4.1.1.1
Students will appreciate the diversity of elements pertaining to geography, climate, geology and palaeontology in Alberta (LPP)

The Story within the Map (CC)

Renaming Alberta's Natural Regions (CC)

Travelling the Province (CC)

4.1.1.2
Students will appreciate how Alberta's fossil heritage contributes to the province's unique character (LPP)

Alberta's Fossil Heritage (CC)

Travelling the Province (CC)

4.1.1.3
Students will appreciate the variety and abundance of natural resources in Alberta (ER, LPP)

Our Most Important Resources (CC)

4.1.1.4
Students will appreciate the environmental significance of national and provincial parks and protected areas in Alberta (ER, LPP)

Preserving Our Natural Areas (CC)

4.1.1.5
Students will appreciate how land sustains communities and quality of life (ER, LPP)

Where in Alberta? (CC)

4.1.1.6
Students will demonstrate care and concern for the environment though their choices and actions (LPP)

Preserving Our Natural Areas (CC)

4.1.2.1
Where is Alberta located in relation to the other provinces and territories of Canada (LPP)

The Story within the Map (CC)

4.1.2.2
What are the major geographical and natural vegetation regions, landforms and bodies of water in Alberta (e.g., prairie region, forests, rivers, hoodoos, Rocky Mountains, oil sands)? (LPP)

The Story within the Map (CC)

Renaming Alberta's Natural Regions (CC)

Travelling the Province (CC)

Where in Alberta? (CC)

4.1.2.3
What are the factors that determine climate in the diverse regions of Alberta (e.g., latitude, mountains)? (LPP)

Renaming Alberta's Natural Regions (CC)

4.1.2.4
What are the significant natural resources in Alberta, and where are the located (e.g., mineral deposits, coal, natural gas and oil, forests)? (ER, LPP)

The Story within the Map (CC)

Our Most Important Resources (CC)

Travelling the Province (CC)

4.1.2.5
How are Alberta's provincial parks and protected areas and the national parks in Alberta important to the sustainability of Alberta's natural environment? (ER, LPP)

Preserving Our Natural Areas (CC)

4.1.3.1
How did archaeologists and palaeontologists discover the presence of dinosaurs in Alberta? (LPP, TCC)

Alberta's Fossil Heritage (CC)

4.1.3.2
What Geological features make Alberta unique (e.g. hoodoos, Rocky Mountains, foothills, oil sands)? (LPP, ER)

Travelling the Province (CC)

4.1.4.1
In what ways do the physical geography and natural resources of a region determine the establishment of communities? (LPP)

Where in Alberta? (CC)

4.1.4.2
How are natural resources used by Albertans (i.e., agriculture, oil and natural gas, forests, coal)? (ER, LPP)

Our Most Important Resources (CC)

4.1.4.3
How do Albertans deal with competing demands on land use (e.g., conservation, solar and wind power, recreation, agriculture, oil exploration, forestry)? (ER, LPP)

Preserving Our Natural Areas (CC)

4.1.4.4
In what ways does the Royal Tyrrell Museum contribute to scientific knowledge regarding Alberta's fossil heritage? (ER, LPP, TCC)

Alberta's Fossil Heritage (CC)

4.1.4.5
How can ownership of a discovered artifact be determined? (C, ER, PADM)

Alberta's Fossil Heritage (CC)

4.1.4.6
Whose responsibility should it be to ensure the preservation of national parks, provincial parks and protected areas in Alberta? (C, LPP, PADM)

Preserving Our Natural Areas

4.2.1.1
Students will recognize how stories of people and events provide multiple perspectives on past and present events (I, TCC)

Stories of Alberta's Past (CC)

Learning from Aboriginal Stories (CC)

Where in Alberta? (CC)

The Stories Pictures Tell (CC)

Appreciating the Legacies (CC)

The Story behind the Name (CC)

A Pageant of Alberta's Past (CC)

4.2.1.2
Students will recognize oral traditions, narratives, and stories as valid sources of knowledge about the land, culture and history (CC, TCC)

Stories of Alberta's Past (CC)

Learning from Aboriginal Stories (CC)

Appreciating the Legacies (CC)

The Story behind the Name (CC)

4.2.1.3
Students will recognize the presence and influence of diverse Aboriginal peoples as inherent to Alberta's culture and identity (CC, I, TCC)

Learning from Aboriginal Stories (CC)

Where in Alberta? (CC)

The Stories Pictures Tell (CC)

Artifact Stories (CC)

The Story behind the Name (CC)

