Grade 8 - Ontario Geography - Lessons/Workbook Mega Bundle

This mega bundle provides everything you need to teach all units in the Grade 8 Ontario Geography Curriculum. With your purchase, you will receive lesson slides that follow the 3-Part lesson format, engaging your students from start to finish. You will also receive the workbooks, which contain fun activities and worksheets for your students to demonstrate their understanding.

Strand A: Global Settlement: Patterns and Sustainability

Workbook

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• Global Settlement
• Settlement Patterns
• Story: Life Along the Nile
• Word Search – Geographic Terms
• Population Density
• Choropleth Map – World Population Densities
• Population Distribution
• World Population Distribution – By Countries
• Population Distribution in Provinces
• Effect of Climate on Settlement Patterns
• Climate Zones – Where Do Most People Live?
• Research Activity – Climate Zones
• Physical Features – Effect on Settlement
• Hurricane Katrina – Living Below Sea Level
• Newspaper Article: Fort McMurray Wildfire
• Four Corners: Environment and Settlement
• Ghost Towns
• Resource Town - Dawson City
• Fact or Fiction: World Settlements Edition
• Land Claims - Indigenous Groups & the Crown
• Land Use Issues – Indigenous Communities & Coastal GasLink Pipeline
• Land Claims – Far North Act
• Land Use in Your City/Town
• Land Use Issues – Canada’s Parks
• Desertification
• Activity – Deforestation Infographic
• Where to Live – Urban vs Rural
• Urbanization and Urban Sprawl
• Research – Land Reclamation in Kobe, Japan, Land Reclamation in the Flevoland Polders
• Air Pollution Infographic
• Assignment – Pollution Infographic
• Interview: Waste Management Issues
• Research – Local Waste Disposal
• Beyond the Three Rs – Repair, Regift, Rot, Refuse
• How Long Does Garbage Take to Decompose?
• Rainwater Harvesting
• Blog Post: Greywater – Reusing Water
• Memory Game – Human Settlement
• Role-Play: Human Settlement and the Environment
• Unit Test
• Answer Pages For All Activities

Strand B: Global Inequalities: Economic Development and Quality of Life

Workbook

Some of the concepts that are covered:

• Quality of Life
• Women’s Quality of Life
• Infant Mortality Rate
• Introduction to Scatter Plot
• Reading scatter plots using different quality of life indicators (ex. infant mortality rate vs poverty rate)
• Creating scatter plots – GDP vs Unemployment and Literacy Rate vs Life Expectancy
• Human Development Index (HDI)
• Research – Norway & Niger Quality of Life
• Compare Population Pyramids
• Developed vs Developing Countries
• Research - Developed vs Developing Countries
• Role-Play: A Day in Two Lives
• Demography
• Population Pyramid – China
• Population Pyramids – Developed vs Developing
• Creating a Population Pyramid – U.S.A., Canada
• Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
• Story: The Day the Water Came
• Children’s Rights Around the World
• Child Labour – Global March Organization
• Blog Post: The Red Cross Organization
• UNICEF – Changing Lives
• Interview: Water for People Organization
• Doctors Without Borders
• Assignment – NGOs Around the World
• Media – Helping People In Need
• Social Media Post – Supporting Children in Gaza
• Evaluating Media Messages
• Fact or Fiction: NGOs and Quality of Life
• Economic Sectors
• Researching Economic Sectors
• Economic Systems
• Researching Economics
• North Korea – Planned/Command Economy
• Market Economy – Capitalism
• Unequal Distribution of Wealth
• Rural Poverty in Africa
• Debate: Which Economic System Works Best?
• Canadian Imports/Exports
• Research – Canada’s Top Imports and Exports
• Research – Trade Deficits
• Newspaper Article: U.S.–Canada Trade War
• Economic Growth – China
• Research – Government Corruption
• Spelling Bee: Global Development Vocabulary
• Who Has The Word? – Global Inequalities
• Unit Test
• Answer Pages For All Activities

Google Lesson Slides

Google Lesson Slides! Ontario Geography, Grade 8. This mega bundle also gives you access to both of the Google Lesson Slides. Click on the individual units to see a full preview of the Google Slides lessons.

We have structured these lessons to follow the popular 3-Part Lesson format. By using these lessons, you will be provided with learning goals, discussion questions, relevant YouTube videos, interactive slides, exit cards, and more. Check out the variety of activities you'll receive below.

Part 1: Minds On!
- Learning Goals
- Discussion Questions

- Polls/Surveys

- Picture Prompts

- Jokes and Riddles

- Relevant Quotes

Part 2: Action!
- Interactive Activities

- Drag and Drop

- Fill in the Blanks

- Matching

- Sorting

- Polls/Surveys and Graphing

- Embedded YouTube Videos

Part 3: Consolidation

- Exit Cards

- 3-2-1 Reflections

- One Word Reflections

- Act It Out!

- Quick Draw

- One Sentence Summary

After purchasing this resource, you will be able to download copies of the Google Slides for the three different units to your Google Drive. From there, you can complete these lessons with your class, and/or assign these slides in Google Classroom.