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Lesson 6#                                   The Northern Igloo

SUBJECT: Language Arts and Arts Education

TOPIC: Building an Igloo

TIME FRAME: 1-3 classes

COMMON ESSENTIAL LEARNING'S:

Communication - Students' will discuss their assignment with one another.

MATERIALS:  Books of igloos, pencils, maps and pictures, sugar cubes icing sugar                             
                          glue and cardboard.

1. OBJECTIVES:                             Saskatchewan Language Arts Objectives
                                                         Saskatchewan Arts Education Objectives

Cognitive: Students will...

- learn more about the igloo by researching for information in the materials and website        
  provided.

Affective: Students will...

- understand the the concept of the convenience the igloo provided in short duration's. For example,
  one day to one week or longer.

Physical: Students will...

- build an igloo using sugar cubes to work on their fine motor skills.

Spiritual: Students will...

- appreciate the differences of the first Nation’s communities and understand their unique   
  cultures.          

2. RESOURCES:

http://www.gorp.com/grandshelters
This website contains pictures of Igloos.

http://freezone.com/action/igloo/intro.html
This website contains a description of an Igloo.

http://dac3.pfrr.alaska.edu/~ddr/ASGP/ALASKA/INFO/MYTH3.HTM
This website contains a common myth about the Inuit

http://www.4anything.com/cgi/rfrsearch.cgi?http://collections.ic.gc.ca/cape_dorset/dwell3.html
This website contains a description of an Igloo.

Some people may believe that the Inuit live in igloos throughout the winter.  This is a myth as the igloos were only used if they were travelling and needed a place to sleep for the evening.  Some igloos were used longer if the First Nation peoples were hunting in a certain area.  Constructing an igloo did not take any time at all.

Constructing an Igloo out of sugar cubes -  Have the students' participate in groups or doing his as an individual activity.

Research Paper -  Have the students' research the uses of the igloo. When was it used, was it warm, how did they construct an igloo?

5. EVALUATION:

Night View: Grand Shelters, 1998                                                                                                                                          Night View: Seal River Heritage                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Lodge, 1999