A Pageant of Alberta's Past (CC)t

4.2.1.4
Students will recognize the history of the French language and the vitality of Francophone communities as integral parts of Alberta's heritage (CC, I, TCC)  

Artifact Stories (CC)

The Story behind the Name (CC)

4.2.1.5
Students will recognize British institutions and peoples as integral parts of Alberta's heritage (CC, I, TCC)

Artifact Stories (CC)

The Story behind the Name (CC)

4.2.1.6
Students will recognize how the diversity of immigrants from Europe and other continents as enriched Alberta's rural and urban communities (CC, I, TCC)

Artifact Stories (CC)

Appreciating the Legacies (CC)

The Story behind the Name (CC)

4.2.1.7
Students will demonstrate respect for places and objects of historical significance (l, LPP, TCC)

The Stories Pictures Tell (CC)

Artifact Stories (CC)

The Story behind the Name (CC)

4.2.2.1
Which First Nations originally inhabited the different areas of the province? (CC, LPP, TCC)

Where in Alberta? (CC)

The Story behind the Name (CC)

A Pageant of Alberta's Past (CC)

4.2.2.2
How is the diversity of Aboriginal peoples reflected in the number of languages spoken? (CC, I, LPP)

Where in Alberta? (CC)

A Pageant of Alberta's Past (CC)

4.2.2.3
What do the stories of Aboriginal peoples tell us about their beliefs regarding the relationship between people and the land? (TCC)

Learning from Aboriginal Stories (CC)

Artifact Stories (CC)

A Pageant of Alberta's Past (CC)

4.2.2.4
What movement of migration within Canada contributed to the populating of Alberta? (LPP, TCC)

Appreciating the Legacies (CC)

A Pageant of Alberta's Past (CC)

4.2.2.5
In what ways did Francophone's establish their roots in urban and rural Alberta (i.e., voyageurs, missionary work, founding institutions, media, politics, commerce)? (CC, I, LPP, TCC)

The Stories Pictures Tell (CC)

Artifact Stories (CC)

Appreciating the Legacies (CC)

The Story behind the Name (CC)

A Pageant of Alberta's Past (CC)

4.2.2.6
How did the Métis Nation and Métis settlements contribute to Alberta's identity (i.e., languages, accomplishments)? (CC, I, LPP, TCC)

The Stories Pictures Tell (CC)

Artifact Stories (CC)

Appreciating the Legacies (CC)

A Pageant of Alberta's Past (CC)

4.2.2.7
How did French and English become the two languages most used in business and politics in Alberta during the 19^th and early 20^th centuries? (CC, I, PADM)

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)? (GC, I, PADM, TCC)

Appreciating the Legacies (CC)

A Pageant of Alberta's Past (CC)

4.2.2.9
How did European immigration contribute to the establishment of communities in Alberta in the late 19^th century and early 20^th century? (CC, GC, I, TCC)

The Stories Pictures Tell (CC)

Artifact Stories (CC)

Appreciating the Legacies (CC)

The Story behind the Name (CC)

A Pageant of Alberta's Past (CC)

4.2.2.10
How did the arrival of diverse groups of people determine the establishment and continued growth of rural and urban communities? (CC, GC, LPP)

Appreciating the Legacies (CC)

The Story behind the Name (CC)

A Pageant of Alberta's Past (CC)

4.2.2.11
How are the agriculture and the establishment of communities interconnected? (ER, LPP)

Appreciating the Legacies (CC)

The Story behind the Name (CC)

A Pageant of Alberta's Past (CC)

4.3.1.1
Students will value and respect their own and other cultural identities (C, I)

Where in Alberta? (CC)

Preserving Alberta's Heritage (CC)

Contributing to Alberta's Development (CC)

Celebrating Alberta's Achievements (CC)

4.3.1.2
Students will demonstrate respect for the rights, opinions and perspectives of others (C, I)

Alberta Joins Confederation (CC)

Contributing to Alberta's Development (CC)

Recording the Changes (CC)

Celebrating Alberta's Achievements (CC)

4.3.1.3
Students will demonstrate respect for the cultural and linguistic diversity in Alberta (C, I)

Contributing to Alberta's Development (CC)

Celebrating Alberta's Achievements (CC)

4.3.1.4
Students will recognize global affiliations within the Alberta Francophonie (GC)

Recording the Changes (CC)

4.3.1.5
Students will appreciate the influence of the natural environment and resources on the growth and development of Alberta (ER, LPP)

Evolving Communities (CC)

Alberta's Ultimate Hot Spot (CC)

Recording the Changes (CC)

