Rita Feutl

Rescue at Fort Edmonton Novel Study Guide  (pdf below) is a free, downloadable resource that combines language arts exercises with social studies activities to bring portions of Alberta's history to life.

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• On Alberta Education’s Grade 4 Social Studies authorized reading list, (page 21)

 

Historical background includes:

• Emily Murphy and the Famous Five

• Wop May and his fight with the Red Baron

• The 1929 Mercy Flight into northern Alberta

• 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.​