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Lesson 8 Inukshuk
Lesson 8 Inukshuk
Lesson 8 Inukshuk
Grade: 1/2 Lesson Title: Totem Pole or Inuksuk’s Lesson Duration: 30 minutes
Overview of lesson
Throughout this lesson the student’s will learn about Inuksuk’s and the meanings they hold for FNMI people.
The students will do this through watching a short video about Inuksuk’s and then creating their own for their
family. This will help them relate it to their own life and to have an appreciation for Inuksuk’s and their
meanings.
Critical Questions
Lesson Inquiry Question: What do Indigenous People use Inuksuk’s for and how does it relate to their
community?
Learning Objectives
Students will…
Assessment
Formative:
Class discussion
Think/pair/share
Introduction ( 8 min.):
I will ask the students what an Inuksuk is and what they learned about Inuksuk’s from the video we
watched.
Body ( 20 min.):
I will then explain to the students that just like how we made our family’s coat of arms, Indigenous people
who we have been learning about, they will sometimes make an Inuksuk specifically for their family’s
community and to keep them safe. Some people also make totem poles as well to represent their families
but we are going to be making Inuksuk’s instead because we have already learned about them.
The students will receive 20 minutes to work on this. It is okay if they do not finish as we can continue it
the next class with any left over time we may have.
Closure (2 min.):
Ask the students to please hand in what they have finished into the yellow social studies bin.
Ask the students to please sit on the carpet and we will have a quick review of what Inuksuk’s are before
we transition into science.
Reflections
Rubric
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