Apr. 23 – Trade Concerns

Today we discussed some of the trends we saw in the map of manufacturing industries that we started yesterday.

Here are some questions we discussed:

-       What trends do you see in the locations of dominant and major areas of manufacturing?

(They are all near large urban areas.  People who work in manufacturing live in cities.)

-       What type of reasons did you come up with for the largest industry in each province?  What trends did you see?  (They are tied to the resources available in each province.)

-       What are the top types of manufacturing industries in Canada? (Machinery such as cars and planes as well as mining.)

-       What is the % of Canada's GDP?  (11%, one of the biggest percentages)

-       How many jobs are in manufacturing? (1.7 million)

So that's what we can produce in Canada.  What about goods we can't make in Canada?  Where do we get them from?  The answer is international trade.

PowerPoint

• Canada and Trade Concerns Powerpoint

Here's the video about the cocoa pickers in Uganda.  Start at 24 minutes to see the part we watched in class.

Fill out this organizer based on the video:

• 321-organizer

Finally, I gave this handout that you can start working on.  Fill in the table with at least three articles of clothing from home.  We will work on the rest of the handout in class.

• Behind the Label Activity