Rescue at Fort Edmonton Novel Study Guide  (below) 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

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.

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