Year at a Glance Voices of Alberta Grade 4 Atlas pg.

300 - 318
This section is best used to complement the various chapters in the text.
CHAPTER
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What is a Map? Pg. 300
123Alberta: Major Communities pg. 303
1Alberta: Physical Map pg. 305
12Alberta: Climate Maps pg. 307
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Alberta Major Tourist Attractions. Pg. 308

Alberta: National and Provincial Parks. Pg. 309

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Alberta: Historic Sites and Museums. Pg. 310

Alberta Facts and Figures. Pg. 311

Alberta Symbols. Pg. 312

Canada: Historical Maps. Pg. 314

Canada. Pg. 316

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The World. Pg. 318

SKILL POWER
Pg. 301
Reading a Map
Pg. 302
Using Scale to Measure a Map

Pg. 304
Reading a Physical Map
Pg. 306
Reading Climate Maps and Graphs

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CHAPTER 1:
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Teaching Plan 2

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Teaching Plan 3

Getting started/pg. 1-13

12345Exploring the land/pg. 16-18
12345What Does Alberta Look Like? Pg. 18-29
12345678What are Albertas Natural Regions? Pg. 30-36
1234How Does Climate Affect Quality of Life?
Pg.37-43
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POWER

ASSESSMENT

Total # of weeks: 13*

G-6

Pg. 13
Locating
Places on a
Map

G-1

Pg. 36
Exploring
Points of View

1-1

1-1, IJP-6, IJP-9

1-2, 1-3, G-1,

G-2

1-4, G-3, G-4

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Teaching Plan 1

Teacher Plan 2

Teacher Plan 3
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CHAPTER 3:
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Teacher Plan 1

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Page 44
1234Albertas Fossil Heritage pg. 46-47
12What Do Fossils Tell About Alberta? Pg. 48-53
123How Did Alberta Become Known For Fossils?
Pg. 54-61
123What Are Fossil Fuels? Pg. 62-63
12Pg. 64
12Natural resources in Your Life. Pg. 66-67
1Why was the Leduc Discovery Discovery
Important? Pg. 68-77
123Why Is Agriculture Important? Pg. 78-83
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1-4

G-6
IJP-6, IJP-7,
IJP-9, 2-1, 2-2

Pg. 51I
NTERNET
SEARCH

2-3

2-4
G-6
3-1

G-1

3-1

Pg. 83
Concept
Mapping

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11/12

Teacher Plan 4

12/13

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REVIEW

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NUMBER OF LESSONS
Albertas Forests. Pg 84-87
123How Do Communities Form? Pg. 88-91
1234Pg. 92
123Pg. 94-95
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Teacher Plan 1

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Teacher Plan 2

Teacher Plan 3

Living with the Land pg. 96-97

1Who Were Albertas First Peoples? Pg. 98-99
12How Did Land Shape Ways of Life? Pg. 100-110
1234567How Do We Know About the First Peoples?
Pg.111-119
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ASSESSMENT

3-2, G-5

3-3

3-2, 3-3

Year at a Glance Voices of Alberta Grade 4,Unit 2, chapter 4-7

1

SKILL
POWER

Total # of weeks: 12*

G-6
4-1, G-3

G-5 or G-6

4-2, 4-3, IJP-14

Pg. 117
Organizing
Information

4-1

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Teacher Plan 2

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Teacher Plan 4

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NUMBER OF LESSONS
Pg. 120
123New Roots for Alberta. Pg. 122-123
1What Drew People to Alberta? Pg. 124-127
12How Did the Fur Trade Change Alberta?
Pg. 127-133
12How Did Albertas Metis Roots Begin?
Pg. 134-140
123How did Francophone Communities Grow?
Pg. 141-149
12Pg. 150-151
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Teacher Plan 1

Preparing for New Settlers. Pg. 152-153

1How Did Albertas British Roots Grow?
Pg. 154-161
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ASSESSMENT
4-2, 4-3, 4-4

IJP-9, G-6
5-1, 5-2
Pg. 133
Exploring
Historical
Maps
G-3

5-1

G-2

G-2, IJP-19

5-2, 5-3

Year at a Glance Voices of Alberta Grade 4, Unit 2 chapter 6-7

7

SKILL
POWER

Total # of weeks: 12*

IJP-11

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Teacher Plan 3

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9

CHAPTER 7:
Set Up
Teacher Plan 1

10

Teacher Plan 2

10/11

Teacher Plan 3

11

Set Your Skills in

Motion

11/12

Looking Back
Chapter 4-7

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NUMBER OF LESSONS
How Did Life Change for the First Nations?
Pg.162-166
123How Was the Railway Built? Pg. 170-175
123Pg. 176
12More Settlers Arrive. Pg. 178-179
1Who Were the Settlers? Pg. 180-187
1234How Was the Land Changed? Pg. 188-197
123How Did Communities Grow? Pg. 198-201
1234Pg. 202-203
12Pg. 204-205
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6-1, 6-2, IJP-8,
G-7

SKILL
POWER

ASSESSMENT

Pg. 161
Working with
Graphs

6-3, 6-4

G-1

Pg. 182
Analyzing
Advertisement
s

7-1

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Year at a Glance Voices of Alberta Grade 4, Unit 3 chapter 8-10

1

CHAPTER 8

1/2

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Teacher Plan 1

Teacher Plan 2

Teacher Plan 3

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CHAPTER 9
Set Up

Becoming a Province. Pg. 206-207

1How Did Alberta Become a Province?
Pg. 208-215
123456789How Did Alberta Begin to Change? Pg. 216-224
12345How Did Alberta Become More Diverse?
Pg. 225-233
12345Pg. 234-235
1Preserving the Land. Pg. 236-237
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SKILL
POWER

ASSESSMENT

Total # of weeks: 12*

G-6
8-1

8-2, G-3, IJP-14

Pg. 218
Fact and
Opinion

8-1

8-3

8-2, 8-3
G-6

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Teacher Plan 1

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NUMBER OF LESSONS
Why do We Need to Protect the Land?
Pg.238-243
123What do Our National Parks Preserve?
Pg. 244-251
123What do Our Provincial Parks Preserve?
Pg. 252-254
12How Can We Preserve Our Parks?
Pg. 256-259
123Pg. 260-261
12Celebrate Our Past, Build Our Future.
Pg. 262-263
1What Makes Albertas People so Diverse?
Pg. 264-269
123How do We Celebrate the Past? Pg. 270-277
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9-1, 9-2

9-3, 9-4

9-5, 9-6

9-7, 9-8, G-5,

G-7

Pg. 259
Communicating
Information

9-1

9-2, 9-3, 9-4

G-6, 10-1

G-2

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10/11

Looking Back

11

Wrapping Up

11/12

Teacher Plan 1

12

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Putting it all
Together

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NUMBER OF LESSONS
How Can We Build for the Future? Pg. 278-283
1234Pg. 284-285
123Chapter 8-10 Pg. 286-287
123Wrapping Up Pg. 288-289
12Alberta: People, Places, and Possibilities.
Pg. 290-295
123Pg. 296-297
123Pg. 298
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10-2, G-8

10-2, 10-3

SKILL
POWER
Pg. 283
Solving a
Problem

ASSESSMENT
10-1

10-4

Project Inquiry

WU-1, WU-2

WU-3

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