Rivalries & Treaties | Paper and Digital

Teach students about the changing boundaries in North America through wars, acts and treaties with this ready to use resource designed for the Alberta social studies outcomes. Stop searching for resources for the new Alberta social studies curriculum. We've done everything for you.

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This engaging activity includes:

• Gaswéñdah and Wampum agreements.
• different treaties that changed colonies and countries including the Treaty of Utrecht and Treaty of Paris (at the end of the Seven Years’ War).
• different acts, agreements and laws that changed colonies and countries such as the Constitutional Act 1791, Royal Proclamation 1763, and Quebec Act 1774.
• how borders changed after different acts, treaties and wars.
• a timeline of how land switched hands between France and Britain.
• how the changed affected people including the Acadians, French colonists, British colonists and Indigenous People.
• how the rivalry between France and Britain created English and French roots in Canada.
• detailed lesson plans with easy to read formatting.
• instructions for how to use our activities with or without technology so you can be flexible for your students and classroom environment.
• instructions for printing student workbooks while still offering differentiated options.
• a variety of activities that keep students engaged while learning.
• 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.
• simple quizzes and assessment activities to see what students have learned.
• modifications to help you differentiate without spending more of your time.
• background information for teachers.
• answer keys and suggested answers.
• digital versions of most of the student 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 some of the text may be beyond the Grade 4 reading level (especially at the beginning of the school year).
• list of Alberta outcomes broken down by activity.
  

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 4 ©2025
  

This activity supports:

• learning about colonies in North America including New France and British North America.
• learning about treaties, acts and wars that impacted borders before Canada was a country.
• learning about Canadian history.

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Ninja Note: This resource requires downloading the PDF, printing the cards, and cutting them apart before beginning the activity.

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