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Atanarjuat The Fast Runner

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The Fast Runner Trilogy

The Journals of Knud Rasmussen

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The Fast Runner Trilogy

Before Tomorrow

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Exploring Inuit Culture Curriculum

Nunavut (Our Land) | Artcirq | Arnait

Curriculum Grades 4 to 6

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  • 4m 19s

    Marie Helene Cousineau

    uploaded by: Gabriela Gamez

    channel: Arnait Video Productions

    Marie-Hélène Cousineau talks about the work of Arnait video in Igloolik and how the members of the collective are now looking for a wider audience for their stories, especially after the production of their first feature film, Before Tomorrow. Interviewed by Gabriela Gamez, Montreal, June 2009. In French.

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    uploaded date: 21-06-2009

  • The Traditional Foods of the Inuit Lesson

    uploaded by: Gabriela Gamez

    channel: Exploring Inuit Culture Online

    Students will learn about country foods, or the traditional foods of the Inuit, and how these foods are acquired from the land and sea. Students will also compare the cost of maintaining a traditional diet with the cost of maintaining a diet consisting of food from the south. Finally, students will prepare and enjoy a traditional Inuit bread, bannock.

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    uploaded date: 15-06-2009

  • 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

  • 2m 29s

    Interview with Terry Uyarak

    uploaded by: Marie-Hélène Cousineau

    channel: IsumaTV 2.0

    Terry Uyarak: "And I don't believe when they say "We have the most, efficient, cleanest mining in modern days" because I don't think there are any clean mines." Click more for transcription

     

    - I heard they are making a road for this mining project. Did they start already? From where to where?

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    uploaded date: 03-06-2009