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Our adventure through the provinces takes us into Western Canada, where fields of wheat and living skies characterize a region of endless possibility and horizons. Journey through wide-open plains, rolling hills, and thousands of lakes, all the way up to the Taiga Shield. We will tunnel through Moose Jaw, pass through the capital city of Regina, and study the wide variety of wildlife in Prince Albert National Park. As we travel, we will learn about the First Nations, the fur trade, and how the resources both above and below ground changed Saskatchewan’s economy for good. We will also look at the land that is home to the sunniest spot in Canada and host to many long, hard winters. Take a closer peek at the provincial symbols, like the western red lily, the sharp-tailed grouse, and the paper birch tree. Then learn more about the life and accomplishments of Saskatchewanian Tommy Douglas.

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Meet Meet Saskatchewan

L is for Land of Living Skies: A Saskatchewan Alphabet

by Linda Aksomitis

Panache Hidden Gems of Saskatchewan

by Gregg Roberts-Aguirre

Short Stories from Saskatchewan and Beyond

by Ryan Thaddeus

Nature and Weather

Colours of Saskatchewan

by Krista McDivitt, Michael Slobodian

Aurora: A Tale of the Northern Lights

by Mindy Dwyer

The Northern Lights: Celestial Performances of the Aurora Borealis

by Daryl Pederson, Calvin Hall

The Northern Lights: The True Story of the Man Who Unlocked the Secrets of the Aurora Borealis

by Lucy Jago

Industry and Economy

Prairie Pals: a Saskatchewan Tale

by Diane Totland

All About Mines: Cool Mining Facts for Kids

by Lindsay Hutton

The Great Canadian Beaver Tales: Tale 8. Saskatchewan’s Sasquatch

by Lizzy McNeilly

Uranium Mine: The History of the Uranium Industry

by Page Lenz

A Saskatoon Girl: A Memoir of a Young Saskatchewan Girl Growing Up in The Early 1900s

by Patricia Harrison

People and Governance

Lights Out Saskatchewan

by Randa Hopkins, Gayle Garneau

Saskatchewan Book of Everything

by Kelly-Anne Riess

Saskatchewan: A New History

by Bill Waiser

Saskatchewan lily

Supplies

Meet Saskatchewan

Student Notebooks

Art: How to Draw a Horizon (Page 4) (optional)

  • poster board

Nature And Weather

Student Notebooks

History + Art: Birchbark Biting (Page 3) (optional)

  • soft flour tortilla
  • straw
  • fork

Industry and Economy

Student Notebooks

Science: Fertilizer (Page 2)

  • 2 small pots
  • 2 small veggie plants of the same kind (tomato, cucumber, or pepper are good options)
  • soil
  • water
  • a natural fertilizer (a piece of banana peel, eggshells, or coffee grounds)

Science: Fertilizer (Page 2)

  • 3 small pots
  • 3 small veggie plants of the same kind (tomato, cucumber, or pepper are good options)
  • soil
  • water
  • 2 natural fertilizers (Epsom salts, compost, banana peels, eggshells, or coffee grounds)
  • ruler

Science: Fertilizer (Page 2)

  • 4 small pots
  • 4 small veggie plants of the same kind (tomato, cucumber, or pepper are good options)
  • soil
  • water
  • 3 natural fertilizers (Epsom salts, compost, banana peels, eggshells, or coffee grounds)
  • ruler

History + Social Studies: Pemmican (Page 3) (optional)

  • beef jerky (dried meat Level 3)
  • dried berries
  • nuts
  • seeds

People and Governance

Teacher's Guide

Hands-on Activity

  • ink pad
  • markers
  • magnifying glass

Scope and Sequence

Check out the scope and sequence for this unit.

