"Quality of Life" Definition: all of the things that are important to a person that makes life good

WEBSITES

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VOICES OF ALBERTA

• Chapter 1 – Explore the Land

• Chapter 2 – Alberta’s Fossil Heritage

• Chapter 3 – Natural Resources in Your Life

• Chapter 4 – Living with the Land

• Chapter 5 – New Roots for Alberta

• Chapter 6 – Preparing for New Settlers

• Chapter 7 – More Settlers Arrive

• Chapter 8 – Becoming a Province

• Chapter 9 – Preserving the Land

• Chapter 10 – Celebrate Our Past, Building Our Future

• Chapter 11 – Wrapping Up

• Chapter 12 – Atlas

• Chapter 13 – Glossary

ALBERTA

Alberta's Regions - Great website to find information about each of Alberta's Natural Regions

Travel Alberta - Great website to research all the things you could do in Alberta

Culturegrams - This can be found on the LearnAlberta website under "Online Reference Tools"

First Animals - The Nature of Things (CBC Video - 44 mins)​

THE FUR TRADE

Fur Trade in Alberta

Beaver Pelt Trade (Youtube)

Rendez-vous Voyageur

Voyageur Canoe (Interactive)

"The Voyageurs" (NFB Video - 20 mins)

Canada Vignettes - Voyageurs (Video - 1 minute)

"The Northern Trade" (Video - 8 mins)

Voyageur Food (Recipes)

​The Fur Trade - Glenbow Museum

The Voyageurs (McGill University)

NORTHWEST COMPANY (NWC)

Combining NWC & HBC

Canadian Encyclopedia - Northwest Company - www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/north-west-company

Le Canada - A People's History (Northwest Company) - www.cbc.ca/history/EPCONTENTSE1EP6CH3PA1LE.html

The Northwest Fur Trade (McGraw-Hill) - www.mheducation.ca/web_resources/sch/ShapingcanadaCH3.pdf

HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY (HBC)

Adventurers - The Hudson's Bay Company

*HBC Standards of Trade (What was available at HBC forts during the Fur Trade)

Life of a Voyageur (HBC)

Hudson's Bay - Point Blanket (HBC - Video 3 mins)

Hudson's Bay Point Blanket

BAR U RANCH (Longview, AB)

Bar U Ranch (National Historic Site) - www.pc.gc.ca/en/lhn-nhs/ab/baru

Bar U Ranch ("Where History Comes Alive") - www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2kXUzfEHCg&feature=youtu.be (2:50 mins)

Bar U Ranch (Video Tour) - www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRo-bTlv2gw&feature=youtu.be (7:04 mins)

The Cowboy Trail - www.thecowboytrail.com/

The Friends of Bar U Ranch - www.friendsofthebaru.com/

RESEARCH WEBSITES

​www.learnalberta.ca/

Spooky Stories (template) - https://crayolateachers.ca/lesson/haunted-house-tales-bookmaking-shape-contrast/​

Handwriting - handwriting_booklet_use_often.pdf (Great book to learn/review handwriting skills)

Weaving Bracelets (Poetry Booklets)

- Instructions

- Video (YouTube)

Chapter 6

BIG QUESTION...What makes the Boreal Forest Region a unique part of Alberta?

Chapter 8

BIG QUESTION...Who are the First Peoples?

Chapter 10

BIG QUESTION... What made the early settlers want to come to what is now Alberta?

Chapter 12

BIG QUESTION... How did Alberta change after 1905?

Chapter 1...

BIG questions... "Alberta; what is the story of the land?" Why are fossils important to Alberta? How are fossils part of Alberta’s identity?

Chapter 2

BIG QUESTION.... What makes the Rocky Mountain Region a unique part of Alberta?

Chapter 3

BIG QUESTION.... What makes the Foothills Region a unique part of Alberta?

chapter 4

BIG QUESTION... What makes the Grassland Region a Unique part of Alberta?

Chapter 5

BIG QUESTION.... What makes the Parkland Region a unique part of Alberta?

Chapter 7

BIG QUESTION...How did settlers shape Alberta? How did the land and resources affect ways of life?

Click here for the dedicated Grade Four Is Great "First People's Page"

Chapter 9

BIG QUESTION...How was the fir trade important?

Chapter 11

BIG QUESTION... What changes happened as the North-West Territories became what is now Alberta?

Chapter 13

BIG QUESTION... What do Alberta's land, history, and stories mean to you?