Teaching the NEW Grade 3 Alberta Social Studies curriculum? Systems: Understanding Decision Making and Government is your complete, ready-to-use unit for the second theme and aligned to the FINAL Grade 3 curriculum released in June 2025.
This comprehensive resource helps your students explore how Alberta’s natural resources and government systems shape communities, support the economy, and influence daily life.
If you're looking for engaging, curriculum-aligned lessons that save time and make complex concepts easier to teach — this is it.
This resource addresses two key guiding questions:
How are natural products used in Alberta?
How is Alberta governed?
Students will investigate natural resource use in Alberta alongside decision-making, levels of government, services and decision making.
✅ What’s Included:
✅ Overview of all KUSPs for the "Systems" theme
✅ Student-friendly "I Can" statements for every outcome
✅ Visual journal prompts to encourage reflection and connection
✅ Teacher info pack (35 pages) with further learning experience ideas
✅ 168 teaching slides to guide each less
✅ Student workbook (20 pages) that aligns with the teaching slides.
✅ Answer keys included for workbook and assessments
✅ Anchor chart, Tier 3 vocabulary cards, SCOOT game and chat station discussion cards (25 pages)
✅ Collaborative Colouring Poster
✅ 1-page assessments for each lesson
✅ 2 summative assessments + answer keys (33 pages total)
✅ Online video and book links to deepen engagement
✅ Curated website links for teachers and students
Lessons at a Glance:
Natural Resources & Economy
Lesson 1 - What are Alberta’s natural resources? (renewable and non-renewable resources)
Lesson 2 - Where are Alberta’s resources found?
Lesson 3 - Why do people settle near resources?
Lesson 4 - How do resources support Alberta’s economy?
Lesson 5 - How do we protect land and resources?
Lesson 6 - Culminating activity: Alberta resource showcase
Government & Decision-Making
Lesson 7: Levels of government in Alberta
Lesson 8: Differentiate between governments
Lesson 9: Government leaders, roles, and services
Lesson 10: How citizens choose leaders – elections
Lesson 11: How government helps communities
Lesson 12: Symbols of Alberta’s provincial government
Why Teachers Love It:
Designed by an Alberta teacher, specifically for the NEW Alberta Social Studies Curriculum
Makes complex government concepts accessible to Grade 3 students
Packed with ready-to-teach content - just print or project and go
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