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1. MAP AND GLOBE SKILLS (continued)
B. Spatial Representation
Grades 11–12
The student:
• extracts information from and creates sketch maps (e .g ., showing a local neighbourhood, the layout of a classroom)
• creates 2D maps of familiar surroundings
• creates 3D models using blocks and toys
• extracts information from, analyses, and creates thematic maps, including the following:
− political (e .g ., Canada’s political regions, countries of the world)
− physical (e .g ., climate, landforms)
− historical (e .g ., settlement patterns)
− land use (e .g ., community features)
• extracts information from, analyses, and creates digital maps (e .g ., online interactive)
• extracts information from, analyses, and creates thematic maps, including the following:
− flow (e .g ., movement of people)
− issue-based (e .g ., pollution or poverty in Canada)
− annotated (e .g ., illustrating an aspect of student inquiry)
− demographic (e .g ., population distribution)
• extracts information from, analyses, and creates increasingly
− demographic (e .g ., population density, literacy rates) complex thematic maps, including the following:
− physical (e .g ., frequency of natural events)
• extracts information from and analyses topographic maps
• extracts information from, analyses, and creates increasingly complex thematic
maps, including the following:
issue-based maps layering two or more
themes (e .g ., population density and
CO emissions;populationsettlement 2
and weather events)
Grade 9
Grades 7–8
Grades 4–6
Grades 2–3
Grade 1
CATEGORY
Map types (e.g.,
sketch, thematic,
topographic)
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