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  • Saskatchewan
  • Canada
  • North America
  • Prairie Provinces
  • Alberta
  • Manitoba
  • Northwest Territories
  • Montana
  • North Dakota
  • Prairie region
  • Boreal plain
  • Boreal shield
  • Taiga shield
  • Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park
  • Tunnels of Moose Jaw
  • Regina
  • Wanuskewin Heritage Park
  • Prince Albert National Park
  • Lake Athabasca
  • Rocky Mountains
  • Labrador
  • Royal Saskatchewan Museum
  • RCMP Heritage Centre
  • RCMP training depot
  • Saskatoon
  • Ancient buffalo jump
  • Boreal forest
  • Sand dunes
  • Saskatchewan River
  • Estevan
  • England
  • Great Plains
  • Europe
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Scotland
  • Weyburn
  • Wheat Province
  • Vitamin D
  • Calcium
  • Chaga
  • Ecosystems
  • Sunrises
  • Sunsets
  • Storm clouds
  • Human digestion: esophagus, stomach, intestines, liver
  • Bird digestion: esophagus, crop, gizzard, grit, intestines
  • Minerals
  • Energy sources
  • Potash
  • Potassium
  • Fertilizer
  • Uranium
  • Nuclear power plants
  • Oil: gasoline, diesel fuel, plastics
  • Natural gas: heating, electricity
  • Fossil fuels
  • Grow a plant
  • Fingerprints
  • Prosthetics
  • Vocabulary: pristine, ideal
  • Begin the unit project: add flag, quick facts, etc.
  • Vocabulary: stark, spirited
  • Colour the symbols and add them to your unit project
  • Vocabulary: coarse, investor
  • Add key industries to unit project
  • Vocabulary: monarchy, guarantee
  • Complete your unit project
  • The Prohibition
  • Scotty: the largest T-rex skeleton
  • Grey Owl: Archibald Belaney
  • Tommy Douglas: the father of universal health care in Canada
  • Publicly funded hospital insurance
  • Fast facts: nicknames, size, population, etc.
  • Indigenous peoples: Cree, Saulteaux, Dakota, Dene, Métis
  • Landscape
  • Elk, deer, moose, black bears, foxes, bald eagles, beavers
  • Mounties
  • Hike, canoe, swim, camp
  • Fun facts
  • Conservationist
  • Western red lily: tiger lily, prairie lily, wood lily
  • Sharp-tailed grouse
  • Lek
  • Grit
  • Paper birch tree
  • Walleye
  • Angler
  • Crops: wheat, canola, lentils, peas
  • Pronghorn
  • Prairie dogs
  • Bison
  • Carbon
  • Trees: spruce, pine, tamarack
  • Mosses
  • Berries
  • Wild flowers
  • Lakes
  • Wetlands
  • Caribou
  • Wolf
  • Lynx
  • Fox
  • Birds: owls, ravens, chickadees
  • Snowshoe hare
  • Wheat fields
  • Mines
  • Oil wells
  • Beaver pelts
  • Farmland
  • Grasslands
  • Breadbasket of Canada
  • Mining
  • Rivers, waterways
  • Settlers
  • Trading posts
  • Farming
  • Food, clothing, tools, shelter
  • Pemmican: drying meat, rendering fat, dried berries, pemmican bags
  • Status
  • Natural fertilizers: banana peels, eggshells, coffee grounds
  • Powwow
  • Jigs
  • Bannock
  • New traditions, faith, music, recipes
  • Ukrainian settlers
  • Perogies
  • "Bunny hug"
  • Regional governments
  • Provinces
  • Education
  • Transportation
  • Natural resources
  • Public services
  • Constitutional monarchy
  • Weird laws
  • Baptist minister
  • Medical care
  • Customs
  • Celebrations
  • Roughriders
  • Paralympic Games
  • Colour the flag
  • Landscapes
  • Perspective
  • Horizon
  • Draw your own landscape
  • Birch-bark biting
  • Patterns
  • Colour the birch-bark biting pattern
