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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] and place the date
they joined in Confederation/Canada.
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


Timmins
Montreal
4. Label The Following Bodies of Water [Draw them in if they are not on the map]
 Pacific Ocean
 James Bay
 Lake Ontario
 Mackenzie River
 Arctic Ocean
 Ottawa River
 Great Bear Lake
 Lake Superior
 St. Lawrence River
 Great Slave Lake
 Lake Michigan
 Bay of Fundy
 Lake Winnipeg
 Lake Huron
 Atlantic Ocean
 Hudson Bay
 Lake Erie
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.
DUE AT THE END OF CLASS ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4th
HAND THIS PAPER IN WITH YOUR MAPS