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Student Program

Mr. Puffer Goes to Provincial Parliament: A Study of Government in Perspective

Meeting of Alberta's First Legislative Assembly, McKay Avenue School, 1906
Source: Glenbow Archives NA-2883-20

History comes alive in this program that immerses grade 6 students in a role-play experience of early Alberta historical figures and events, including a mock election. The program compares the issues, roles and responsibilities that existed for the first parliamentarians with those working today.