1. Input Chart Title Table of Contents
Talking Points
Pictures to support student understanding.

3. Inuit and Rainforest Families
Inuit Family
Rainforest Family
Geographical Location
Amazon Rainforest in South America (Brazil)
Geographical Location
Russia
Alaska
Canada
Greenland
Climate
Cold
Snow
ice
Hot, humid
rain
Shelter
Animal skin tents
Igloos
Today-prefabricated homes
huts
Clothing
Ensures survival
Parka
hides
Sheaths
Headdress
Body paint
Today-Western style clothing
Available Food Resources
Hunting and fishing
Fruits and vegetables
Hunt and fish
No vegetables
Today-similarities to Pasco
Traditions
Sing
Dance
Chant
Celebrations
Story telling
Totem poles
Physical Features
Tropical Rainforest
Amazon River
Physical Features
Barren tundra
Permafrost
Near sea

4. COMPARATIVE INPUT DIRECTIONS
The comparative should be divided diagonally across the page
The matching categories on each side should be chunked in the same color
Work back and forth across the comparative, comparing and contrasting one category at a time to its matching category
Use comparative language-see chart on the right

5. Talking Points for the Input
Today we are going to compare 2 different families from 2 different places in the world. We are going to learn about the Inuit Eskimo family and a Rainforest Family. We will be able to describe things that make these families alike, as well as different.
This is a picture/sketch of an Inuit Eskimo Family. This families geographic location (where they live) is in Alaska. However, they can also be located in Canada, and Greenland. These are way up North by the Arctic Circle where it is very, very cold!
This is a picture/sketch of a Rainforest family who’s geographic location is in the Amazon Rainforest , which is on the continent of South America. This is a very warm place!
Now lets talk about the physical features of these 2 different places. The Inuit live in an environment where the land is flat and barren tundra (no trees).The ground has permafrost (permanently frozen ground) and is near the sea (for hunting).
The Rainforest family’s physical features are a little different. Unlike the Inuit, the Rainforest families live in a Tropical Rainforest. Also, in the Amazon Rainforest there is a HUGE river called the Amazon River (worlds largest river)!
Next, lets discuss the climate in these 2 places. The Inuit live in a very cold, snowy, and icy environment. The rainforest family lives in a hot and humid, environment (average 79 degrees Fahrenheit). And guess what? Did you know it rains almost the entire year there( in.)? Do you think that’s’ why they call them “Rain” forests?
10/2 When I give you the signal word, turn to an elbow partner and tell them something that differs between the Inuit family than the Rainforest Family?
Now we are going to look at the clothing needs of these families based on their environment (surroundings). Some families don’t have the mall and Target like we do, so therefore, they have to make their own clothing based on resources (things available to them) where they live.
Clothing is the most important factor in ensuring survival in the harsh Arctic environment. The Inuit had to make all their clothing from various animal skins and hides because those were the resources they had available to them in their environment. The outer layer of their clothes had the fur facing out, inner layer fur faced in. They also wore an outer garment called a hooded parka (like what we wear when it is cold. A parka is similar to a big, puffy jacket). However, today some Inuit wear more Western Style clothing because they now have those resources available to them. They have some stores where they can go and buy blue jeans and t-shirts like we can.
Rather than wearing clothes to stay warm, in the Rainforest people have to wear clothes to stay cool because the climate is much warmer. Traditionally men cover their lower abdomen with sheaths however, today younger men often wear Western-style shorts (like what you wear) Some rainforest people wear feather headdresses (as a symbol of adulthood) and girls and boys wear colored cloth bands of various bright colors. Many rainforest people also wear body paint during specific rituals and ceremonies.
So, as you can see BOTH families wear clothes that are very different and since they don’t have stores like us, they both have to make their clothing from resources they have available to them in their environment.
10/2-When I give you the signal word, turn to an elbow partner and tell them what sorts of clothing needs we have in our environment here in Pasco.
Next, lets learn about what these 2 different families eat! Just like their clothing, these families get their food based on the resources they have available to them. For example, traditional Inuit hunt and catch seal, whale, caribou, walrus, polar bear, arctic hare, fish, birds, and berries. They eat most their food raw , and eat every part of the animal (gives them vitamins). Since their land is frozen and barren they can’t grow vegetables to eat so therefore, they eat no vegetables (couldn’t grown). However, Today- they eat western style food including fast food!

6. Talking Points for the Input continued…
In the Rainforest, families live off the land by hunting, fishing, and growing fruits and vegetable. Manioc is one of our main crops. Used to make flour for bread (must squeeze poison out first). Then, the Poison is used for arrows to hunt. Rainforest people cook over a fire, unlike us, who cook using a traditional stove, oven, or microwave.
10/2- When I give you the signal word, turn to an elbow partner and tell them one thing that is the same about the Inuit and Rainforest families when it comes to their available resources or how they obtain their food? (ex. They both eat meat, have to hunt for food, cook over fire…)
Now lets compare these 2 families and their shelter (homes). Just like their food and clothing, these families get their shelter based on their environment and resources available to them.
Lets take a look at the Inuit shelter.. Because the Inuit are spread across such a vast area, their housing styles vary.
Animal skin tents (summer)
Snow igloos (winter)
Prefabricated homes made of wood (transported in)
The Rainforest families are similar in the way that they too have to gather materials and build their shelter. However, their shelter is a little different .They live in hatched-roof huts without rooms (made of palm leaves) and their bedding is a hammock (to stay cool). So unlike the Inuit, the Rainforest families don’t have as many resources available to build shelter.
Last, we are going to compare Inuit and Rainforest family traditions. This means we are going to learn about some special occasions or holidays these families celebrate.
An Inuit family engages in traditional storytelling, raising of totem poles (to tell a story through artwork) dancing, and potlatches remain.
Rainforest families are similar because they also love to dance!.In addition, they also Sing, chant. They sing as they go out on a hunt or work the land. (use a type of rattle , maraca , or ticks to beat rhythms) .Bemp (after a local fish) is another celebration.
10/2 When I give you the signal word, turn to an elbow partner and tell them something you learned that is the same between the Inuit and Rainforest Families?

7. Pictures for the Input Inuit igloo Inuit animal skin tent
Rainforest hut
Inuit prefabricated home

8. Rainforest hunter (bow and arrow)
Inuit fisher
Inuit clothing

9. Rainforest Clothes

10. Amazon Rainforest
Arctic Tundra

11. Rainforest food (manioc)
Inuit Food (walrus)
Inuit potlatch (new totem pole)

12. arctic climate
Rainforest climate