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Learning to Give: Generosity of Spirit Folktales
Students read two Inuit folktales about life and death. In this language arts lesson plan, students study the models of giving found in these Inuit tales about life, death, grief, sacrifice, and generosity. As the class reads these...
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More than One Way of Knowing
Students compare the obeservations of traditional people with the oberservations of Western science. They validate Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (IQ) through comparison and the identification of...
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The Inuit People
Students complete a unit of study of the Inuit people. They write a report, but also create snowflakes out of Borax and pipe cleaners; Inuit masks out of paper plates and feathers; and mukluks out of paper bags and cotton balls.
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The Inuit Society-- The Importance of Tradition
Students conduct research at the Inuit perspective website to explore the life and culture of the modern day Inuit.
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Kitikmeot Heritage Society: Angulalik Fur Trade: Stephen Angulalik
This website profiles a fur trader in the 20th Century, over a century after the merger of the North West and Hudson's Bay Companies in 1821. But this website is interesting for assessing the impact of the fur trade on First Nations...
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Kitikmeot Heritage Society: Angulalik: Kitikmeot Fur Trader Teacher's Guide
This is an excellent collection of teaching materials on Stephen Angulalik and Inuit culture for junior high to adult, prepared by Emily Angulalik, his daughter. There are lesson sheets, photos and music files to download, as well as...
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Inuit Life in Nunavik
This Inuit project was created by students at a school in northern Quebec as a whole school project. It covers the topics of Inuit winter wear, traditional tools, community businesses, a day in the life of a child, school life, teenage...
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Kitikmeot Heritage Society: A Magical Journey to Visit Angulalik
We travel with Roy from Inuvik as he travels to visit his cousin in Cambridge Bay on Victoria Island. Along the way we learn about the culture of the Copper Inuit.