  • Make your own birch-bark design
  • Design your own provincial symbol
  • Use an ink pad to make your fingerprints
  • Design your own sweatshirt
  • Psalm 8:3–4
  • God cares about you
  • Jeremiah 17:7–8 (NIV)
  • Trust in the Lord
  • Luke 5:4
  • Let down your nets
  • Matthew 25
  • "Parable of the Talents"
  • Matthew 25:29
  • God entrusted us with gifts
  • Luke 12:15
  • Life is not about possessions
  • Luke 10:33–34
  • "Parable of The Good Samaritan"
  • 1 Samuel 16:7b
  • The Lord looks on the heart
  • Saskatchewan
  • Canada
  • North America
  • Saskatchewan River
  • Ukraine
  • Germany
  • Scandinavia
  • Prairie Provinces
  • Alberta
  • Manitoba
  • Northwest Territories
  • Montana
  • North Dakota
  • Prairie region
  • Boreal plain
  • Boreal shield
  • Taiga shield
  • Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park
  • Tunnels of Moose Jaw
  • Regina
  • Wanuskewin Heritage Park
  • Prince Albert National Park
  • Lake Athabasca
  • Rocky Mountains
  • Labrador
  • Royal Saskatchewan Museum
  • RCMP Heritage Centre
  • RCMP training depot
  • Saskatoon
  • Ancient buffalo jump
  • Boreal forest
  • Sand dunes
  • Estevan
  • England
  • Great Plains
  • Aspen parkland
  • Sun
  • Earth's atmosphere
  • Europe
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Scotland
  • Weyburn
  • Wheat Province
  • Vitamin D
  • Calcium
  • UV rays
  • Chaga
  • Ecosystems
  • Sunrises
  • Sunsets
  • Storm clouds
  • Aurora borealis: northern lights
  • Human digestion: esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, liver
  • Bird digestion: esophagus, crop, gizzard, grit, small intestine, large intestine
  • Minerals
  • Energy sources
  • Potash
  • Potassium
  • Fertilizer
  • Uranium
  • Nuclear power plants
  • Oil: gasoline, diesel fuel, plastics
  • Natural gas: heating, electricity
  • Fossil fuels
  • Agricultural technology
  • Biotechnology
  • Environmental science
  • Grow a plant
  • Hypothesis
  • Fingerprints
  • Prosthetics
  • Vocabulary: kettle, trek
  • Begin the unit project: add flag, quick facts, etc.
  • Vocabulary: courtship, angler
  • Label the provincial symbols
  • Add more symbols to your unit project
  • Vocabulary: status, accessible
  • Add key industries to unit project
  • Vocabulary: amputation, procedure
  • Write a story about a "bunny hug"
  • Descriptive language
  • Complete your unit project
  • Canadian government
  • First Nations
  • The Prohibition
  • Scotty: the largest T-rex skeleton
  • Grey Owl: Archibald Belaney
  • The Great Depression: Dirty Thirties
  • Tommy Douglas: the father of universal health care in Canada
  • Publicly funded hospital insurance
  • Fast facts: nicknames, size, population, etc.
  • Indigenous peoples: Cree, Saulteaux, Dakota, Dene, Métis
  • Prairie towns
  • Homesteaders
  • Landscape
  • Elk, deer, moose, black bears, foxes, bald eagles, beavers
  • Mounties
  • Hike, canoe, swim, camp
  • Fun facts
  • Conservationist
  • Cultural appropriation
  • Western red lily: tiger lily, prairie lily, wood lily
  • Sharp-tailed grouse
  • Lek
  • Grit
  • Paper birch tree
  • Walleye
  • Angler
  • Crops: wheat, canola, lentils, peas
  • Pronghorn
  • Prairie dogs
  • Bison
  • Carbon
  • Trees: spruce, pine, tamarack
  • Mosses
  • Berries
  • Wild flowers
  • Lakes
  • Wetlands
  • Caribou
  • Wolf
  • Lynx
  • Fox
  • Birds: owls, ravens, chickadees
