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Canadian Immigration

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Students discover where Canadian immigrants have come from and their contribution to the country. In this cultural instructional activity, students use a map to indicate the native homes of immigrants, and create a paper chain to represent the proportion of immigrants from each country. They then complete a worksheet of information about a particular country of their choice.

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Grade
3rd - 4th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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Instructional Strategy
Project-Based Learning

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