Alberta Grade 5 Social Studies NEW Curriculum | Ancient Economies & Empires Unit
Teach the Systems organizing idea of Alberta's new Grade 5 Social Studies curriculum (implemented September 2026) with a complete, ready-to-teach unit on how ancient civilizations ran their economies and their governments: how farming advances built the first cities, how markets, money, banks and taxes began, the Silk Road, Persia's royal road and the Sahara caravan routes, what travelled along them, how authoritarian rulers claimed and kept power, social classes and gender, how empires grew, and how trade helped African empires rise and fall. What is included - 11 PowerPoint decks (126 slides) for 10 lessons and a culminating task, with lesson-specific speaker notes.
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