Links

The Student Web Links provide excellent websites and online resources that you can use to conduct further Internet research, add to your projects, or take your learning to the next level. Included are resources such as Images Canada, where you can search for specific photographs to complement your research and presentations.

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Show Us Your "True Grit"
Using Problem Solving Processes to Understand the Day-to-Day Challenges Early Ranchers Faced

• Mavericks: A History of Alberta - Character Biographies and Online Artifacts
• Early Rural Life - Ranching - lots of information about ranching in early Alberta
• How the Settlers Survived
• Inside a Settler's Home
• History of Ranching in Southern Alberta
• Early Rural Life in Alberta
• History of Cochrane Ranch
• Life at the Bar U Ranch

"Them's Fightin' Words"
Using Persuasive Reasoning or Debate to Investigate How Our Western Heritage has Shaped Modern Points of View

• CBC Archives: Calgary Stampede: Celebrating Canada's Western Heritage
• AFAC - Free Resource Materials for Teachers on Farm Animal Care
• Canadian Coalition for Farm Animals - Facts About Our Food - Beef
• Applying Brands - Information on the History, Types of Branding, and Why Branding is Done
• The History of Cattle Brands

Settin' Up A "Brand" New Ranch
Understanding the Early Alberta Ranching Life Through the Creation of a Simulated Ranch

• History of Applying Brands
• Cowboy Showcase - Branding
• Alberta Rural Life - Brands and Branding
• History of Cattle Brands
• Typical Brand Designs
• Alberta Rural Life - Early Alberta Ranching Information
• Images Canada - Search historical and archived photographs
• Canada's Beef Cattle Industry Fact Sheet

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