  • Snowshoe hare
  • Wheat fields
  • Mines
  • Oil wells
  • Beaver pelts
  • Farmland
  • Grasslands
  • Breadbasket of Canada
  • Mining
  • Crops: oats, durum
  • Farm machinery
  • Mining equipment
  • Industrial products
  • Cost of living
  • Rivers, waterways
  • Settlers
  • Trading posts
  • Farming
  • Food, clothing, tools, shelter
  • Pemmican: drying meat, rendering fat, dried berries, pemmican bags
  • Status
  • Resources for growing crops, electricity, fuel
  • Natural fertilizers: Epsom salts, compost, banana peels, eggshells, coffee grounds
  • Powwow
  • Jigs
  • Bannock
  • New traditions, faith, music, recipes
  • Ukrainian settlers
  • Perogies
  • "Bunny hug"
  • Fishing, camping, boating, hiking, hunting
  • Snowmobiling
  • Hockey
  • Football
  • Roughriders: Rider Nation
  • Provincial government: premier
  • Regional governments
  • Provinces
  • Education
  • Transportation
  • Natural resources
  • Public services
  • Constitutional monarchy
  • Weird laws
  • Baptist minister
  • Medical care
  • Customs
  • Celebrations
  • Paralympic Games
  • Sketch and colour the flag
  • Landscapes
  • Perspective
  • Horizon
  • Create your own landscape
  • Birch-bark biting
  • Symmetry
  • Pattern
  • Make your own birch-bark design
  • Design your own provincial symbol
  • Use an ink pad to make your fingerprints
  • Psalm 8:3–4
  • God cares about you
  • Jeremiah 17:7–8 (NIV)
  • Trust in the Lord
  • Luke 5:4
  • Let down your nets
  • Matthew 25
  • "Parable of the Talents"
  • Matthew 25:29
  • God entrusted us with gifts
  • Matthew 6:19–20
  • Treasures in heaven
  • Luke 10:33–34
  • "Parable of The Good Samaritan"
  • 1 Samuel 16:7b
  • The Lord looks on the heart
  • Saskatchewan
  • Canada
  • North America
  • Saskatchewan River
  • Ukraine
  • Germany
  • Scandinavia
  • Prairie Provinces
  • Alberta
  • Manitoba
  • Northwest Territories
  • Montana
  • North Dakota
  • Prairie region
  • Boreal plain
  • Boreal shield
  • Taiga shield
  • Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park
  • Tunnels of Moose Jaw
  • Regina
  • Wanuskewin Heritage Park
  • Prince Albert National Park
  • Lake Athabasca
  • Rocky Mountains
  • Labrador
  • Royal Saskatchewan Museum
  • RCMP Heritage Centre
  • RCMP training depot
  • Saskatoon
  • Ancient buffalo jump
  • Boreal forest
  • Sand dunes
  • Estevan
  • England
  • Great Plains
  • Aspen parkland
  • Sun
  • Earth's atmosphere
  • Europe
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Scotland
  • Weyburn
  • Wheat Province
  • Vitamin D
  • Calcium
  • Phosphorus
  • UV rays
  • UVB rays
  • Chaga
  • Ecosystems
  • Sunrises
  • Sunsets
  • Storm clouds
  • Aurora borealis: northern lights
  • Human digestion: mechanical digestion, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, liver, gallbladder, pancreas
  • Bird digestion: esophagus, crop, proventriculus, gizzard, grit, liver, pancreas, small intestine, large intestine
  • Cow digestion: rumen, reticulum, omasum, abomasum, chews cud, four stomach compartments
  • Minerals
  • Energy sources
  • Potash
  • Potassium
  • Fertilizer
  • Uranium
  • Nuclear power plants
  • Oil: gasoline, diesel fuel, plastics
  • Natural gas: heating, electricity
  • Fossil fuels
  • Agricultural technology
  • Biotechnology
  • Environmental science
  • Grow a plant
  • Hypothesis
  • Fingerprints
