Resources and Wealth
Outcome RW7.1 I can explain the role of barter, trade, and sharing in traditional economies in Canada and the circumpolar and Pacific Rim
countries.
Brent’s Big Idea: What is barter? What is trade? What is sharing? What are the differences between these terms?
Indicators
a. Role play the practices of barter, trade,
and sharing used to obtain goods and
services.
I can role play the practices of barter,
trade, and sharing as a way to obtain
goods and services.
Print Resources
Culture Quest: Chapter 10 ‘Economy and Culture’
The Companion Website for Culture Quest is found at:
http://www.oupcanada.com/school/companion/9780195423662/students/unit03.html– links to online
student resources for Unit 3, Chapter 10. Links specifically to: China - a summary of China’s
background, including agriculture, industry, and other economic information; North American Free
Trade Agreement (NAFTA)- some background on the NAFTA agreement; European Union Institutions
and Other Bodies - background information on the European Union, its setup and many of its operating
branches; Gateway to the European Union - the homepage of the European Union website.
Geography (Pearson text) Chapter 7
Websites:
 United Nations Cyber School Bus: Country at a Glance
http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation/index.asp Choose a country to do some research and
investigation.
Ideas for the Classroom:
b. Describe examples of barter, trade, and
sharing in the local community.
Print Resources
Geography (Pearson text) Chapter 6
I can describe examples of barter, trade,
and sharing in my local community.
Websites:
Ideas for the Classroom:
c. Present the experiences of Elders and
senior citizens in the local community
regarding barter, sharing, and trade.
I can present the experiences of Elders and
senior citizens in my local community
regarding barter, sharing, and trade.
d. Question whether economies based on
barter, trade, and sharing are sustainable.
Print Resources
Websites:
Ideas for the Classroom:
Print Resources
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I can explore whether economies based
on barter, trade, and sharing are
sustainable.
Video Resource:
Video : Make Poverty History – drop the debt - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daOAeBzIIA Rap video - 'Hole in the Bucket' a film by Anthony Minghella originally for the Drop the Debt
campaign. The world's poorest countries give back more in debt repayments to the richest
countries than they get in aid.
Websites:
 Agriculture and Agri-Foods Canada - http://www4.agr.gc.ca/AAFC-AAC/displayafficher.do?id=1175533355176&lang=eng
Sustainable Development Strategy
Sustainable Agriculture: Our Path Forward
This report presents Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's third sustainable development strategy
(SDS), aimed at supporting sustainable agriculture - producing and processing agricultural
products in a way that can be carried out over the long term, in a manner that supports or
enhances the high quality of life we enjoy in Canada today. The site gives background
information for teachers. It is not written in a format easily understood by grade 7 students.
 www.makepovertyhistory.org Information on 2005 Make Poverty History campaign which
attempted to raise the awareness of people around the world to combat poverty on a global
scale.
Comments:
From Old Curriculum??
Outcomes RW- https://www.k12.gov.sk.ca/docs/midlsoc/gr7/pdf/72handouts.pdf
Document- https://www.k12.gov.sk.ca/docs/midlsoc/gr7/pdf/71topics.pdf
https://www.k12.gov.sk.ca/docs/midlsoc/gr7/71overheads.html
https://www.k12.gov.sk.ca/docs/midlsoc/gr7/pdf/71handouts.pdf
https://www.k12.gov.sk.ca/docs/midlsoc/gr7/73handouts2.html#7
https://www.k12.gov.sk.ca/docs/midlsoc/gr7/73handouts2.html#8
https://www.k12.gov.sk.ca/docs/midlsoc/gr7/pdf/hout39.pdf
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Resource and Wealth
(Supports from the previous Social Studies Curriculum)
The following documents from the previous curriculum can be used as resources in the renewed curriculum:
https://www.k12.gov.sk.ca/docs/midlsoc/gr7/pdf/72handouts.pdf
1. Student Handout #1
A series of student handouts that present various scenarios where five students are to use the situation they are in and the resources they
have for survival/existing as a group:
 Shipwreck
 Colonization of the moon
 Survival in the Canadian Arctic
 A Trip to Los Angeles
 Bomb Shelter
2. Student Handout #2 - Classification
A list of items is to be put in to three categories, based on their similar characteristics.
