The following video takes you on an aerial flyover of the Frank Slide location near Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, as depicted in the image above. This rockslide happened in 1903 - over hundred years ago. As you watch the video, consider the following questions and use them to guide the completion of the “see, think, wonder” organizer.
Make sure that your comments in the “see, think wonder” organizer have some connection to the above questions.
The story of Turtle Mountain is a cautionary tale of how good environmental stewardship is often trumped by economic or political concerns, resulting in a variety of social impacts.
d. Geographic Perspectives
The sentence above contains each of the geographic perspectives that will be used in our study of the Frank Slide.
Understanding geographic perspectives involves being able to put yourself in the mindset of someone else and think about a situation from their point of view. This activity asks you to think from the perspective of an Indigenous person or a Western miner.
Use the "Frank Slide Show" below to gather information on the contrasting perspectives held by the cultural groups that lived in the area of Frank, Alberta during the early 1900’s.
At this point you have a choice of how you will organize the information in the slideshow. Some learners prefer to follow step by step instructions that help lead them through a new study while others are more comfortable independently exploring, confident they will capture the important information as they read. Before you choose, evaluate the merits of each method and choose the one that you think best fits you as a learner.
Step by Step Graphic Organizer | Independent Exploration (Cornell Note) |
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Step by Step Graphic Organizer | Self Exploration (Cornell Note) |
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Fill in this graphic organizer as evidence of your learning. | Complete this Cornell Note Template as evidence of your learning. Explore this website to help you with Cornell Notes. |
Complete the study using the method of your choice.
Using what you learned in the graphic organizer, answer one of the following questions in the class discussion and provide a comment to your classmates answers for each question you did not answer.