Parkland Region

Day I: Agenda
Where is the Parkland Region? Group Activity-Pen Pal Letters Present Climate, Bodies of Water & Landforms from your letter Closure

Where is it?

Major Cities

Pen Pal Letters

Choose one member of your group to be the reader of the letter

Choose a different member of your group to be the presenter

Read through the letter, and pay close attention to any landforms, climate or bodies of water that are mentioned Once you are finished reading the letter, fill in the hand out with any landforms, climate or bodies of water that were mentioned in your letter You have 10 minutes to complete this activity!

Presenting
Order: Group I, Group II, Group III

Have your presenter tell the rest of the class about the climate, bodies of water and landforms that you read about in your letter
While other groups are presenting, fill in your hand out as there will be information from the other groups letters that were not in your own

Name: ___________________ Date:___________________ Bodies of Water Climate Landforms

Napi and the Rock

One day, Napi was out walking. He was very tired, so he rested on a big rock. He gave his robe to the rock as a gift. It got cold, so he took his robe back. The rock got angry and chased Napi all over the place. Napi asked some nightingales for help and they dive-bombed the rock with their droppings until it broke apart.

What Did We Learn?

Filled in all the information from each group Feel like you know the climate, bodies of water and landforms very well

Filled in some of the information from each group Feel like you sort of know the climate, bodies of water and land forms

Filled in almost none of the information from each group Feel like you do not know the climate, bodies of water or land forms

Day II: Agenda

Review from last day
Vegetation Animal Life-SMARTboard Activity

Edmonton (Capital City)-Newspapers

Name: ___________________ Date:___________________ Bodies of Water Climate Landforms

Vegetation
In its natural state, the Parkland was covered with woodlands and areas with grass and shrubs Aspen trees This has changed because a lot of the land is now used for agriculture -Growing grain -Raising animals

Green and Gold

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5R0Q_I7dPc

Name: ___________________ Date:___________________ PARKLAND REGION Vegetation Animal Life

What key events attracted people to Edmonton?

Edmonton

What is the name of the protected wetland in the Parkland region?

The ____________________________ Observatory is located in the Parkland region to count birds in the spring.

Animal Life
SMARTboard Activity

Name: ___________________ Date:___________________ PARKLAND REGION Vegetation Animal Life

What key events attracted people to Edmonton?

Edmonton

What is the name of the protected wetland in the Parkland region?

The ____________________________ Observatory is located in the Parkland region to count birds in the spring.

Edmonton-Our Capital City!

Newspaper Headlines
The TITLE/Headline of a newspaper article is one of the most important parts...it makes us want to read the article! What makes a good Newspaper Headline?

Create a Newspaper Headline

I will be dividing you into 6 groups Each group will be given a newspaper article to read. The article talks about an event in our history that attracted people to Edmonton. In your groups, read the article and then brainstorm possible headlines for the newspaper article *Remember the elements we talked about that make a good newspaper headline* Do not write the headline on the article until you have reached a decision as a group. You have 10 minutes to do this!

Time to Share!
Choose one member from your group to read the headline of your news article, and the news article

Name: ___________________ Date:___________________ PARKLAND REGION Vegetation Animal Life

What key events attracted people to Edmonton?

Edmonton

What is the name of the protected wetland in the Parkland region?

The ____________________________ Observatory is located in the Parkland region to count birds in the spring.

Exit Slip
What is ONE new or interesting thing you learned from todays lesson?

Day III: Agenda

Review from last day Natural Resourceshow do they create industries? Communitieshow do we celebrate Albertas heritage? An Albertan Hero

Name: ___________________ Date:___________________ PARKLAND REGION Vegetation Animal Life

What key events attracted people to Edmonton?

Edmonton

What is the name of the protected wetland in the Parkland region?

The ____________________________ Observatory is located in the Parkland region to count birds in the spring.

Natural Resources
Industries created by businesses that gather natural resources to use goods Grain, livestock Crude Oil

Name: ___________________ Date:___________________ PARKLAND REGION Natural Resources Industries from Natural Resources The 3 forms of Agriculture: 1. 2. 3. Oil & Gas Industry Process Exploring Drilling Extracting Transporting Processing Store & Sell Jobs Created The Parkland region has the __________ population in Alberta. Communities The Parkland community has a very large ______________________ community.

One provincial Francophone celebration is ________________________________ Hundreds of thousands of people attend The _______________________in Edmonton to celebrate Albertas heritage. Why is it important to celebrate the heritage of people in Alberta?

Agriculture
What kinds of farming can you think of?

In the Parkland region

Growing crops

Raising farm animals -Cattle Mixed Farming

Name: ___________________ Date:___________________ PARKLAND REGION Natural Resources Industries from Natural Resources The 3 forms of Agriculture: 1. 2. 3. Oil & Gas Industry Process Exploring Drilling Extracting Transporting Processing Store & Sell Jobs Created The Parkland region has the __________ population in Alberta. Communities The Parkland community has a very large ______________________ community.

One provincial Francophone celebration is ________________________________ Hundreds of thousands of people attend The _______________________in Edmonton to celebrate Albertas heritage. Why is it important to celebrate the heritage of people in Alberta?

Oil & Gas Industry

Crude Oil Gasoline Large flare stacks releases gas into the air. There are laws say what can/cannot be released into the air or water

Oil & Gas Industry

Exploringgeologists

Drillingriggers, pipe fitters, welders

Extractingmechanics

Transportingdrivers

Processing (making products)engineers, process workers

Storing and Sellingoffice staff

Explore Drilling

Extract
Transport Process Sort & Sell

Name: ___________________ Date:___________________ PARKLAND REGION Natural Resources Industries from Natural Resources The 3 forms of Agriculture: 1. 2. 3. Oil & Gas Industry Process Exploring Drilling Extracting Transporting Processing Store & Sell Jobs Created The Parkland region has the __________ population in Alberta. Communities The Parkland community has a very large ______________________ community.

One provincial Francophone celebration is ________________________________ Hundreds of thousands of people attend The _______________________in Edmonton to celebrate Albertas heritage. Why is it important to celebrate the heritage of people in Alberta?

Forming Communities
Parkland region has largest population in Alberta

Francophone people started over 30 communities

Communities
Large Francophone community in the Parkland region Vegrevillestrong Ukranian culture

Alberta and Canada are multi-cultural. There are many different heritages

Francophone Celebrations
La Fte franco-albertaine -People get to meet family and friends and have fun -Music, entertainment and activities for children

Heritage Festival
Special Event Held in Edmonton every August Various cultures have a display

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tIa8oVGXBI&feature=fvwrel

Name: ___________________ Date:___________________ PARKLAND REGION Natural Resources Industries from Natural Resources The 3 forms of Agriculture: 1. 2. 3. Oil & Gas Industry Process Exploring Drilling Extracting Transporting Processing Store & Sell Jobs Created One provincial Francophone celebration is ________________________________ Hundreds of thousands of people attend The _______________________in Edmonton to celebrate Albertas heritage. Why is it important to celebrate the heritage of people in Alberta? The Parkland region has the __________ population in Alberta. Communities The Parkland community has a very large ______________________ community.

Born to hand jive!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY8DP2Onwgs

An Albertan Hero

PG. 95

Wonder Wall
What ways do you think you could make a difference in our school or our community?