Looking to visit the Park with your class during our General Admission Season?
You now have the option to book field trips at the Park from May 22 to June 20, 2025 (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday) when Fort Edmonton Park is OPEN to the General Public.
Bring history to life for your students with a guided field trip at Fort Edmonton Park.
From the fur trade and pioneer eras to early Edmonton communities and children’s daily lives, our programs offer meaningful ways for students to connect with the stories, cultures, and people who shaped this place.
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Traplines and Traders
Grade 4 & up
Social Studies
4.1 Alberta: A Sense of the Land
4.1.1 Value Alberta's Physical Geography and Natural Environment
Appreciate how Land sustaining community and quality of life
Demonstrate care and concern for environment through their choices and actions
Appreciate the environmental significance of national and provincial parks and protected areas in Alberta
4.2 The Stories, Histories and People of Alberta
4.2.1 Appreciate how an understanding of Alberta's history, peoples and stories contributes to their own sense of belonging and identity
Recognize how stories of people and events provide multiple perspectives on past and present events
Recognize oral traditions, narratives, and stories as valid sources of knowledge about the land, culture and history
Demonstrate respect for places and objects of historical significance
4.2.2 Assess, Critically, how the cultural and Linguistic heritage and diversity of Alberta has evolved over time
Which First Nations originally inhabited the different areas of the province??
What do the stories of Aboriginal peoples tell us about their beliefs regarding the relationship between people and the land?
4.S Skills and Processes
4.S.3 Develop Skills of Geographic Thinking
Use historical maps to make meaning of historical events and issues
5.1 Physical Geography of Canada
5.1.1 Value Canada's Physical Geography and Natural Environment
Appreciate how the land sustains communities and the diverse ways that people have of living with the land
Appreciate the influence of the natural environment on the growth and development of Canada
5.1.3 Analyze how people in Canada interact with the environment
In what ways do natural resources and the physical geography of a region determine the establishment of communities
How are natural resources used, exchanged and conserved in Canada
5.2 Histories and Stories of Ways of Life in Canada
5.2.1 Appreciate the complexity of identity in the Canadian context
Recognize how an understanding of Canadian history and the stories of its people contributes to their sense of identity
Acknowledge oral traditions, narratives, and stories as valid sources of knowledge about the land and diverse Aboriginal cultures and histories
Acknowledge British influence and presence in Canada
5.2.2 Examine, critically, the ways of life of Indigenous peoples in Canada
What do the stories of First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples tell us about their beliefs regarding the relationship between people and the land?
5.2.4 Examine, critically, ways of life of the Fur Traders
How are the stories of the Métis people, their culture and heritage rooted in the fur trade?
How do stories about ways of life in fur trade forts reflect the British influence in Canada?
What were the main languages spoken by fur traders and their families in the fur trade forts?
6.S Skills and Processes
6.S.3 Develop Skills of Geographic Thinking
Construct and interpret various types of maps to broaden understanding of topics being studied
7.1 Toward Confederation
7.1.1 Appreciate the influence of diverse Indigenous, French, and British peoples on events leading to Confederation
7.1.2 Appreciate the challenges of coexistence among peoples
7.1.3 Compare and contrast diverse social and economic structures within the societies of Aboriginal, French, and British peoples in pre-Confederation Canada
What were the social and economic actors of European imperialism?
In what ways did European imperialism impact the social and economic structures of Aboriginal societies?
7.1.4 Assess, critically, the economic competition related to the control of the North American fur trade
How did the First Nations, French, British, and Métis peoples interact with each other as participants in the fur trade?
How did the fur trade contribute to the foundations of the economy in North
Life in 1846 Beaver Hills House
Grade 4 & up
Social Studies
4.1 Alberta: A Sense of the Land
4.1.1 Value Alberta's Physical Geography and Natural Environment
Appreciate how Land sustaining community and quality of life
Demonstrate care and concern for environment through their choices and actions
Appreciate the environmental significance of national and provincial parks and protected areas in Alberta
4.2 The Stories, Histories and People of Alberta
4.2.1 Appreciate how an understanding of Alberta's history, peoples and stories contributes to their own sense of belonging and identity
Recognize how stories of people and events provide multiple perspectives on past and present events
Recognize oral traditions, narratives, and stories as valid sources of knowledge about the land, culture and history
Demonstrate respect for places and objects of historical significance
4.2.2 Assess, Critically, how the cultural and Linguistic heritage and diversity of Alberta has evolved over time
Which First Nations originally inhabited the different areas of the province??
What do the stories of Aboriginal peoples tell us about their beliefs regarding the relationship between people and the land?
5.1 Physical Geography of Canada
5.1.1 Value Canada's Physical Geography and Natural Environment
Appreciate how the land sustains communities and the diverse ways that people have of living with the land
Appreciate the influence of the natural environment on the growth and development of Canada
5.1.3 Analyze how people in Canada interact with the environment
In what ways do natural resources and the physical geography of a region determine the establishment of communities
How are natural resources used, exchanged and conserved in Canada
5.2 Histories and Stories of Ways of Life in Canada
5.2.1 Appreciate the complexity of identity in the Canadian context
Recognize how an understanding of Canadian history and the stories of its people contributes to their sense of identity
Acknowledge oral traditions, narratives, and stories as valid sources of knowledge about the land and diverse Aboriginal cultures and histories
Acknowledge British influence and presence in Canada
5.2.4 Examine, Critically, Ways of life of the Fur Traders
How are the stories of the Métis people, their culture and heritage rooted in the fur trade?
