Educational Rock Art Tour - Division 1

Where land, history, stories and dreams become one...  This program helps students develop historical thinking skills. The content deals with how this place has been special to diverse people from long ago to the present.  There is a strong emphasis on First Nations perspectives of cultural changes over time.

Your group will hike with a park interpreter beneath the sandstone cliffs in the Archaeological Preserve to view a representative sampling of the rock art.  We are happy to customize content to meet the needs of your students.

Specific Social Studies curriculum connections:

• K – Respect for others and oral traditions
• Gr 1 – Stories and communities of the past leading to today
• Gr 2 – First Nations Metis Inuit traditions, connecting past and present, early settler communities
• Gr 3 – Traditions, stories, practices connect people to the past and each other

Science curriculum connections:

• Gr 1 - Topic E: Needs of Animals and Plants
• Gr 2 - Topic E: Small Crawling & Flying Animals
• Gr 3 - Topic A: Rocks and Minerals

Grade(s): Kindergarten,1,2,3
Topics: Science,Social Studies

Weekday mornings May long weekend through late June and Sept-Oct

Educational Rock Art Tour - Division 2

Where land, history, stories and dreams become one...  This program provides tangible context for key events of regional history and helps students connect with the past and each other.  There is a strong emphasis on First Nations culture, stories and perspectives of the cultural changes that came with the arrival of the Northwest Mounted Police and settlers.  

Your group will hike with a park interpreter beneath the sandstone cliffs in the Archaeological Preserve to view a representative sampling of the rock art. We are happy to customize content to meet the needs of your students.

Specific Social Studies curriculum connections:

• Grade 4 – Cultural and linguistic heritage
• Grade 5 – Physical geography, Northwest Mounted Police impact on way of life in Canada
• Grade 6 – Action and participation, social change, traditional native governance

Science curriculum connections:

• Grade 4 - Topic A: Waste and Our World
• Grade 5 - Topic E: Wetland Ecosystems

Grade(s): 4,5,6
Topics: Science,Social Studies

Weekday mornings May long weekend through late June and Sept-Oct

Educational Rock Art Tour - Division 3

Where land, history, stories and dreams become one...  This program provides tangible context for the issues and problems that arise with cultural contact and collision. Strong emphasis is placed on First Nations culture, stories and perspectives of the changing Canadian landscape. There is discussion of how the westward migration of Europeans impacted the lives of the First Nations people of this region.  

Your group will hike with a park interpreter beneath the sandstone cliffs in the Archaeological Preserve to view a representative sampling in the rock art.  We are happy to customize content to meet the needs of your students.

Specific Social Studies curriculum connections:

• Grade 7 – Canada’s emergence, Westward expansion, First Nation perspective on cultural contact/conflict
• Grade 8 – Expansionist worldview, First Nations/Metis/Inuit perspective 
• Grade 9 - Issues for Canadians: Governance and Rights

Science curriculum connections:

• Grade 7 - Topic E: Planet Earth
• Grade 8 - Topic E: Freshwater Systems
• Grade 9 - Biological Diversity

Grade(s): 7,8,9
Topics: Science,Social Studies

Weekday mornings May long weekend through late June and Sept-Oct

Educational Rock Art Tour - Division 4

Where land, history, stories and dreams become one...  This program provides tangible context for the issues and problems that arise with cultural contact and collision. Strong emphasis is placed on First Nations culture, stories, and perspectives of the changing Canadian landscape. There is discussion of how the westward migration of Europeans impacted the lives of the First Nations people of this region. 

Your group will hike with a park interpreter beneath the sandstone cliffs in the Archaeological Preserve to view a representative sampling of the rock art.   We are happy to customize content to meet the needs of your students.

Specific Social Studies curriculum connections:

• Grade 10: Globalization – Cultural contact, colonization, residential schools, loss of native language
• Grade 11: Nationalism – First Nations, Metis, Inuit nationalism/self-government
• Grade 12: Ideologies – Aboriginal experience

Science curriculum connections:

• General discussion of ecological, geological and conservation themes

Grade(s): 10,11,12
Topics: Science,Social Studies

Weekday mornings May long weekend through late June and Sept-Oct