4.3.1.6
Students will value and respect their relationships with the environment (C, ER, LPP)

Where in Alberta? (CC)

Alberta's Ultimate Hot Spot (CC)

4.3.2.1
What led to Alberta's joining the Confederation? (TCC, PADM)

Alberta Joins Confederation (CC)

4.3.2.2
What key events have impacted the economy of Alberta (i.e., drought of the 1930's, discovery of oil) (ER, LPP, TCC)

Evolving Communities (CC)

Celebrating Alberta's Achievements (CC)

4.3.2.3
In what ways have occupations and commerce been affected by geography, climate and natural resources in Alberta (i.e., forestry, agriculture, aviation, seasonal activities, tourism)? (ER, LPP, TCC)

Evolving Communities (CC)

Preserving Alberta's Heritage (CC)

Contributing to Alberta's Development (CC)

Celebrating Alberta's Achievements (CC)

4.3.3.1
In what ways has Alberta changed demographically since 109 (i.e., population distribution in rural and urban areas, arrival of diverse ethnic groups, languages spoken)? (CC, I, LPP, TCC)

The Good Old Days (CC)

Evolving Communities (CC)

Contributing to Alberta's Development (CC)

Recording the Changes (CC)

Celebrating Alberta's Achievements (CC)

4.3.3.2
In what ways have Aboriginal peoples and communities changed over time? (CC, I, TCC)

The Good Old Days (CC)

Evolving Communities (CC)

Celebrating Alberta's (CC) Achievements

4.3.3.3
How has multiculturalism in Alberta evolved over time? (CC, I, GC, LPP)

The Good Old Days (CC)

Evolving Communities (CC)

Preserving Alberta's Heritage (CC)

Alberta's Ultimate Hot Spot (CC)

Recording the Changes (CC)

Celebrating Alberta's Achievements (CC)

4.3.3.4
How has the Alberta Francophonie become increasingly multicultural? (CC, I, GC)

Evolving Communities (CC)

4.3.3.5
How do buildings, historic sites and institutions reflect the establishment and cultural diversity of communities in Alberta (i.e., Glenbow Museum, Royal Alberta Museum, Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park, Father Lacombe Chapel Provincial Historic Site, Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village)? (CC, I, LPP, TCC)

Preserving Alberta's Heritage (CC)

Alberta's Ultimate Hot Spot (CC)

4.3.3.6
How do the names of geographic places reflect the origins of the people who inhabited, discovered, or developed communities? (CC, I, LPP, TCC)

Preserving Alberta's Heritage (CC)

4.3.3.7
In what ways have music, art, narratives and literature contributed to the vitality of the culture, language and identity of diverse Alberta communities over time? (I, CC, LPP, TCC)

Preserving Alberta's Heritage (CC)

Alberta's Ultimate Hot Spot (CC)

Contributing to Alberta's Development (CC)

Celebrating Alberta's Achievements (CC)

4.3.3.8
How does living in a particular community, region or province help shape individual and collective identity? (CC, I, LPP)

The Good Old Days (CC)

Evolving Communities (CC)

Alberta's Ultimate Hot Spot (CC)

Recording the Changes (CC)

Celebrating Alberta's Achievements (CC)

4.3.4.1
How do recreational sites and activities reflect Alberta's heritage and strengthen communities (e.g., festivals, fairs, celebrations, rodeos)? (C, CC, I, ER)

Preserving Alberta's Heritage (CC)

Alberta's Ultimate Hot Spot (CC)

4.3.4.2
How do physical geography and climate affect seasonal activities throughout Alberta? (ER, LPP)

Travelling the Province (CC)

Alberta's Ultimate Hot Spot (CC)

4.3.4.3
To what extent do recreation and tourism foster appreciation of Alberta's natural regions and environment? (ER, LPP)

Preserving Alberta's Heritage (CC)

Alberta's Ultimate Hot Spot (CC)

4.3.4.4
In what ways do interests concerning tourism and the natural environment conflict? (ER, LPP)

Preserving Alberta's Heritage (CC)

Alberta's Ultimate Hot Spot (CC)

4.S.1.1
Students will evaluate significant local and current affairs, distinguishing between fact and opinion.

Preserving Our Natural Areas (CC)

Contributing to Alberta's Development (CC)

4.S.1.2
Students will evaluate, critically, ideas, information and positions from multiple perspectives.

Appreciating the Legacies (CC)

A Pageant of Alberta's Past (CC)

Recording the Changes (CC)

Celebrating Alberta's Achievements (CC)

4.S.1.3
Students will re-evaluate opinions to broaden understanding of a topic or an issue.

