Canada: Coast to Coast

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Come along with us as we travel across this diverse country from the Maritime provinces on the Eastern coast, visiting Ontario and Quebec, making our way across the Western provinces, ending up on the Pacific coast of British Columbia.

Classroom Ideas 

Canada: An Overview


Have students print out a map of Canada and identify where the sites in the video are located. 

5 Highlights

Students create a powerpoint of their top five notable Canadian sites that they would like to visit and explain why.

Comparison with U.S.

Canada is very similar to the United States in many ways. Discuss or write about ways that the two countries are different.

Cloze Practice

A cloze piece has full sentences used in the virtual field trip with blanks where students can write in the information that is missing. This task requires close listening to the trip in order to complete it.



Create a diorama of the higlights of Canada. Students could also just focus on one region.


Creative Writing

Write a story with Canada as the setting. The main character could be from another country (compare and contrast characters). 



Have students create an itinerary for a visit to Canada. Can it be done in one trip? Two? Three? What would your budget need to be? How long would it take? How would you get around? What would you like to see most?


Create Quizzes



Country Report

Have students write a report about Canada including: landmarks, population, how it is similar to the United States, history (how it came to be), type of government, economy, famous sites, architecture, interesting facts, religions, food, etc.


Canadian Food

Create a recipe for a dish seen in the video from the country/city (uses fractions, measurements, + directions). Poutine would be an easy choice.



Draw a scene from the video you just watched.


Classroom Ideas for ALL Videos


Topics Covered In This Video

Fun facts about Canada

The Atlantic Provinces

Quebec City & Montreal

Ottawa & Toronto

Niagara Falls & St. Lawrence Seaway

Canadian Shield

Interior Plains

Alberta – Calgary & Edmonton

Vancouver, Victoria, & Whistler

Yukon, Northwest Territories, & Nunavut

Arctic North

Animals of the Arctic North

Learning Resources with this Video

Quiz (PDF)

Online Quiz (coming soon)

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