3. Student Handout #3: Classification of Resources
Resources into one of the categories, renewable or non-renewable, based on the criteria of each.
4. Student Handout #4: Outline Map of Saskatchewan
5. Student Handout #5: The Natural Vegetation Zones of Saskatchewan
6. Student Handout #6: The Climatic Zones of Saskatchewan
7. Student Handout #7: Farm Records
Using the soil zones of Saskatchewan map, students determine average wheat yield per acre for the years 1919-1922.
8. Student Handout #8: The Soil Zones of Saskatchewan
9. Student Handout #9: Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Quiz – multiple choice quiz
10. Student Handout #10: What Is a Co-op?
Background information on co-ops.
11. Student Handout #11: Oil Shortage
Scenario – the Canadian economy has been hit hard by a crisis - a war in the Middle East has cut off three-quarters of crude oil supplies.
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12. Student Handout #12: Soil Degradation
Information on the impact of soil degradation on our economy.
13. Student Handout #13: Forest Depletion
Information on the impact of forest depletion in our society.
14. Student Handout #14: Water Shortages
Information on the solution to this important societal issue.
15. Student Handout #15: Mineral Depletion
Information on the vital role that minerals play in the economy of our country.
16. Student Handout #16: Possible Government Bills - Forest Depletion
17. Student Handout #17: Possible Government Bills - Soil Degradation
18. Student Handout #18: Possible Government Bills - Water Shortage
19. Student Handout #19: Possible Government Bills - Energy Shortage
20. Student Handout #20: Personal Resource Management Chart
Students determine their needs and wants, the resources to meets needs and wants, cost of the resources.
https://www.k12.gov.sk.ca/docs/midlsoc/gr7/pdf/71topics.pdf
Mapping Skills lessons:
Topic One: Reviewing Map Interpretation Skills
Topic Two: Location - Relative and Absolute
Topic Three: Location - Latitude and Longitude
Topic Four: Pacific Rim Neighbours
Topic Five: Using Scale to Measure Distance
Topic Six: Place--Physical and Human Characteristics
Topic Seven: Regions--Unifying Characteristics and Change
Topic Eight: Climate and Climate Change
Topic Nine: Human-Environmental Interaction and Relationships
Topic Ten: Movement and Communication
Topic Eleven: Relating Current Events to Map Locations
https://www.k12.gov.sk.ca/docs/midlsoc/gr7/71overheads.html
Unit 7 – Unit 1 Overheads
https://www.k12.gov.sk.ca/docs/midlsoc/gr7/pdf/71handouts.pdf
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Mapping activities:
Student Handout #1: Grid System
Student Handout #2: Mercator Projection Map
Student Handout #3: Interrupted Equal Area Projection Map
Student Handout #4: Northern Hemisphere Polar projection
Student Handout #5: Absolute Location Using Latitude and Longitude
Student Handout #6: Contour Map
Student Handout #7: Three Dimension Landscape
https://www.k12.gov.sk.ca/docs/midlsoc/gr7/73handouts2.html#7
Student Handout #7: Case Study - Free the Children, Thornhill, Ontario
Case study on child labour and the protection of children.
Student Handout #8: Discussion and Summarizing Guide for Case Studies
Student Handout #9: The Power of Nations Student Handout #10: Principles of Democracy
Student Handout #10: Principles of Democracy
Information/discussion topics on:
 Equality
 Freedom
 Fraternity
Student Handout #11: The United Nations
Information on:
 Preamble to the Charter of the United Nations
 First Article of the Charter of the United Nations Adopted in 1945
 What the United Nations means
 UN Declaration on the Rights of the Child
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