âWalk through 150 years of Edmonton's past and explore the fur trade, settlement and municipal eras. Students will lea
Time Traveler Tour Program Info alk through 150 years of Edmonton’s past and explore the fur trade, settlement and W municipal eras. Students will learn about the history of the community: its lifestyle, technology and culture. Examine artifacts and explore the businesses that kept Edmonton bustling. This walking tour can accommodate other curriculum links and tie to larger themes. Suggestions include cultural traditions, celebrations and identity.
Program Objective The Time Traveller Tour program provides students with an opportunity to explore the wide world of Edmonton’s past. The main focus of the tour is social history, but the economic and political circumstances throughout Edmonton’s history can be touched on as well. Family life, community, and cultural contact are all dealt with as threads in the unique fabric of Edmonton’s society.
Program Curriculum Links Grade 2 2.1 Canada’s Dynamic Communities 2.2 A Community in the Past
Grade 4 4.1 Alberta: A Sense of the Land 4.1.4 analyze how Albertans interact with their environment by exploring and reflecting upon the following questions and issues: In what ways do the physical geography and natural resources of a region determine the establishment of communities? ● How can ownership of a discovered artifact be determined? ●
4.2 The Stories, Histories and Peoples of Alberta 4.3 Alberta: Celebrations and Challenges Grade 5 5.1.3 analyze how people in Canada interact with the environment by exploring and reflecting upon the following questions and issues: 5.2 Histories and Stories of Ways of Life in Canada 5.3 Canada: Shaping an Identity Grade 6 6.1 Citizens Participating in Decision Making Grade 7 7.1 Toward Confederation 7.2 Following Confederation: Canadian Expansions
