Grade 4 Alberta Teachers - Here is everything you need to teach the Time and Place organizing idea, done for you, from bell to bell. This is a true no-prep resource built specifically for the new Alberta Social Studies curriculum, covering every KUSP for this organizing idea through 16 complete lessons built around one guiding question: How did Canada become a country?
If you've been dreading planning this unit from scratch, this resource was built so you never have to. Every lesson, every slide, every printable, and every assessment is ready to open and teach. Perfect for Alberta Grade 4 teachers looking for a complete, curriculum-aligned Time and Place unit that saves hours of planning time while still delivering rich, engaging, discussion-based learning - with built-in tools to assess understanding every step of the way, from Lesson 1 all the way to the final cumulative project.
✅ Why Alberta Teachers Need This
100% aligned to the new Alberta Program of Studies for Grade 4 Social Studies, organized around the Time and Place big idea: Exploring the dynamic relationships between people, place, and time to support understanding of perspectives and events and make meaning of the world
Every KUSP mapped out for you, so you always know exactly what you're teaching and why
No prep required beyond printing the student workbook and posting the anchor charts
Built-in differentiation with visual learners in mind - teaching slides are packed with images, and content can be read aloud or read independently
A full formative-to-summative assessment trail, from quick 1-page skill checks all the way to a cumulative final project and unit test - all with answer keys.
✅ What's Included - Use as little or as much as you need for your class!
Overview of all KUSPs for Grade 4 Social Studies "Time and Place"
Visual journal ideas to build in daily reflection and processing
A 40-page teacher information pack with further learning experience ideas
230 teaching slides to guide every lesson, packed with images for visual learners — read them aloud, or let students read independently
A 22-page student workbook that corresponds directly to the teaching slides
An answer key and final cumulative project
Extra hands-on resources: anchor charts, Tier 3 vocabulary cards, sorting cards, conversation cards, and a simulation game
Quick 1-page assessments, one for every skill and procedure, with an answer key, an end-of-unit assessment, and a class recording sheet for marks
Vetted online video and book links
Vetted website links for both teachers and students
An interactive online game
An optional final cumulative project complete with a scoring rubric
✅ 16 Complete Lessons
Colonization
Setting Sail: Why Explore?
Meet the Explorers
New France
Sharing the Land
Imperialism
Changing Hands
A New Proclamation
The Québec Act
Comparing Paths
A Line in the Dirt — The Revolution & The Border
The Arrival of the Loyalists
War of 1812
The Great Migration
The Underground Railroad
The Act of Union
✅ Why Mummabell?
No prep required — just print the workbook, post the posters, and teach
Super easy to follow — you can literally teach straight from the slides and learn alongside your students
A resource built by a teacher who included everything she could think of for this organizing idea, so you don't have to go looking for a single supplementary resource all year
Every skill and procedure has its own quick assessment, so you can track understanding lesson by lesson, not just at the end
New Grade 4 Alberta Science Curriculum resources:
✅ EARTH SYSTEMS: Interactions and Conservation
✅ LIVING SYSTEMS: Structures and Functions in plants and animals
Each includes Computer Science and the Scientific Method as well.
Or grab the BUNDLE to save $$
✅ Alberta Grade 4 New Science Curriculum BUNDLE
Other NEW ALBERTA Curriculum-based resources in Mummabell's store for Grade 4 include:
✅ Grade 4 Quick Math Assessments
✅ Outcome-Based Reporting for Alberta | Editable Gradebook Grade 4