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WELCOME TO 2B'S CELEBRATION OF LEARNING PAGE!
WELCOME TO 2B'S CELEBRATION OF LEARNING PAGE!
Imagine living in a land where the temperature stays above freezing for only a couple of months each year, and where winter temperatures sometimes drop below -50C. Almost no trees grow here, and much of the ground is permanently frozen. This land is the Arctic and the Inuit have lived here for hundreds of years. We hope you enjoy learning all about Canada's Inuit Indigenous Peoples as you explore our page.
The Big Idea
In Grade 2B this year, we have been learning all about Canada. We have been exploring the Big Idea that Canada is made up of many diverse regions and communities. With our partners, we explored a particular province or territory. As a class, we focused on the territory of Nunavut and its Inuit Communities. Inuit are Indigenous Peoples living in the Arctic regions of Canada. For hundreds of years the Inuit used their ingenuity to make their home in one of the harshest environments on earth- the Arctic.
Inuit Still
We started our study of the Inuit by reading Inuit Still in pairs. Naomi, who lives in Iqaluit, Nunavut, describes the life of an Inuk nowadays and compares it with long ago. We discovered that their lives have changed a lot, but that they still continue to learn about Inuit culture at school and practice many Inuit traditions with their families. With our partners, we compared and contrasted the life of the Inuit past and present.
The Gift of the Inuksuk
by Mike Ulmer
We discovered that for thousands of years, Inuit built these stones markers in the north, in Canada's Arctic. Some warmed of danger. Some showed Inuit where to hunt. Some helped to guide Inuit across the land. In The Gift of the Inuksuk, we read about a little girl, Ukaliq, who used a pile of stones to build an inuksuk to guide her father and brothers home safely from their hunt.
People in other parts of Canada now enjoy making these markers. The inuksuk has become an important symbol of Canada. Take a look at our amazing artwork.
Nunavut
Nunavut
Inuktitut is the language of the Inuit. Nunavut means "our land. " We discussed the two symbols on the flag of Nunavut. The flag shows the North Star and an inuksuk. We discovered that both the North Star and the inuksuk are traditional guides for Inuit. The inuksuk shows that the land and tradition will remain important to Nunavut in the future.
Core Competency focus
Throughout the year in 2B, we have been developing our Communication, Collaboration and Creative Thinking skills. These skills are evident in the various projects we completed while exploring the traditions and culture of the Inuit. By collaborating with their group, the students were able to work together to pursue common purposes and accomplish common goals. As Creative Thinkers, the students were able to reflect on existing ideas and concepts, use imagination, resourcefulness and flexibility.
About Our Projects
Project #1
In small groups, the students had the task of designing and building a Polar Habitat Diorama for animals of the Arctic. Their Polar habitats included a variety of different mammals that live in the arctic environment. These mammals make up a large portion of the Inuit diet. We discovered that, in the Arctic, animals provided the only materials available for making clothes and tools. Traditional Inuit used animals hides and fur to create warm clothing that helped them survive in the harsh Arctic climate. We learned that Inuit girls helped their mothers and grandmothers to make the clothing.
Project #2
The Inuit Thought of It
In groups, the students were asked to design and build one of the many amazing Arctic inventions created by the Inuit. These inventions include the dogsled, kayak, fishing spear, the igloo, snowgoggles and their own remedies. Traditional Inuit had no doctors or modern medicines to help them treat injuries or diseases. They developed remedies , using whatever was available in the Arctic. Some of these remedies included cranberries, melted snow and freshwater algae.
We hope you enjoy browsing through all our projects. We have worked really hard to complete them.
Thank you for taking the time to visit our page.
*Students' plans, designs and video reflections can be viewed on Seesaw.
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