The Infusion of Technology into Alberta's New Social Studies Program of Studies

Grade 1

Grade 2/3

Grade 4/5

Grade 7/8

Grade 10

 

 
         
 In 2005- 2007 a cohort of Alberta teachers met together in Calgary to develop a series of best practices that integrated technology into Alberta's new Social Studies Program of Studies. The results from those work sessions are found below:

    Infusion Teachers Reflect

 

GRADE 1-3

  Uncovering the Stories of Our Community Landmarks (Gr.1)
 

  Family: Surveying the Generations (Gr.1)

 

Uncovering the Stories of Our Community Landmarks (Gr.1)
 

Family: Past Memories and Present Stories (Gr. 1)
 

Communities in Canada (Gr.2)

 

Interpreting the Past, Connecting to the Present (Gr.2)

 

Changes Over Time (Gr.2)

 

Shaping a Community's Identity: Acadian, Inuit, Prairie WebQuest (Gr.2)

 

Occupations in Canadian Communities (Gr.2)

 

Natural Resources in Canadian Communities(Gr.2)

 

Occupations in Canadian Communities (Gr.2)

 

Natural Resources in Canadian Communities(Gr.2)

 

A Community in the Past: How Did My Community Start? (Gr.2)

 

  Goods and Services in Our Community  (Gr.2) 

Goods and Services Jeopardy Game (Gr.2) 

Connecting the World (Gr.3)

 

Which Way is North? (Gr.3)

 

We Are All Connected (Gr.3) 
 

  In Search of Cinderella (Gr.3)

 

Investigating Rights and Responsibilities (Gr.3)


 

GRADE 4, 5 &7

 Discovering an Alberta Treasure (Gr. 4)
 

 Alberta's Geography (Gr.4) 

 

 Your Story, My Story, Their Story (Gr.4)    Unit Rubrics
    The Times They Are A-Changin! (Gr.4)    

Project Rubrics
   

 

  

Stories From Alberta's Past (Gr. 4)
It Happened on a Cool October Day       (Gr. 5)

 

Monthly Current Events Voice Thread  (Gr. 5)

 

Stories of Early Canada Through PowerPoint  (Gr. 5)

 
    A Tale of Perseverance: Chinese Immigration  (Gr. 7)
  Exploring Different Perspectives of Pre-Colonial Social and Economic Structures and Their Effects on Gender Roles (Gr.7) Project Rubric

 
  Social and Economic Structures Within the Societies of Aboriginal, French and British Peoples in Pre-Confederation Canada  (Gr. 7)

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Louis Riel: Hero or Traitor?  (Gr. 7)

  Change and Its Impact: Canada Since 1918 (Gr. 7)

Conflict At Red Deer: A Change in Viewpoints (Gr. 7)

  Encouraging Immigration (Gr.7)    

Sample Assignment  #1 

        Sample Assignment #2     

Ethnic Origins PowerPoint
 

 

 

 

  The Great Deportation of the Acadians  (Gr.7)

  Canada Calling: A Look at Immigration    (Gr. 7)

GRADE 8&10
 

 Aztec Worldview in Pictures  (Gr.8)

 

Renaissance Europe Through Voice Threads! 

Voice Thread Rubric

 

Examining Worldview Through Digital Storytelling (Gr.8)  

Assignment Rubric

  Current Events Project (Gr.8) 

Assignment Rubric  

Current Events Worksheet

  Podcast with the teachers

 

 
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