Resources
Walking Together - Education for Reconciliation
The Alberta Teachers’ Association
Spring Field Trip
1846 Fort
Grades 4 & Up
This program offers learners an Indigenous perspective on treaties in Canada and a chance to explore what “We Are All Treaty People” means to them. From their encounters with text, photographs, music, and language, learners will gain a deeper appreciation for what Treaty means for all who live in Treaty Territory.
*Please note, topics of residential schools and their continued impact will be discussed in this program.
Curriculum Links
7.1
- 7.1.4 assess, critically, the economic competition related to the control of the North American fur trade by exploring and reflecting upon the following questions and issues:
- How did the First Nations, French, British and Métis peoples interact with each other as participants in the fur trade? (TCC, ER, LPP)
- How did the fur trade contribute to the foundations of the economy in North America? (ER, LPP, TCC)
7.1
- 7.2.5 evaluate the impact of Confederation and of subsequent immigration on Canada from 1867 to the First World War by exploring and reflecting upon the following questions and issues:
- What were the underlying reasons for the negotiation of the numbered treaties? (C, I, LPP, TCC)