Lesson Plans

This lesson plan introduces students to the freely available online maps and other resources in The Atlas of Canada.

• Lesson Description – An Introduction to the Online Atlas of Canada
• Student Worksheet – An Introduction to the Online Atlas of Canada

This lesson plan can be used with our new Population Density Poster-map and the online Population Density, 2001 map.

• Lesson Description – Population Density Poster-map
• Student Worksheet – Population Density Poster-map
• View the Poster-map as a JPEG (1.499 MB, 2455 x 1602 pixels)
• View the Poster-map as a PDF (2.099 MB, Adobe Acrobat Reader required)
• Send your name and mailing address to receive a copy of the Poster-map

This lesson plan can be used with our new Land Cover Poster-map and the online Land Cover and Terrestrial Ecozones maps.

• Lesson Description – Land Cover Poster-map
• Student Worksheet – Land Cover Poster-map
• View the Poster-map as a JPEG (1.375 MB, 2474 x 1604 pixels)
• View the Poster-map as a PDF (1.941 MB, Adobe Acrobat Reader required)
• Send your name and mailing address to receive a copy of the Poster-map

This collection of 39 lesson plans, for junior, middle and senior levels, have been written to use The Atlas of Canada’s freely available online maps and resources. They are based on provincial and territorial curricula and the Canadian Geography Standards of the Canadian Council for Geographic Education.

Select one of the following:

• Lesson Plans by Theme and General Grade Level
• Lesson Plans by Province / Territory and Specific Grade Level