2025/2026 Program Registration opens June 2, 2025 at 9:00am
This one-day program is designed for Grade 4 students to learn about Canadian history and the explorers and fur traders that made this area what it is today. It includes three hour-long session where students will learn through discussion, role playing games, and exploring our recreation 1875 NWMP Fort.
Everything You Need To Know
See the Connections Programs Overview for instructions to best prepare your class for your program.
Topics Covered in this Program
Connections to Adventure is held in the North West Mounted Police Fort and examines the following three topics:
- The Fur Trade: This session examines the interaction between European and Indigenous traders, stressing the importance of the fur trade to both parties. A simulation game re-enacts the actual fur-trading experience with artifacts included in the activities. This session is held in the North West Mounted Police Divisional Kitchen.
- Fort Explorer: Students imagine themselves as early explorers in the Canadian West. While learning about what it was like to be new to North America students will design flags to represent their own “nations” that they will take around while they explore the Fort, using historical thinking and analysis skills to imagine what life was like in the past. This session takes place across different buildings in the North West Mounted Police Fort.
- Alberta Pursuit: This session allows students to learn about Alberta, exploring the province through a trivial-pursuit style game. By answering Alberta-themed questions on topics such as Peoples and Culture, Flora and Fauna, and Transportation and Construction, students move around the provincial game map, gathering different geographical “region” pieces to complete their own gameboard, learning as they go! This session is held in the North West Mounted Police Fort Stables.
Connections to Curriculum
This program is in alignment with the Knowledge, Understanding, and Skills & Procedures outlined in the 2025 Alberta Social Studies curriculum for grade 4. For a comprehensive list of curriculum connections please reach out to the program coordinator at [email protected].
