Lesson #8

Wednesday November 28th

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.

Alberta Program of Study:

GLO /GLE SLO/SLE

GLO 1: SLO 1.1.1 - value self and others as unique

- Students will demonstrate an understanding
and appreciation of how identity and self-
esteem are enhanced by their sense of
belonging in their world and how active
members in a community contribute to the
well-being, growth and vitality of their
groups and communities.
GLO 2:
- Students will demonstrate an understanding
and appreciation of how changes over time
have affected their families and influenced
how their families and communities are
today.
individuals in relation to their world:
- appreciate multiple points of view, languages,
cultures and experiences within their groups
and communities
SLO 1.2.2 - analyze how their families and
communities in the present are influenced by events
or people of the past by exploring and reflecting
upon the following questions for inquiry:
- What connections do we have to the Aboriginal,
Francophone and diverse cultures found in our
communities

Critical Questions

Lesson Inquiry Question: What do Indigenous People use Inuksuk’s for and how does it relate to their
community?

Lesson Guiding Questions:

1. What are Inuksuk’s?

2. How do Indigenous people build Inuksuk’s?
3. What do Indigenous people use Inuksuk’s for?

Learning Objectives
Students will…

1. Be able to identify and appreciate why Indigenous people used Inuksuk’s.

2. Be able to identify what an Inuksuk is.
3. Be able to understand the community meaning behind an Inuksuk.

Assessment

Formative:
 Class discussion
 Think/pair/share

Summative Assessment: Handout/Writing assignment

Learning Resources

Resource #1: SMART board lesson

Resource #2: Handout

Material and Equipment

 SMART board
 SMART board markers
 Inuksuk handout
 Pencils
 Pencil Crayons

Lesson Procedures for Thursday November 15th.

Introduction ( 8 min.):

Show the students the video on Inuksuk’s. (https://tvokids.com/school-age/videos/inukshuk)

This video will take 3 minutes to watch.

After watching the video we will have a classroom discussion.

I will ask the students what an Inuksuk is and what they learned about Inuksuk’s from the video we
watched.

This will take 5 minutes.

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

Name: ______________

I followed instructions on what to be filling my Inuksuk

sections with.

C F S R

I took my time and put a lot of effort into my drawings and

coloring

C F S R

My pictures stayed on task, which was representing my

family.

C F S R