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Instruction:
Time
25 MIN Minds On
• Brief recap of climate change (what is it and current indications of climate
change) through questions and discussion
• Students will then get into groups and discuss how climate change is impacting
First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities
• Each group will then present their ideas that they wrote on chart paper
40 MIN Action
• Learning how climate change effects Indigenous peoples/communities in
Canada - specifically Inuit peoples in Northern Canada
• Climate change impacts the physical and traditional lifestyles for Inuit people
• Transportation challenges - increased transportation times, cost of transporting
and cost of living
• Decreased water quality and increased water quantity
• Effects of cultural sites - such as loss of cultural sites due to flooding or land
deterioration
• Climate change effects on ice cover - these changes will impact wildlife (polar
bear, seal etc.), and the hunters who hunt these animals for their community
• Video on ice cover- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHjXSE0adnQ
• In groups students will answer the “So What?” question - why should we be
aware of these effects on Inuit communities?
• Throughout the lesson students will be engaged by asking and answering
questions
10 MIN Consolidation
• Students will be given a homework assignment to be shared the next day at the
beginning of class
• Homework assignment - to find one current example of human activity (i.e.
pollution, forestry) that could lead to climate change that is directly impacting
Indigenous peoples and/or their community, explain how it effects these
communities and what strategies are they using to cope or combat these effects