CANADA MAP ASSIGNMENT
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
· Montreal
4. Label The Following Bodies of Water [Draw them in if they are not on the map]
· Pacific Ocean
· Fraser River
· Mackenzie River
· Great Bear Lake
· Great Slave Lake
· Assiniboine River
· Red River
· Nelson River
· Lake Winnipeg
· Hudson Bay
· James Bay
· Frobisher Bay
· Arctic Ocean
· Lake Superior
· Lake Michigan
· Lake Huron
· Lake Erie
· Lake Ontario
· Ottawa River
· St. Lawrence River
· Strait of Juan de Fuca
· Strait of Belle Isle
· Bay of Fundy
· 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 / Below Level / Emerging / Skilled / InsightfulOrganize and record information in a variety of formats and reference sources
appropriately. Examples: maps. / Gaps in understanding how to label and colour a map adequately. 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. / Map is labeled somewhat straight, neat, and clear, with good attention to details like spelling, shapes, and shading, may have a few mistakes. / Map is labeled straight, neat, and clear, with specific attention to details like spelling, shapes, and shading
Identify on a map distinguishing elements of the
physical and human geography of Canada.
Include: political boundaries, capital cities. / Gaps in understanding how to create a clear map. Please fix and re-submit. / Need to pay more attention to details like placement of cities and/or clarity of labels. / Map shows some attention to detail, placement of cities is good, and labels are fairly clear. / Map shows excellent attention to detail, placement of cities is specific and labels are clear.