Grade 2
Inuit
Explore Canada's Far North!
Curricular Highlights
- Explorations: Discover the geography and climate of Canada’s far north. Learn to speak some Inuktitut words. Play an animal tracking game. Examine authentic Inuit artifacts. Carve a soapstone inuksuk.
- Theme: Inuit
- Grade: 2
- Categories: Social Studies, FNMI, Project-Based
Enhance your learning experience!
This program can be delivered as:
In-School Field Trips
Description: Think you can write in Inuktitut? Test your tracking skills, play Inuit games, and get into the storytelling spirit! You’ll even make your own soapstone Inuksuk to take home! Pack your parka, grab your compass, and get ready to explore!
Format: Our experienced presenters deliver curriculum-based field trips right in your classroom.
Duration: 2 hours
Volunteers: 3 recommended
Teacher Provides: Water
Take Home:
Soapstone Inuksuk
Video Conference
Description: Join our friend Tundra and explore Canada’s far north. Test your tracking skills, learn Inuktitut, and get into the storytelling spirit! You’ll even make your own soapstone Inuksuk to take home! Pack your parka, grab your compass, and get ready to explore!
Format:
Livestreamed with a presenter using Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, etc. Curriculum-based. We ship the supplies to the school. Works in all school re-entry scenarios (classroom and home learning).
Duration: 1.5 hours
Volunteers: 2 recommended
Teacher Provides: Pencils, water, paper towels, black permanent marker.
Take Home:
Soapstone Inuksuk
What Teachers Are Saying
Thank you to Goota Desmarais from Inuit Connections for the insightful and valuable information she shared with us
as we worked collaboratively on this program topic.
A portion of all proceeds from this program will be donated to Indigenous charitable organizations.