education

  • My Community vs. Nunavut Lesson

    uploaded by: Gabriela Gamez

    channel: Exploring Inuit Culture Online

    Students will differentiate between weather and climate. For 1 month, they will collect and graph daily temperature and precipitation data at school and use the Internet to collect the same data for a community in Nunavut. Students will then discuss how the long-term daily weather averages begin to describe each climate.

    Content Areas: Social Studies, Science, Technology

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    uploaded date: 15-06-2009

  • My First Polar Bear Lesson (Nanugiurutiga)

    uploaded by: Gabriela Gamez

    channel: Exploring Inuit Culture Online

    Prior to watching Nanugiurutiga (My First Polar Bear), students will review the significance of hunting in the Inuit culture. Students will also complete a KWL Chart about polar bears, filling in teacher provided facts about this Arctic animal. Students will discuss the two threats to the survival of the polar bear: hunting and global warming.… Read more

    uploaded date: 15-06-2009

  • Dog Team Lesson (Qimuksik)

    uploaded by: Gabriela Gamez

    channel: Exploring Inuit Culture Online

    Prior to watching Qimuksik (Dog Team), students will complete a KWL Chart and will learn general information about Nunavut and the Inuit. Following the film, students will revisit their chart, adding any information they learned during the lesson. Students will then reflect on the film and illustrate a scene that they recall, complete with a brief description.

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    uploaded date: 15-06-2009

  • 13m 44s

    Shaping Our Future (Inuktitut version)

    uploaded by: IAF

    channel: Inuit Art Foundation (IAF)

    Narrated in Inuktitut, Shaping our Future provides a brief overview of the Inuit Art Foundation and its many activities. Combining footage from the Arctic with scenes filmed at the foundation’s headquarters in Ottawa, the 12-minute video follows IAF’s evolution from publisher of a modest newsletter into a model organization for indigenous groups worldwide.… Read more

    uploaded date: 15-12-2008

  • 12m 30s

    Shaping Our Future

    uploaded by: IAF

    channel: Inuit Art Foundation (IAF)

    A brief overview of the activities of the non-profit Inuit Art Foundation, which exists to facilitate the creative expressions of Inuit artists and to foster a broader understanding of these expressions worldwide.

    Filmmaker Contact:

     

    www.inuitart.org

    Year of Production: 2004

    Country: Canada

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    uploaded date: 11-12-2008

  • 10m 59s

    IQ Part I

    uploaded by: Rosa Flynn

    channel: EICC

    A video of a lesson using the ‘Exploring Inuit Culture Curriculum’ of Isuma. Bringing Inuit culture into primary schools for the International Polar Year, the EICC is a multi-media unit for grades 4-6 about Inuit culture, the Arctic and Canada’s newest territory, Nunavut.… Read more

    uploaded date: 04-04-2008

  • 38m 58s

    Artcirq Lesson

    uploaded by: Rosa Flynn

    channel: EICC

    A video of a lesson using the ‘Exploring Inuit Culture Curriculum’ of Isuma. Bringing Inuit culture into primary schools for the International Polar Year, the EICC is a multi-media unit for grades 4-6 about Inuit culture, the Arctic and Canada’s newest territory, Nunavut.… Read more

    uploaded date: 27-03-2008

  • 3m 55s

    the Love you give

    uploaded by: Castille Troy

    channel: loveyougive

    Inuit, Metis, and First Nation Youth prevent violence and promote healthy equal relationships.

    Filmmaker Contact:

     

    www.loveyougive.org info@loveyougive.org

    Year of Production: 2009

    Distributor Information:

     

    Minwaashin Lodge - Aboriginal Women's Support Centre

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    uploaded date: 21-01-2008

  • 51m 23s

    Ajainaa! (Almost!)

    uploaded by: Norman Cohn

    channel: NITV Nunatinni Igloolik Community-TV 1995-2007

    Ajainaa! features Igloolik Elders discussing their views of contemporary Inuit life. Topics include the role of Inuit and "Southern" forms of education, survival strategies (such as how to save a drowning victim), and the differences between camp and settlement life. Written, produced, and performed by Isuma's Uqallangniq Elders Group.

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    uploaded date: 18-11-1994