Social Studies Grades K-6

Place names carry stories, history, culture and values. Learn about the history of some of central Alberta's place. You can see the work of students as they explore how places and people got their names.

This digital image collection includes photographs picturing elements of physical geography, climate, geology and paleontology that are integral to the landscapes and environment of Alberta.

You can use the orange arrows to move the slide show or let the images change on their own. After the slide show, test your understanding of fossil fuels.

You can use the orange arrows to move the slide show of fossils and paleontology digs or let the images change on their own. Try out the test about fossils as well.

First, you can check out this slide show of landforms. Once you've got all the best info, try out the test and the karaoke.

The orange arrows will move the slide show or you can let the images change on their own. After the slide show, test your understanding of natural resources.

From Learn Alberta, click on various regions of the map and hotspots to learn all about the flora and fauna of the physical regions of Alberta.

In The Amazing Race, students explore agriculture and its strong connection to, and dependence on, the land, natural resources and population centres of geographic regions across Canada and Alberta.

Scroll through the timeline; explore key developments in Alberta's history, from 1754 - 2017.

Watch this brief vignette about Edmonton's very successful women's basketball team, The Edmonton Grads. This is the classic black and white Heritage Minute video.

This famous group of female basketball players were the most successful team in Canadian sports history. This is an updated version of a classic Heritage Minute.

Letters From the Trunk is a completely interactive web site that takes you through a virtual train station located in Western Canada. The station contains historical letters, maps, posters and images that are brought to life in a multimedia rich environment.

Examine hundreds of artifacts, historic photographs, documents and maps from the Glenbow Museum that help tell Alberta's story.

This interactive explores "the role of the buffalo in the lives of the American Indians". How do the stories from a buffalo hide painting and activity about First Nations use of the buffalo relate to our Alberta history?

This is a great Canadian site that has virtual interactive tours of eleven different types of farm (some of them are in Alberta). "Take a look inside the barns and through the fields to learn about the lives of the animals who live there and the farmers who work with them." (site)

This map allows you to choose several options for map background: natural regions, river systems, Treaty areas or Métis Nation of Alberta Regions. Then, you can choose the overlay of cities, highways, First Nations, Métis settlements or other places of FNMI significance.