THE CANADIAN ATLAS ONLINE ALBERTA – GRADE 4 www.canadiangeographic.ca/atlas Calgary over 100 years Lesson Overview: This lesson plan offers students the opportunity to investigate the differences between Calgary in the early 1900s and Calgary in 2009, focusing on the changes in people, economy, size, population. (This lesson may easily be adapted for different cities.) What did the city look like in 1910? What type of education system was in place? What was the population? What natural resources did people rely on? How has the economy changed over 100 years? What similarities exist between communities 100 years ago and today? What predictions can be made as to how the city will look in 100 years? Students will participate in a teacher guided brainstorm to complete a Venn diagram that illustrates the differences in Calgary in 1910 and now, as well as the similarities between the two time frames. Students will then work to complete a collage that illustrates the evolvement of Calgary over 100 years. Students will develop an appreciation for the past and examine how respect is important to a community. Students will be able to apply their knowledge of Calgary to make predictions of how Alberta has changed over 100 years. This lesson may be extended by having all the pictures quilted together, which would also serve to show the connection between the past and the present. This lesson may be modified by adding different sources for the students to use to come to different conclusions, bringing in different art forms or music. It is possible to challenge the more academic students by having them draw more complex conclusions between Calgary in 1910 and Calgary now. These may include connections to economic activity, city planning, and evolving populations. Grade Level: Social Studies Grade 4 Time Required: Two classes to allow for effective brainstorm and illustration time. Time may be extended if the project turns into a quilting activity or if more extensive research is completed. Curriculum Connection for Alberta Social Studies Grade 4: Alberta Social Studies Grade 4 Link to the Canadian Atlas Online (CAOL): www.canadiangeographic.ca/atlas/ Additional Resources, Materials, and Equipment Required: • Student Activity Worksheets “Calgary” Work Booklet
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THE CANADIAN ATLAS ONLINE ALBERTA – GRADE 4
www.canadiangeographic.ca/atlas
Calgary over 100 years Lesson Overview:
This lesson plan offers students the opportunity to investigate the differences
between Calgary in the early 1900s and Calgary in 2009, focusing on the changes in
people, economy, size, population. (This lesson may easily be adapted for different
cities.)
What did the city look like in 1910? What type of education system was in place?
What was the population? What natural resources did people rely on? How has the
economy changed over 100 years? What similarities exist between communities 100
years ago and today? What predictions can be made as to how the city will look in
100 years?
Students will participate in a teacher guided brainstorm to complete a Venn diagram
that illustrates the differences in Calgary in 1910 and now, as well as the similarities
between the two time frames. Students will then work to complete a collage that
illustrates the evolvement of Calgary over 100 years. Students will develop an
appreciation for the past and examine how respect is important to a community.
Students will be able to apply their knowledge of Calgary to make predictions of how
Alberta has changed over 100 years.
This lesson may be extended by having all the pictures quilted together, which would
also serve to show the connection between the past and the present. This lesson
may be modified by adding different sources for the students to use to come to
different conclusions, bringing in different art forms or music. It is possible to
challenge the more academic students by having them draw more complex
conclusions between Calgary in 1910 and Calgary now. These may include
connections to economic activity, city planning, and evolving populations.
Grade Level:
Social Studies Grade 4
Time Required:
Two classes to allow for effective brainstorm and illustration time. Time may be
extended if the project turns into a quilting activity or if more extensive research is
completed.
Curriculum Connection for Alberta Social Studies Grade 4:
Alberta Social Studies Grade 4
Link to the Canadian Atlas Online (CAOL):
www.canadiangeographic.ca/atlas/
Additional Resources, Materials, and Equipment Required:
• Student Activity Worksheets
“Calgary” Work Booklet
THE CANADIAN ATLAS ONLINE ALBERTA – GRADE 4
www.canadiangeographic.ca/atlas
“Calgary” Venn diagram
• Large chart paper
• Markers
• Blank paper
• Pencil crayons, crayons, markers
Additional Resources that may be used to guide students or to extend the lesson:
Originally established in 1875 as a fort by a contingent of the Northwest Mounted Police,
Calgary has grown from a frontier settlement to a world class city. The fort was named
Fort Calgary, after Calgary Bay on Scotland's Isle of Mull. When Canadian Pacific Railway
arrived in Calgary in 1883, the outlook of the settlement immediately improved.
Thousands of settlers, businessman and tourists flooded into the area. In 1894 Calgary
officially became a city. In the following years the population grew from 1,000 to 3,900.
See Calgary Quick Facts for more information.
After the arrival of the railway, the Dominion Government started leasing grazing land at
minimal cost (up to 100,000 acres for one cent per acre per year). As a result of this
policy, large ranching operations were established in the outlying country near Calgary.
Already a transportation and distribution hub, Calgary quickly became the center of
Canada's cattle marketing and meatpacking industries.
Between 1896 and 1914 settlers from all over the world poured into the area in response
to the offer of free "homestead" land. Agriculture and ranching became key components of
the local economy, shaping the future of Calgary for years to come. The world famous
Calgary Stampede, still held annually in July, grew from a small agricultural show and
rodeo started in 1912 by four wealthy ranchers to "the greatest outdoor show on earth."
Two major oil discoveries sealed Calgary's fate as the "oil and gas capital of Canada" and fueled the city's growth.
• The first occurred in 1914 in the Turner Valley area 30 miles south of Calgary • The second in 1947 at Imperial Oil's famous Leduc field near Edmonton
The economic booms and busts associated with an oil-based economy had a significant
impact on Calgary's development and character as a city. In the years leading up to the
deep recession of the early 1980s, politicians and businessmen diversified the economy in
an effort to minimize the impact of fluctuating oil prices and build a stronger economic
base for the future.
Although agriculture and the petroleum industry continue to play a significant role,
Calgary is now home to a wide range of companies involved in telecommunications,
environmental sciences, consulting engineering, food processing, finance and advanced
technologies.
http://www.calgarykiosk.ca/history.php
Schools in Calgary
Number of Schools in Calgary – 1910 Number of Schools in Calgary - 2009