Lesson # 5 (Monday, January 14, 2019)

Title/Name of Lesson: Landforms and Koojeese Inlet/Early days in Iqaluit

Grade Level: Grade 2
Duration of the lesson: 3 X 30 mins
Name of Teacher: Mr. Makiwa
Overview/Rationale: In this lesson students will learn about landforms in Iqaluit including the Koojeese Inlet. They will also learn
about the Early days in Iqaluit.

CONTEXT AND QUESTIONS

Big Ideas and Dis- What makes the community of Iqaluit, Nunavut unique to Canada?
cussion Questions

DESIRED RESULTS: WHAT DO YOU WANT THEM TO UNDERSTAND?

General Learning 2.1 Students will demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of how geography, culture, language,
Outcome(s) heritage, economics and resources shape and change Canada?s communities.

Specific Learning 2.1.2: investigate the physical geography of an Inuit, an Acadian, and a prairie community in Canada
Outcome(s) by exploring and reflecting the following questions for inquiry:
• How are the geographic regions di↵erent from where we live? (LPP)
• What are the major geographical regions, landforms and bodies of water in each community? (LPP)

2.1.3: investigate the cultural and linguistic characteristics of an Inuit, an Acadian and a prairie com-
munity in Canada by exploring and reflecting upon the following questions for inquiry:
• How are the communities strengthened by their stories, traditions and events of the past? (CC, TCC)

Learning • How are the geography of Iqaluit di↵erent from that of Lethbridge?
Objectives • What are the major geographical regions, landforms and bodies of water in Iqaluit and Lethbridge?
• How is Iqaluit strengthened by stories, traditions and events of the past?

DIFFERENTIATION/CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
Di↵erentiation 8N Use book or movie, not both. Complete worksheet together. Instead of a worksheet complete a
chart as a class or alone.

Classroom Man- Watch students for listening during discussion and video. Have students sit in central area for book
agement reading and discussion. Students should be on task during worksheet.

ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE: HOW WILL YOU KNOW THEY UNDERSTAND?

Summative Formative Ongoing observations, discussions, Venn
Assessment(s) Assessment(s) diagram comparing school in Iqaluit and
Lethbridge

LEARNING EXPERIENCE: HOW WILL THEY ENGAGE WITH THE MATERIAL?

Tech to Do Smartboard/ whiteboard, Projec- Resources About Inuit people http://
tor, PowerPoint slides, Computer; bit.ly/aboutinuit, Igloos
video projector; screen; book; http://bit.ly/howiglooswork,
worksheet http://bit.ly/yummyigloo, Noth-
ern Lights http://bit.ly/2nADMYA,
http://bit.ly/2Eiv8E5, bit.ly/
2nAKttw, Inuktitut words being pro-
nounced http://bit.ly/2nACdK1,
Writing your name in Inuktitut
http://bit.ly/2nAEWD6, What
you can do in Iqaluit for fun
http://bit.ly/2nACYml, url-
http://bit.ly/2nAKQ7p

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TIME CONTENT/DESCRIPTION ASSESSMENT

Prior to 12:40 pm Set up computer with video ready to play. Have worksheet printed o↵ and
ready.
Photocopy materials for the class a day before.

12:40 pm Introduction Class discussion.

5 minutes Use attention grabber. Review material covered in the last lesson.
Who can tell me what we learned in Social Studies on Thursday last week?.
Today, we are going to learn about the landforms in Iquluit. We will also
learn about early days in Iqaluit.

12:45 pm Canadian and Nunavut Maps Class discussion. Walk

10 minutes Use attention grabber. Talk about the Canadian and Nunavut flags. around and watch stu-
dents color the flags

12:55 pm Inuit Game The back push. Show students how to play the back push Observation, discus-
10 minutes game. Show instructions on the white board. sions. Are students
We are going to play a game called the back push. 1. Sit on the floor engaged in the activity?
back to back with a partner. 2. Knees should be bent. Reach behind and
interlock arms with your partner. 3. With your hands and feet on the floor,
try to push your partner backwards. 4. The person who pushes further back
wins. Ask students to go back to their desks quietly.

13:05 pm Landforms and Koojeese Inlet Class discussion

10 minutes Show the class pictures of Iqaluit from http://bit.ly/Iqaluitimages.
Ask students what they see as you go through the pictures.
What do you see?
How di↵erent is this from Lethbridge?
Bays/Rivers and Lakes
Iqaluit is at the mouth of the Sylvia Grinnell River. The river runs into a big
bay called Koojesse Inlet. In winter, the bay and river are frozen solid But
from July to November, there is no ice. Many little rivers and lakes near
Iqaluit also thaw out then

13:15 pm Map Observation. Are stu-

5 minutes Show students the map at http://bit.ly/Iqaluitmap dents paying attention
Who can show us where the Koojessee Inlet is? What is an Inlet? An inlet to the video? Pause the
is a narrow waterway extending into the land, or connecting a bay or lagoon video and ask a ques-
with a larger body of water tion to encourage them
to pay attention.

13:20 pm Early days in Iqaluit Let students know that we will now look at the early Observation/ Discus-
15 minutes days in Iqaluit. We are going to learn about the history of the Inuit. sion. check to see if
I need you to go to the website shown on the board, read the information students are on task.
there, and fill in the worksheets that I have given you.

13:35 pm Read Book “Canadian Sites and Symbols” Observation. Are stu-
10 minutes Come to the carpet. I want us to read a few pages from the book “Canadian dents paying attention
Sites and Symbols” by Linda Aspen-Baxter while you read?

13:45 pm Watch video on Igloos Let students know that we will now look at the Observation/ Discus-
10 minutes early days in Iqaluit. We are going to learn about the history of the Inuit. sion. check to see if
I need you to go to the website shown on the board, read the information students are on task.
there, and fill in the worksheets that I have given you.

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13:55 pm Discussion: Igloos and Animal Hide tents Ask students if they would Observation/ Discus-
10 minutes live in a house made of snow, and then watch the following video on how sion
Igloos work https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L7EI0vKVuU

14:05 pm Conclusion Observation/ Discus-

5 minutes What did you learn about the Inuit people today? sion

14:10 pm Lesson ends

11:10 pm

REFLECTION
WHAT WENT WELL WHAT I COULD HAVE DONE BETTER

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