Through artifacts, hands-on exploration, and storytelling, Guy Weadick’s vision of celebrating the old West will come to life. Together in this hands-on field trip, we’ll uncover how the Stampede brings Calgarians together, forming bonds, a sense of belonging, and cherished memories.
English Language Arts & Literature:
What messages are conveyed through ideas and information?
Students investigate meaning communicated in texts.
Responses to messages include discussions.
Connections can be made between ideas in texts and background knowledge.
Students share personal connections to ideas or information.
Social Studies: Belonging and Connecting
Students will value groups and communities to which they belong.
Students will examine how they belong and are connected to their world.
Students will appreciate how stories/events of the past connect to the present.
Students will analyze how their families and communities in the present are influenced by events or people of the past.
Alberta Education. (2005). Social studies kindergarten to grade 12 (K-6 inclusive) [Program of studies]. https://education.alberta.ca/media/3273004/social-studies-k-6-pos.pdf
Alberta Education. (2023). English Language Arts and Literature (K-6) [curriculum]. https://curriculum.learnalberta.ca/curriculum/en/s/laneng Alberta Education. (2023). Science (K-6) [curriculum]. https://curriculum.learnalberta.ca/curriculum/en/s/sci