Alberta's Fossil Heritage (CC)

Preserving Our Natural Areas (CC)

The Stories Pictures Tell (CC)

Artifact Stories (CC)

A Pageant of Alberta's Past (CC)

Recording the Changes (CC)

4.S.1.4
Students will generate original ideas and strategies in individual and group activities

Where in Alberta? (CC)

The Stories Pictures Tell (CC)

Artifact Stories (CC)

4.S.1.5
Students will seek responses to inquiries from various authorities through electronic media

Preserving Alberta's Heritage (CC)

Alberta's Ultimate Hot Spot (CC)

4.S.2.1
Students will use photographs and interviews to make meaning of historical information
 

Where in Alberta? (CC)

The Stories Pictures Tell (CC)

Artifact Stories (CC)

The Story behind the Name (CC)

Alberta Joins Confederation (CC)

The Good Old Days (CC)

Evolving Communities (CC)

Preserving Alberta's Heritage (CC)

4.S.2.2
Students will use historical and community resources to understand and organize the sequence of local historical events

The Story behind the Name (CC)

A Pageant of Alberta's Past (CC)

Evolving Communities (CC)

Preserving Alberta's Heritage (CC)

Recording the Changes (CC)

4.S.2.3
Students will explain the historical context of key events of a given time period

The Stories Pictures Tell (CC)

A Pageant of Alberta's Past (CC)

Evolving Communities (CC)

Recording the Changes (CC)

Celebrating Alberta's Achievements (CC)

4.S.3.1
Students will use the scale on maps of Alberta to determine the distance between places

The Story within the Map (CC)

Travelling the Province (CC)

Artifact Stories (CC)

Alberta's Ultimate Hot Spot (CC)

4.S.3.2
Students will construct graphs, tables, charts and maps to interpret information

The Story within the Map (CC)

Travelling the Province (CC)

4.S.3.3
Students will use historical maps to make meaning of historical events and issues

Alberta Joins Confederation (CC)

4.S.3.4
Students will use cardinal and intermediate directions to locate places on maps and globes

The Story within the Map (CC)

Travelling the Province (CC)

Alberta's Ultimate Hot Spot (CC)

4.S.3.5
Students will identify the location of sources of non-renewable resources (e.g., fossil fuels, minerals)

The Story within the Map (CC)

Our Most Important Resources (CC)

Travelling the Province (CC)

Alberta's Ultimate Hot Spot (CC)

4.S.4.1
Students will contribute and apply new ideas and strategies, supported with facts and reasons, to decision making and problem solving

Alberta's Fossil Heritage (CC)

Celebrating Alberta's Achievements (CC)

4.S.4.2
Students will identify situations where a decision needs to be made and a problem requires attention

Travelling the Province (CC)

4.S.4.3
Students will select and use technology to assist in problem solving

The Good Old Days (CC)

4.S.4.4
Students will use data gathered from a variety of electronic sources to address identified problems

Alberta's Ultimate Hot Spot (CC)

4.S.4.5
Students will solve problems requiring the sorting, organizing, classifying and extending of data, using such tools as calculators, spreadsheets, databases or hypertext technology

The Good Old Days (CC)

4.S.4.6
Students will use graphic organizers, such as mind mapping/webbing, flowcharting and outlining, to present connections among ideas and information in a problem-solving environment

The Good Old Days (CC)

Celebrating Alberta's Achievements (CC)

4.S.5.1
Students will demonstrate an awareness of the skills required for compromise and consensus building

Renaming Alberta's Natural Regions (CC)

Travelling the Province (CC)

Alberta's Ultimate Hot Spot (CC)

4.S.5.2
Students will demonstrate the ability to deal constructively with diversity and disagreement

The Stories Pictures Tell (CC)

Alberta Joins Confederation (CC)

4.S.5.3
Students will consider the needs and points of view of others

The Stories Pictures Tell (CC)

Celebrating Alberta's Achievements (CC)

4.S.5.4
Students will work collaboratively with others to complete a group task

Learning from Aboriginal Stories (CC)

Where in Alberta? (CC)

The Stories Pictures Tell (CC)l

The Story behind the Name (CC)

Celebrating Alberta's Achievements (CC)

4.S.5.5
Students will share information collected from electronic sources to add to a group task

The Story behind the Name (CC)

Celebrating Alberta's Achievements (CC)

4.S.6.1
Students will initiate projects that meet the particular needs of expectations of their school or community

  Recording the Changes (CC)