  • Prosthetics: body-powered, myoelectric, carbon fiber
  • Vocabulary: Prohibition, boreal
  • Begin the unit project: add flag, quick facts, etc.
  • Vocabulary: variations, mottled
  • Describe the provincial symbols
  • Add more symbols to your unit project
  • Write a poem and try adding alliteration
  • Vocabulary: durable, shaft
  • Add key industries to unit project
  • Vocabulary: generosity, obsolete
  • Write a myth about a "bunny hug"
  • Descriptive language
  • Personification
  • Complete your unit project
  • Canadian government
  • First Nations
  • The Prohibition
  • Scotty: the largest T-rex skeleton
  • Grey Owl: Archibald Belaney
  • The Great Depression: Dirty Thirties
  • Tommy Douglas: the father of universal health care in Canada
  • Publicly funded hospital insurance
  • Fast facts: nicknames, size, population, etc.
  • Indigenous peoples: Cree, Saulteaux, Dakota, Dene, Métis
  • Prairie towns
  • Homesteaders
  • Landscape
  • Elk, deer, moose, black bears, foxes, bald eagles, beavers
  • Mounties
  • Hike, canoe, swim, camp
  • Fun facts
  • Conservationist
  • Cultural appropriation
  • Western red lily: tiger lily, prairie lily, wood lily
  • Sharp-tailed grouse
  • Lek
  • Grit
  • Paper birch tree
  • Walleye
  • Angler
  • Crops: wheat, canola, lentils, peas
  • Pronghorn
  • Prairie dogs
  • Bison
  • Carbon
  • Trees: spruce, pine, tamarack
  • Mosses
  • Berries
  • Wild flowers
  • Lakes
  • Wetlands
  • Caribou
  • Wolf
  • Lynx
  • Fox
  • Birds: owls, ravens, chickadees
  • Snowshoe hare
  • Wheat fields
  • Mines
  • Oil wells
  • Beaver pelts
  • Farmland
  • Grasslands
  • Breadbasket of Canada
  • Mining
  • Crops: oats, durum
  • Farm machinery
  • Mining equipment
  • Industrial products
  • Cost of living
  • Rivers, waterways
  • Settlers
  • Trading posts
  • Farming
  • Food, clothing, tools, shelter
  • Pemmican: drying meat, rendering fat, dried berries, pemmican bags
  • Status
  • Resources for growing crops, electricity, fuel
  • Natural fertilizers: Epsom salts, compost, banana peels, eggshells, coffee grounds
  • Powwow
  • Jigs
  • Bannock
  • New traditions, faith, music, recipes
  • Ukrainian settlers
  • Perogies
  • "Bunny hug"
  • Fishing, camping, boating, hiking, hunting
  • Snowmobiling
  • Hockey
  • Football
  • Roughriders: Rider Nation
  • Regional governments
  • Provinces
  • Education
  • Transportation
  • Natural resources
  • Public services
  • Constitutional monarchy
  • Weird laws
  • Baptist minister
  • Medical care
  • Customs
  • Celebrations
  • Paralympic Games
  • Sketch and colour the flag and seal
  • Landscapes
  • Perspective
  • Horizon
  • Vanishing points
  • Vanishing lines
  • Create your own landscape
  • Birch-bark biting
  • Symmetry
  • Pattern
  • Make your own birch-bark design
  • Design your own provincial symbol
  • Use an ink pad to make your fingerprints
  • Psalm 8:3–4
  • God cares about you
  • Jeremiah 17:7–8 (NIV)
  • Trust in the Lord
  • Luke 5:4
  • Let down your nets
  • Matthew 25
  • "Parable of the Talents"
  • Matthew 25:29
  • God entrusted us with gifts
  • Matthew 6:19–20
  • Treasures in heaven
  • Mark 8:36
  • What does a man gain
  • Luke 12:15
  • Life is not about possessions
  • Luke 10:33–34
  • "Parable of The Good Samaritan"
  • 1 Samuel 16:7b
  • The Lord looks on the heart
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