Grade 6 Canada's Links to the World

History and current information of the Auto Pact with lesson plans.

Online slide presentation that outlines why Canada is a world trading partner.

Search for Canadian and U.S. trade by product and sorted by trade type, Time period, Canada/Provinces or U.S., Trading Partner, Value in..., and Product search. An alternate search method  is Canadian trade by industry. Graphs are created on-line and they can be copied into other software programs for reporting. Data is supplied by Statistics Canada.

An  interesting analysis of how to do business with trading partner countries from an American perspective. Read about how business is done with Canadians.

• NAFTA North America Free Trade Agreement
• WTO World Trade Organization
• FTAA Free Trade Area of the Americas
• APEC  Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation

Use this site to identify the distinguishing features of the United States.

• Grades 3-5 -Symbols, Government building, songs and oaths, statues and memorials and more... The links connected to this grade level explain the U.S. government with the use of graphics and maps.
• Grades  5-8 - Text-based explanations of the U.S. government with more detail provided.

• Countries A to Z: Alphabetical listing of countries. Includes: location & geography, climate, people, demographic statistics, religions, languages, education, history, currency, trading partners, main products, major industries, main exports.
• World Maps
• Class Resources

Country links to information about: The Land, History and Government, The People, Cultural Life, The Economy, and Teacher Resources.

Select a country from the database and view info of basic facts, including today's  news, economy, environment, health, technology with links to some countries mission to the U.N.

• Lesson Plans
• Whiteboard lessons
• Mapping Our World
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A lesson plan that reinforces global independence. 

A comprehensive site with many printable lesson plans and background information for the teacher.Lots of lesson sheets that teach the connection of resources we use to the trade needed to get them.

• For Teachers Only- Links to printable pages
• Idea Starters (lessons and curriculum links- pdf format 21pgs)Mineral identification cards and activity, rock cycle explained, plate tectonics activity, minerals and you, industrial mineral list used around the house, 
• Everything we have and everything we use comes from our natural resources - 25 pg. pdf
• Everything is made from something - 48 pgs. pdf
• Individual lesson sheets to print of everyday uses of minerals - 14 sections
• Individual lessons and activities 
• Reclamation StoriesPositive and negative effects of human interaction on the landscape.Good graphics. Reading level above grade level.

• Volcanic Mineral Deposits: A listing of minerals resulting from volcanoes, their use in our lives, and quiz to test your knowledge.

Simulation game for students to experience the effect of supply and demand using personal items.

Lesson plan that outlines experts, imports, and global interdependence.

Students discover through this simulated activity that resources are unequally distributed throughout the world and that regions use resources differently.

Many immigrants come to Canada each year. Learn about the countries that they came from to start a new life in Canada.

A massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations.

Includes global migration data, country profiles, and U.S. data.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

• NATO's Role in relation to the conflict in Kosovo

• United Nations - Introductions
• Compare info on Countries
• Curriculum Links

• Learning Resources