Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: The Cree Spiritual Life
A detailed look at the spiritual and religious practices of the Cree Indians. Rituals of purification are described in this site.
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alex Decoteau Edukit: Teachers
Resource provides teachers with a series of eleven (11) lesson plans that surround the life of Alex Decoteau. All lessons can be downloaded and range from poetry to newspaper article activities.
University of Alberta
University of Alberta: The Lacombe and North Western Railway
This is a brief history of a railway started by a group of businessmen and farmers that was to serve the agricultural area from Lancome to Rimbey. Included are maps and primary source documents.
Virtual Museum of Canada
Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Century Settlers of the Edison Westlock Area
As the population continued to spread through northern Alberta in the early 1900s, communities were established to provide services for the surrounding areas. Edison was one of these service communities, established just north of...
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Millarville Archaeology
The Grade 4 and 5 students involved in this project explored the history of Millarville, Alberta, an oil boom town in the 1940s. In the process, they interviewed residents and local historians, learned how to 'read' artifacts and...
Glenbow Museum
Glenbow Museum: Mavericks: Politics
Get to know Alberta's most notable players in politics. Find out who these politicians were and are and what made them mavericks in western and Canadian politics. Included in this line-up are: Frederick Haultain, Henrietta Muir Edwards,...
Glenbow Museum
Glenbow Museum: Calgary in the 1950's
Jack de Lorme was a photographer for the Calgary Sun in the 1950s. His photographs form the basis for this exhibit which explores the city of Calgary at that time. It is designed for Grades 3 to 6. This was a critical time in Calgary's...
Virtual Museum of Canada
Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Arriving at the 6th Siding
This site provides a fascinating historical look at the flood of homesteaders who came to the area of Olds Alberta.
Virtual Museum of Canada
Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: The Roots and Birth of Mirror 1870 to 1930
Looking at the history of the community of Mirror, Alberta, shows how this part of Western Canada gained population.
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Galileo Educational Network: What Stories Do We Have to Tell?
The teacher of this Grade 1/2 class won the 2006 Governor General's Award for Excellence in Teaching Canadian History for this project. Students explored the history of grain elevators in Alberta and connected their disappearance on the...
Virtual Museum of Canada
Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: War Years Remembered
Here, an exhibit entitled "The War Years Remembered" reflects upon the experiences of Wetaskiwin, Alberta during the Second World War. A plethora of photographs, documents, and personal anecdotes overwhelmingly tell the story of a small...
Virtual Museum of Canada
Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: The Sterling Flour Mill
Trace the history of milling and learn about the milling of flour as you explore the stories celebrating the history of the Sterling Flour Mill in Strome Alberta. Included are images of artifacts and primary source documents.
National Institutes of Health
Paleoindian Large Mammal Hunters on the Plains of North America (1998)
Published journal article that details faunal studies, hunting, weaponry, hunting strategy, butchering, and ritual activities. Seven cultural complexes are considered: Clovis, Goshen, Folsom, Agate Basin, Hell Gap, Alberta, and Cody.
Virtual Museum of Canada
Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Remembrance and Hope
Embrace the history of Innisfail Alberta's residents through stories of soldiers, nurses, cooks, war brides and wives left behind as they join in the war effort during WW l and WW ll. Included are pictures and primary source documents.
Curated OER
Alberta Hunter
This site contains an article on the singer and composer Alberta Hunter. It also includes audio clips of some of her most famous songs. Excellent resource.
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Philip Mc Rae: Growing Up Digital (Gud) Alberta (2016) Enhancing/distracting
In this study, researchers tried to better understand the scope of physical, mental and social consequences of digital technologies in areas such as exercise, homework, identity formation, distraction, cognition, learning, nutrition, and...
Government of Alberta
Alberta Environment: Focus on Composting [Pdf]
Explains all the ins and outs of composting, including how to maintain a composter once you've started.
Curated OER
Trucks on the Oil Fields Outside Alberta, Canada
News article from Oct. 20, 2007. It discusses the impact of Alberta's oil industry on the town of Fort McMurray. As the cost of a barrel of oil has risen, it has become financially feasible to extract oil from Alberta's tar sands, a more...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Alberta, 1920
A map from 1920 of the southern part of the province of Alberta. The map shows the provincial capital of Edmonton, major cities and towns, existing and proposed railways, lakes, and rivers of this portion of the province. The grid used...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Alberta, 1921
A map from 1921 of the province of Alberta showing the counties, major cities and towns, existing and proposed railways, terrain features, rivers, and lakes of the province.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Alberta, 1922
A map from 1922 of the Canadian province of Alberta showing the provincial capital of Edmonton, major cities and towns, existing and proposed railways, lakes, and rivers of the province.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Southern Alberta, 1920
A map from 1920 of the southern part of the province of Alberta. The map shows the provincial capital of Edmonton, major cities and towns, existing and proposed railways, lakes, and rivers of this portion of the province. The grid used...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Alberta and Saskatchewan, 1909
A map from 1909 of the central and southern parts of Alberta and Saskatchewan showing the provincial capitals of Edmonton and Regina, major cities and towns, existing and proposed railways, lakes, and rivers of this portion of the...
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