How do stories about ways of life in fur trade forts reflect the British influence in Canada?
What were the main languages spoken by fur traders and their families in the fur trade forts?
6.S Skills and Processes
6.S.3 Develop Skills of Geographic Thinking
Construct and interpret various types of maps to broaden understanding of topics being studied
7.1 Toward Confederation
7.1.2 Appreciate the challenges of coexistence among peoples
7.1.3 Compare and Contrast diverse social and economic structures within the societies of Aboriginal, French and British peoples in pre-Confederation Canada by exploring and reflecting upon the following questions and issues
In what ways did European imperialism impact the social and economic structures of Aboriginal societies?
What role did the British government play in the settlement of North America?
English Language Arts
1.1 Discover and Explore
Express ideas and develop understanding
Compare new ideas, information and experiences to prior knowledge and experiences in oral, print and other media texts
Experiment with language and forms
Discuss and compare the ways similar topics are developed in different forms of oral, print and other media texts
Surveys and Settlements
Grade 4
4.2 The Stories, Histories and Peoples of Alberta
4.2.1: appreciate how an understanding of Alberta’s history, peoples and stories contributes to their own sense of belonging and identity
4.2.2: assess, critically, how the cultural and linguistic heritage and diversity of Alberta has evolved over time
Pioneer Pursuit
Grade 3:
Social Studies
4.1 Alberta: A Sense of the Land
4.2 The Stories, Histories and People of Alberta
Grade 3
Grade 5
5.1 Physical Geography of Canada
5.1.3 analyze how people in Canada interact with the environment by exploring and reflecting upon the following questions and issues:
5.2 Histories and Stories of Ways of Life in Canada
5.2.1 appreciate the complexity of identity in the Canadian context:
5.2.4 Examine, critically, ways of life of the fur traders
5.2.8 Examine, critically, ways of life of non-European immigrants
How do stories of Chinese immigrants (i.e., railway workers) contribute to an understanding of the development of Canada?
5.2.9 Examine, critically, how European immigrants shaped ways of life in western Canada
What do stories of immigrants from Ukraine, Poland, Russia and Germany tell us about their history and presence in western Canada?
Grade 6
6.S Skills and Processes
6.S.2 Develop Skills of Historical thinking
Use Historical and community resources to understand and organize the sequence of historical events
Use examples of events to describe cause and effect and change over time
Grade 7
7.1 Towards Confederation
7.1.1 Appreciate the influence of diverse Aboriginal, French, and British peoples on events leading to Confederation
7.1.2 Appreciate the challenges of coexistence among peoples
7.1.3 Compare and contrast diverse social and economic structures within the societies of Aboriginal, French, and British peoples in Pre-Confederation Canada
What were the social and economic factors of European Imperialism?
In what ways did European imperialism impact the social and economic structures of Aboriginal societies
7.2 Following Confederation: Canadian Expansions
7.2.1 Recognize the positive and negative aspects of immigration and migration
7.2.3 Appreciate the challenges that individuals and communities face when confronted with rapid change
7.2.5 Evaluate the impact of Confederation and of Subsequent immigration on Canada from 1867 to the First World War
In what ways did the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway affect the growth of Canada?
What strategies were used by the government to encourage immigration from Europe?
What impact did immigration have on Aboriginal peoples and on communities in Canada?
How did immigrants from Eastern Europe contribute to the development of western Canada (i.e., health, education, churches, commerce, politics, jounalism, agriculture)?
7.2.6 Assess, critically, the impacts of social and political changes on individual and collective identities in Canada since 1918
What are the social and economic effects of the changing roles and images of women in Canadian society (i.e., right to vote, working conditions, changing family structures)?
7.2.7 Assess, critically, the impact of urbanization and of technology on individual and collective identities in Canada
In what ways did technological advances contribute to the development of Canada (e.g., aviation, farming equipment, radio transmissions, electronics, multimedia)?
Grade 8
8.2.2 Demonstrate a willingness to consider differing beliefs, values and worldviews
8.3.1 Appreciate how a society’s worldview influences the society’s choices, decisions and interactions with other societies
Grade 4
Social Studies
4.1 Alberta: A Sense of the Land
4.1.4 analyze how Albertans interact with their environment by exploring and reflecting upon the following questions and issues:
4.2 The Stories, Histories and People of Alberta
4.2.1 appreciate how an understanding of Alberta’s history, peoples and stories contributes to their own sense of belonging and identity:
4.2.2 assess, critically, how the cultural and linguistic heritage and diversity of Alberta has evolved over time by exploring and reflecting upon the following questions and issues:
4.3 Alberta: Celebrations and Challenges
4.3.3 examine, critically, Alberta’s changing cultural and social dynamics by exploring and reflecting upon the following questions and issues:
English Language Arts
1.1 - Express ideas and develop understanding / Experiment with language and forms
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