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A Pageant of Alberta's Past

  • Create an accurate profile of an event in Alberta's history, from precontact to the early 20th century, and of the role of one of the historical characters in this event.
  • Develop and present a story of the event and its modern day legacy as part of the Pageant of Alberta.

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Specific Outcomes

This critical challenge may address these outcomes:

Specific Outcome 4.2.1.1 - Students will recognize how stories of people and events provide multiple perspectives on past and present events
Specific Outcome 4.2.1.3 - Students will recognize the presence and influence of diverse Aboriginal peoples as inherent to Alberta's culture and identity
Specific Outcome 4.2.2.1 - Which First Nations originally inhabited the different areas of the province?
Specific Outcome 4.2.2.2 - How is the diversity of Aboriginal peoples reflected in the number of languages spoken?
Specific Outcome 4.2.2.3 - What do the stories of Aboriginal peoples tell us about their beliefs regarding the relationship between people and the land?
Specific Outcome 4.2.2.4 - What movement or migration within Canada contributed to the populating of Alberta?
Specific Outcome 4.2.2.5 - In what ways did Francophones establish their roots in urban and rural Alberta
(i.e., voyageurs, missionary work, founding institutions, media, politics, commerce)?
Specific Outcome 4.2.2.6 - How did the Métis Nation and Métis settlements contribute to Alberta's identity
(i.e., languages, accomplishments)?
Specific Outcome 4.2.2.8 - How did British institutions provide the structure for the settlement of newcomers in Alberta (i.e., North West Mounted Police, schools, lieutenant-governor, Assembly of the Northwest Territories )?
Specific Outcome 4.2.2.9 - How did European immigration contribute to the establishment of communities in Alberta in the late 19th century and early 20th century?
Specific Outcome 4.2.2.10 - How did the arrival of diverse groups of people determine the establishment and continued growth of rural and urban communities?
Specific Outcome 4.2.2.11 - How are agriculture and the establishment of communities interconnected?
Specific Outcome 4.S.1.2 - Students will evaluate, critically, ideas, information and positions from multiple perspectives
Specific Outcome 4.S.1.3 - Students will re-evaluate opinions to broaden understanding of a topic or an issue
Specific Outcome 4.S.2.2 - Students will use historical and community resources to understand and organize the sequence of local historical events
Specific Outcome 4.S.2.3 - Students will explain the historical context of key events of a given time period
Specific Outcome 4.S.7.1 - Students will develop the skills of skimming and scanning to gather relevant information
Specific Outcome 4.S.7.2 - Students will organize and synthesize information gathered from a variety of sources
Specific Outcome 4.S.7 4 - Students will draw and support conclusions, based on information gathered, to answer a research question
Specific Outcome 4.S.7.5 - Students will formulate new questions as research progresses
Specific Outcome 4.S.7.6 - Students will cite references as part of research
Specific Outcome 4.S.7.7 - Students will access and retrieve appropriate information from the Internet by using a specific search path or from given uniform resource locations (URLs)
Specific Outcome 4.S.8.1 - Students will organize and present information, taking particular audiences and purposes into consideration
Specific Outcome 4.S.8.6 - Students will communicate effectively through appropriate forms, such as speeches, reports and multimedia presentations, applying information technologies that serve particular audiences and purposes
C Citizenship
ER Economics and Resources
CC Culture and Community
I Identity
LPP The Land: Places and People
GC Global Connections
TCC Time, Continuity and Change
PADM Power, Authority, and Decision Making
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