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B1.2 describe some major
on the Bay. Residents travelled by boat and plane to Parry Sound
connections between features
and Penetang for groceries, clothes, and other supplies. Children
of the natural environment
attended an Indian Day School, located in King Bay, from 1916 to and the type of employment
1950. Everyone spoke Anishinaabemowin until the children started that is available in a region,
attending the provincial schoolhouse, located on Twelve Mile Bay, with reference to two or more
municipal regions in Ontario
in the 1950s. A road from Highway 69 to the community was built
in 1965 and children started attending school in MacTier. Moose B1.3 identify and describe
Deer Point is a small, isolated community, but the members take some of the main patterns
in population distribution
great pride in their history and beautiful environment. For more
and land use in two or more
information about the community’s history, visit Moose Deer Point
municipal regions in Ontario,
First Nation Inquiry: Pottawatomi Rights from the Indian Claims
using mapping and globe skills
Commission.
B2.1 formulate questions to
guide investigations into some
of the short- and/or long-term
effects on the environment of
Emotional (Relate) Activating Prior Knowledge,
different types of land and/or
Minds On resource use in two or more
municipal regions of Ontario
Opening Circle
(e.g., the impact of mining,
Prompting Questions: forestry, agriculture, suburban
• What makes a community? land development) and
measures taken to reduce the
• What do communities need?
negative impact of that use
• What are generally found in community areas?
B2.2 gather and organize
Further Prompting Questions: a variety of data and
information on the
• What is a map?
environmental effects
• Where are we? of different land and/
or resource use and
• Where is Moose Deer Point First Nation community?
measures taken to reduce
• How did Moose Deer Point get its name? Anishinaabemowin the negative impact of that use
name: Mitawbik
B2.3 analyze and construct print
and digital maps, including
Physical (Reveal) Action, Hands On thematic maps, as part of
Procedure their investigations into the
environmental impact of land
1. Have students discuss what, in general, communities need and
and/or resource use in different
what communities have (grocery stores, homes, schools, etc.). municipal regions
Record answers on a chart.
2. Using maps and Google Earth (see weblinks list for link), share
the physical land of Moose Deer Point First Nation and 12 Mile
Bay Road (consisting of swamp, water, and rock). Have students
cross out land that cannot be used due to poor conditions.
Brainstorm ways in which the land dictates what and where the
community builds.

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