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CANADA MAP ASSIGNMENT
NOTE: If you cannot fit the label at the specific
place on the map, draw a line to the item you
are labeling and put the name off to the side.
How to Label a Map Properly
 Always print small and clearly– take your time.
 Draw a guideline with pencil where you want to write your label [erase these later]
 Print [beginning with a capital] your label in pencil
 Fill in the entire map before you go over your printing in fine-tipped black sharpie
 When you have filled out all labels in pencil, go over the printing in fine-tipped black sharpie
and erase your pencil guidelines.
1. Label Provinces and Territories in ALL CAPITALS [no abbreviations please]
2. Label Capital Cities [include the Capital of Canada] and Place a Star * at their exact location
3. Label the Following Secondary Cities with a dot 
 Vancouver
 Calgary
 Saskatoon
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
Steinbach
Montreal
4. Label The Following Bodies of Water [Draw them in if they are not on the map]
 Pacific Ocean
 Lake Winnipeg
 Lake Erie
 Fraser River
 Hudson Bay
 Lake Ontario
 Mackenzie River
 James Bay
 Ottawa River
 Great Bear Lake
 Frobisher Bay
 St. Lawrence River
 Great Slave Lake
 Arctic Ocean
 Strait of Juan de Fuca
 Assiniboine River
 Lake Superior
 Strait of Belle Isle
 Red River
 Lake Michigan
 Bay of Fundy
 Nelson River
 Lake Huron
 Atlantic Ocean
5. Go over all labels with black fine-tipped sharpie and erase your pencil guidelines
THE COLOURING PART!!!
1. Shade all of the bodies of water blue [shade means colour lightly]
2. Shade each province and territory a different colour
Note: do not use the same blue as the water, you can re-use a colour as long as the
provinces do not touch
OUTCOME
S-201 Organize and record
information in a variety of
formats and reference sources
appropriately. Examples: maps.
KL-024 Identify on a map
distinguishing elements of the
physical and human geography
of Canada.
Include: political boundaries,
capital cities.
Below Level
Emerging
Skilled
Insightful
Gaps in
understanding how to
label and colour a
map adequately.
Please fix and resubmit
Gaps in
understanding how to
create a clear map.
Please fix and resubmit.
Map is labeled, but need
to work on neatness
and/or clarity. Need
more attention to details
like spelling, shapes,
and/or shading.
Need to pay more
attention to details like
placement of cities
and/or clarity of labels.
Map is labeled somewhat
straight, neat, and clear,
with good attention to
details like spelling,
shapes, and shading, may
have a few mistakes.
Map shows some
attention to detail,
placement of cities is
good, and labels are
fairly clear.
Map is labeled
straight, neat, and
clear, with specific
attention to details
like spelling,
shapes, and shading
Map shows
excellent attention
to detail, placement
of cities is specific
and labels are clear.
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CANADA PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS ASSIGNMENT
1. Use an atlas and/or your text to Lightly Shade and Label the following Physiographic
Regions of Canada
Use a different colour for each region and please DO NOT use Blue



Western Cordillera
Interior Plain
Canadian Shield



Great-Lakes St. Lawrence Lowlands
Appalachians [AKA the Maritime region]
Arctic Lowlands
[Your text identifies two more regions: Innuitians and the Hudson Bay Lowlands, take note of these
but you do not have to shade or label them]
2. Read the text explanation of the Physiographic Regions and choose
a symbol to place in each region that represents it. For example: A
sheaf of wheat for the Interior plains
OUTCOME
S-201 Organize and record
information in a variety of
formats and reference sources
appropriately. Examples: maps.
KL-024 Identify on a map
distinguishing elements of the
physical and human geography
of Canada.
Include: regions.
Additional Comments.
Below Level
Emerging
Skilled
Insightful
Gaps in
understanding how
to label and colour
a map adequately.
Please fix and resubmit
Gaps in
understanding how
to create a clear
map. Please fix and
re-submit.
Map is labeled, but need
to work on neatness
and/or clarity. Need
more attention to details
like spelling, shapes,
and/or shading.
Need to pay more
attention to details like
placement of regions,
clarity of labels, and/or
relevancy of symbols.
Map is labeled somewhat
straight, neat, and clear,
with good attention to
details like spelling,
shapes, and shading, may
have a few mistakes.
Map shows some
attention to detail,
placement of regions is
good, labels are fairly
clear, and symbols are
relevant.
Map is labeled
straight, neat, and
clear, with specific
attention to details
like spelling,
shapes, and shading
Map shows
excellent attention
to detail, placement
of regions is
specific, labels are
clear, and symbols
are relevant.
HAND THIS PAPER IN WITH YOUR MAPS
HAND THIS PAPER IN WITH YOUR MAPS