4.S.7.1
Students will develop the skills of skimming and scanning to gather relevant information

Renaming Alberta's Natural Regions (CC)

Alberta's Fossil Heritage (CC)

A Pageant of Alberta's Past (CC)

Alberta Joins Confederation (CC)

4.S.7.2
Students will organize and synthesize information gathered from a variety of sources

Renaming Alberta's Natural Regions (CC)

Our Most Important Resources (CC)

Alberta's Fossil Heritage (CC)

Travelling the Province (CC)

The Story behind the Name (CC)

A Pageant of Alberta's Past (CC)

Alberta Joins Confederation (CC)

Preserving Alberta's Heritage (CC)

Recording the Changes (CC)

Celebrating Alberta's Achievements (CC)

4.S.7.3
Students will use graphic organizers, such as webbing or Venn diagrams, to make meaning of information

Renaming Alberta's Natural Regions (CC)

Our Most Important Resources (CC)

Alberta's Fossil Heritage (CC)

The Story behind the Name (CC)

Celebrating Alberta's Achievements (CC)

4.S.7.4
Students will draw and support conclusions, based on information gathered, to answer a research question

Renaming Alberta's Natural Regions (CC)

Our Most Important Resources (CC)

Alberta's Fossil Heritage (CC)

Stories of Alberta's Past (CC)

The Stories Pictures Tell (CC)

Artifact Stories (CC)

The Story behind the Name (CC)

A Pageant of Alberta's Past (CC)

Alberta Joins Confederation (CC)

Contributing to Alberta's Development (CC)

Recording the Changes (CC)

Celebrating Alberta's Achievements (CC)

4.S.7.5
Students will formulate new questions as research progresses

A Pageant of Alberta's Past (CC)

4.S.7.6
Students will cite references as part of research

The Story behind the Name (CC)

A Pageant of Alberta's Past (CC)

Preserving Alberta's Heritage (CC)

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)

Renaming Alberta's Natural Regions (CC)

Preserving Our Natural Areas (CC)

The Stories Pictures Tell (CC)

The Story behind the Name (CC)

Preserving Alberta's Heritage (CC)

Alberta's Ultimate Hot Spot (CC)

Celebrating Alberta's Achievements (CC)

4.S.7.8
Students will navigate within a document, compact disc or software application that contains links

Preserving Alberta's Heritage (CC)

Alberta's Ultimate Hot Spot (CC)

4.S.7.9
Students will organize information gathered from the Internet or an electronic source by selecting and recording the data in logical files or categories

Alberta's Ultimate Hot Spot (CC)

Celebrating Alberta's Achievements (CC)

4.S.7.10
Students will organize information by using tools such as databases, spreadsheets or electronic webbing

Celebrating Alberta's Achievements (CC)

4.S.8.1
Students will organize and present information, taking particular audiences and purposes into consideration

Preserving Our Natural Areas (CC)

Learning from Aboriginal Stories (CC)

Artifact Stories (CC)

A Pageant of Alberta's Past (CC)t

Alberta Joins Confederation (CC)

Alberta's Ultimate Hot Spot (CC)

Celebrating Alberta's Achievements (CC)

4.S.8.2
Students will respond appropriately to comments and questions, using language respectful of human diversity

Learning from Aboriginal Stories (CC)

The Stories Pictures Tell (CC)

4.S.8.3
Students will listen to others in order to understand their perspectives

Alberta's Fossil Heritage (CC)

Learning from Aboriginal Stories (CC)

The Stories Pictures Tell (CC)

Recording the Changes (CC)

4.S.8.4
Students will create visual images for particular audiences and purposes

Preserving Our Natural Areas (CC)

Celebrating Alberta's Achievements (CC)

4.S.8.5
Students will use selected presentation tools to demonstrate connections among various pieces of information

Alberta's Ultimate Hot Spot (CC)

Celebrating Alberta's Achievements (CC)

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

Preserving Our Natural Areas (CC)

A Pageant of Alberta's Past (CC)

Alberta's Ultimate Hot Spot (CC)

Celebrating Alberta's Achievements (CC)

4.S.9.1
Students will compare information on the same issue or topic from print media, television, photographs and the Internet

Renaming Alberta's Natural Regions (CC)

Preserving Alberta's Heritage (CC)

4.S.9.2
Students will examine diverse perspectives regarding an issue presented in the media

Preserving Our Natural Areas (CC)

4.S.9.3
Students will identify and distinguish points of view expressed in electronic sources on a particular topic

Preserving Our Natural Areas (CC)