New Country, New Life

Information for Teachers

Curriculum links

This investigation is linked to the following C3 Social Studies Standards for Grades 3–5.

D2.Geo.4.3-5. Explain how culture influences the way people modify and adapt to their environments.

D2.Geo.5.3-5. Explain how the cultural and environmental characteristics of places change over time.

D2.Geo.6.3-5. Describe how environmental and cultural characteristics influence population distribution in specific places or regions.

D2.His.3.3-5. Generate questions about individuals and groups who have shaped significant historical changes and continuities.

How to search the internet

1 Keep your request short

Fewer words will give a more accurate search.

2 Choose exactly what you want

For example: Arctic Circle Climate

3 Use quotes

Double quotes around a set of words tell the search engine to consider those exact words in that exact order without any change. For example: “Arctic Circle Climate”

4 Use the plus sign (+)

If you add a plus sign (+) between words, the internet will search for all the words. For example: migrate+birds+whales+mammal

5 Use the minus sign (–) to say what you don’t want

Use a minus sign (–) to show words you do not want to appear in your results. For example: if you search for burrowing animals and do not want mammals in your search,  –mammals will exclude mammals. Note that you need to put a space before the minus sign for the word to be excluded.

6 Be very clear about what you don’t want