Tunnel to the Past
Created by A. Nemeti and C. Brebner
Introduction
You are on a picnic, with your family, at a park, down in the river valley. As you are playing in among the trees you and your brother find a cave that stretches deep into a dark tunnel. As you both step into the cave and begin to follow the track an engineer calls out “All aboard for Edmonton 1902”. You will be doing research to find out more about the people who lived in Alberta 100 years ago.
Task
You will be riding the train that will take you one hundred years into Alberta’s past. During your journey you will discover about the people and how they lived, how they traveled and how they learned. You will be working with a partner to make a power point presentation.
Process
Go to slide one and make a title page. On your title page put the title Pioneers of Alberta. Get pictures from clip art. Put your name at the bottom.
Go to slide 2. Write 5 facts about the home of the past (log cabin). Be sure to include a picture.
Go Slide 3 and write 2 facts for each kind of transportation (the cart, the covered wagon and the York boat) used in 1900. Be sure to tell:
1. What was it used for?
2.What did it look like?
On slide 4 you will draw a picture on one type of transportation you have learned about.
Go to slide 5 “The One Room Schoolhouse” write 5 facts about the early days of school life in Alberta.
Resources
Lots of information about Pioneers.
Red
River Cart
Check out these pictures of a cart and horse,
cart and ox, covered
wagon, sleigh and York
boat.
Evaluation
You will be graded on different criteria. Click on the Tunnel to the Past Evaluation to find out.
Conclusion
Now that you have found out how people lived one hundred years ago, you must decide whether or now you want to live in the past or present. State 2 reasons why you would like to live in the past and 2 reasons why they would prefer to live in the present. Describe 2 ways in which a home in the future might look like.