aboriginal cultures and ways of life in the Cordillera region
  • Tell about the North West Mounted Police and its effect on settlement and development of western Canada
  • Provide information about the ways of life of European immigrants
  • Provide information about the ways of life of non-European immigrants
  • Discuss changes in the Cordillera region over time and the reasons for those changes
  • Understand how natural resources are used, exchanged, and conserved in this region
  • Tell about Chinese immigrants (railway workers) and how they contributed to the development of Canada 
  • Tell about immigrants from India and how they contributed diversity in Canada

Introduction


Do you know some Spanish words?  Perhaps you know cordilla, which means a chain of mountains.  In North America, the Cordillera Region has several chains of mountains that include our majestic Rocky Mountains. 


Library Books


Check out the library books for this unit.

Click here to download a PDF version of the Library List of Books.

If you are not able to find these library books, look for others about Canada’s Cordillera Region geography, climate, natural resources, history, and people.


Skill Builder


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Notebook


Throughout this unit, you will keep a Notebook. The PDF downloads are the pages of your Notebook.

  1. Create a folder on your computer or in the cloud titled, â€śUnit 6 Notebook ”.
  2. Save all of the PDF downloads to this folder.

Whenever you see this icon, you will be directed to use the “ Unit 6 Notebook ”  folder you created.