Social Unit Two

Grade 7-8 Social Studies Resource Unit - Outline for Electronic Magazine


A. What resources does your adopted country have?

B. Classify the resources under headings Renewable or Non-Renewable

C. How do they use these resources? (What do they do with them?)

D. How are the resources distributed throughout the country? Check the examples below:
• Inour country, Saskatchewan has most of the uranium
• Saskatchewan and Alberta have most oil
• Ontario has the most human resources
• The maritime provinces have the most fishery resources

E. Remember that Land is a resource

F. How does your country use its’ resources to interact with other nations? Do the resources in your country help make it more powerful than other countries?

You need resource maps…graphs, charts and pictures are also important