Alberta Landmarks | Paper and Digital

Learn about the natural and historic landmarks in Alberta through a variety of activities that require only moments to prep. Students will learn about Alberta from landmarks across the province, while everything teachers need is included. Stop your search for resources for the new Alberta social studies curriculum.

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This social studies lesson includes:

• Different reasons landmarks are important: natural processes and human events
• Natural landmarks in Alberta (there are more but we have included information for these): Frank Slide, Maligne Canyon, Okotoks, Elk Island National Park, Moraine Lake, Waterton Lakes National Park, Dinosaur Provincial Park
• Historical (human event) landmarks in Alberta (there are more but we have included information for these): Brooks Aqueduct, Legal Pioneer Murals, Fort Edmonton Park, Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, John Ware’s Cabin, Father Lacombe Chapel, Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village, Writing-On-Stone Provincial Park, Leitch Collieries, Amber Valley, Leduc #1 Discovery Well
• a map showing different landmarks in Alberta.
• instructions for how to use our activities with and without technology so you can be flexible for your students and classroom environment.
• instructions for printing student workbooks while still offering differentiated options.
• detailed outlines of each activity with a list of materials along with a centralized list and reminders in each section of the lesson plan.
• optional Teacher Slides to support instruction and content delivery. You can choose to teach with or without them.
• vocabulary list with phonetic pronunciations and definitions to help support your students.
• “I can” statements written in student-friendly language so students can self-assess their learning.
• background information including a map and photo of each landmark for students and teachers. This will help you reduce the amount of research you need to do.
• simple quizzes and assessment activities to see what students know about natural and historical landmarks in Alberta.
• modifications to help you differentiate without spending more of your time.
• digital versions of most of the pages to help support your students or reduce printing. To access the digital version, download the PDF and use the link inside that file.
• loose text in the digital version which can be read by your assistive technology. This is especially helpful since many of the names of the locations are beyond the Grade 3 reading level (especially at the beginning of the school year).
• a list of Alberta outcomes broken up by activity to help with planning.

Ninja Note: If you teach in Alberta, this resource has been written for the new social studies curriculum. Learn more about how we're writing and adjusting resources for the new curriculum. https://brainninjas.ca/social-studies-in-alberta/

This activity aligns with:

• the Alberta Social Studies Curriculum Grade 3 ©2025

This activity supports:

• learning about the natural and human history of Alberta, Canada.
• the Alberta Program of Studies Social Studies Grade 4

Looking for more social studies for Alberta teachers?

• Time and Place Unit for Alberta Social Studies Grade 3
• Systems Unit for Alberta Social Studies Grade 3
• Citizenship Unit for Alberta Social Studies Grade 3
  

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Ninja Note: To access the digital version, download the PDF and click on the access links in the file.

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