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Environment and Geography

Environment and Geography. How do they affect our culture and identity?. Geography and Sport. How is geography related to sport? Think-Pair-Share with a friend about the answer to this question. Geography and Sport.

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Environment and Geography

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  1. Environment and Geography How do they affect our culture and identity?

  2. Geography and Sport • How is geography related to sport? • Think-Pair-Share with a friend about the answer to this question.

  3. Geography and Sport • What might be geographic reasons why South American countries such as Brazil, Argentina and Chile produce more world class soccer players than Canada? • Think-Pair-Share with a partner.

  4. Geography and Sport • One geographic reason has to do with the climate of these two countries. • In South America, you can play soccer all year long. • In Canada, we have relatively short summer season, and therefore do not play as much and do not become as skilled.

  5. Geography and Sport • One economic answer to this question has to do with the overall average income of the families in both countries. • In Brazil, soccer is popular because it is inexpensive to play. All you really need is a soccer ball, or any ball for that matter. • In Canada, families can generally afford more expensive sports such as football or hockey.

  6. Geography and Sport • Another question, why are people who grew up and live in Alberta better skiers than people who grew up in Newfoundland? • Think-Pair-Share with a friend. • Alberta has mountains for skiing, but Newfoundland doesn’t. People in Alberta have more of a chance to practice. This is a geographic reason.

  7. Geography and Sport • Another question, why do you suppose there are better sailors in British Columbia than in Saskatchewan? • Think-Pair-Share with a friend. • Again geography. British Columbia has an extensive coastline. Its geography and climate allow for many B.C.’ers to spend a great deal of time on the water.

  8. Mapping • On your blank map of Canada, indicate how the geography of places would make life very different for those individuals. • For example. I may choose the Okanagan Valley, and Iqaluit. I will colour both places blue. Under my map, I will have a blue box. In the blue box, I will name the places and why the geography of those two places would make life different. • Do this for 6 different places.

  9. Mapping

  10. Build the Big Pictures • Look at the map on page 29 of your textbook. • On page 8+ we learn how the First Nations used the land . How does this compare to the way the land is used today?

  11. Question #1 (page 29) • What differences between traditional uses of the land, and uses today strike you as most important? Why? • Think-Pair-Share

  12. Question #1 (page 29) Response • The traditional lands of the Mi’kmaq are now home to approximately 1.68 million people. Eight to nine thousand new homes are built every year. A once thriving fishing industry has slowed down because of overfishing. The area has a booming forestry industry with numerous pulp and paper mills. There is also extensive mining for coal and other minerals.

  13. Cont… • Around three million people now live in the traditional lands of the Haudenosaunee. Major economic activity includes agriculture, hydroelectricity and manufacturing.

  14. Cont… • The traditional lands of the Anishinabe have perhaps changed the most, especially in the southern areas. The current population is approximately thirteen million. The area is considered Canada's business and financial centre, and produces more than 50 percent of Canada's manufactured goods and over 80 percent of Canada's exports.

  15. Cont… • Because of its extensive manufacturing base, pollution is a major problem. It is estimated that smog kills 5000 to 7000 people a year in the traditional homeland of the Anishinabe.

  16. Cont… • First nations peoples believed that humans should adapt themselves to their environment, and not the other way around. French and British settlement fundamentally changed the environment and restricted the access to the land for first nations.

  17. Question #2 (page 29) • How do you think the changes you have documented might have affected Haudenosaunee, Mi’kmaq and Anishinabe societies? • Think-Pair-Share

  18. Response • It would put tremendous pressure on these societies to change. Ways of life that had existed for many thousands of years were altered forever.

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