A four-topic, approximately 60-day Social Studies learning path aligned with the Alberta Grade 4 Social Studies Program of Studies and the Calgary Board of Education’s emphasis on inquiry, diverse perspectives, citizenship, place-based learning, and connections to local communities. Students investigate Alberta’s geography, Indigenous histories and perspectives, cultural development, democratic institutions, symbols, quality of life, and future challenges.
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Over approximately 15 days, students investigate Alberta’s physical geography and the relationship between land and human settlement. They identify and compare Alberta’s major landform and natural regions, including the Rocky Mountains, foothills, parkland, prairie, boreal forest, and Canadian Shield areas. Students examine climate, waterways, vegetation, wildlife, and natural resources, then consider how geography affects where people live, work, travel, and build communities. Inquiry activities emphasize map skills, spatial thinking, interpreting geographic information, and evaluating how resource use affects quality of life and the environment. Students also begin to recognize that land has different meanings and significance for different communities, including First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples.
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