Learn about pioneer life. Visit old mill races and the Mast Road (where settlers carried great white pines to Lake Ontario). Look for pieces of pottery in the Little Rouge River. Consisting of a guided hike, students will assess the ways in which humans take the natural environment into account in determining human settlement and land use and in planning for the future, and ways in which humans change the natural environment. Also this program will expose students to patterns of human settlement and identify the factors that influence population distribution and land use.

Target Audience: Grade 8 (Age 13-14).  

Offered: March 1st - November 30th

Program Length: Full Day - generally 3.5 hrs (10AM-1:30 PM) unless otherwise noted. Students will have lunch by the river.  

Overall Goals

The following two overall expectations, with support from their specific expectations, address the ways in which humans take the natural environment into account in determining human settlement and land use and in planning for the future, and ways in which humans change the natural environment.

1. identify the main patterns of human settlement and identify the factors that influence

population distribution and land use.

2. compare living and working conditions in countries with different patterns of settlement,

and examine how demographic factors could affect their own lives in the future.