Program Information
It's the most wonderful time of the year! Holiday Program Field Trips are available for bookings from November 14 to December 19, 2025 (Monday-Friday). They DO NOT include General Admissions to Fort Edmonton Park as the Park is CLOSED to the public during these times.
Please note: all programs are curricular-linked and 2 hours long.
1920's Christmas Program - The World at Fort Edmonton Park
Grade 1
- Time and Place: Students explore cultures of diverse communities.
- Understanding: Learning about cultures can build appreciation of diverse communities (intercultural understanding).
Grade 2
- Time and Place: Students relate traditions to Canada’s heritage
- Knowledge: Multiculturalism is about different cultural communities keeping their identity and creating a sense of belonging.
Grade 3:
- Time and Place: Students relate diversity to Alberta’s western identity.
- Understanding: Settlers contribute to the diversity and identity of Alberta.
1.2.1 Appreciate how stories and events of the past connect their families and communities to the present:
- appreciate how the languages, traditions, celebrations and stories of their families, groups and communities contribute to their sense of identity and belonging (CC, I, TCC)
1.2.2 Analyze how their families and communities in the present are influenced by events or people of the past by exploring and reflecting upon the following questions for inquiry:
- What are some examples of traditions, celebrations and stories that started in the past and continue today in their families and communities? (CC, I, TCC)
1885 St Christmas Program - Merry Christmas, Edmonton
Grade 3:
- Time and Place: Students relate diversity to Alberta’s western identity.
- Understanding: Settlers contribute to the diversity and identity of Alberta.
Grade 4 | Social Studies
4.1 Alberta: A Sense of the Land
4.2 The Stories, Histories and People of Alberta
5.1 Physical Geography of Canada
5.2 Histories and Stories of Ways of Life in Canada