"When Alberta kids can connect history to where they live now, I believe it gives them a sense of place."


Rescue at Fort Edmonton Novel Study Guide is a free, downloadable resource that combines language arts exercises with social studies activities to bring portions of Alberta's history to life.
  • on Alberta Education’s Grade 4 Social Studies authorized reading list
Historical background includes:
  • Emily Murphy and the Famous Five
  • Wop May and his fight with the
    Red Baron
  • the Mercy Flight of 1929
  • Chief Factor John Rowand
  • Rowand's marriage to Metis woman Louise Umfrieville
  • the Temperance Movement
  • Food storage in the 1800s
This information is reinforced with then-and- now activities, crossword puzzles, character trees and more.

To complete the learning experience, Rita offers A Novel Tour Through Alberta History presentation.