1. Inuit in the Arctic
Learning Objective: To understand how the Inuit have adapted to the Arctic
Success Criteria:
I can identify and explain 1 climatic and 1 environmental adaptation the Inuit have made
Do Now: Look at the photo of this Inuit tool- what is it? How and why is it used by the Inuit?

2. The answer??
They are snow glasses! In Inuktitut (Inuit Language) ilgaak
They are used to prevent
snow blindness
They are carved from bone

3. Task Using the information on the following slides, complete the chart
Who
When
Where
Why
How

4. The Inuit
Who? Inuit are the people of the Arctic, in the Northwest Territories, Labrador and Quebec in Canada, above tree line in Alaska (where people are called the Inupiat and Yupik), and in Russia (where people are called the Yupik people). In some areas, Inuit people are called “Eskimos” however many Inuit find this term offensive. The word “Inuit” means “the people” in the Inuktitut language.

5. The Inuit
When
Archeologists believe that the Inuit began to move from modern Greenland between 4500 BC and 2500 BC
The Inuit are thought to have arrived in Alaska approximately 1000 years ago

6. The Inuit
Where
The original Inuit people, began moving from what is now Siberia, across the Bearing Land Bridge to what is now Alaska and the Canadian Territories

7. The Inuit Why They hunted musk ox, caribou, reindeer, seals and whales
They were always following the herds- as the herds moved, they had to follow them

8. The Inuit
How
During the last ice age, the land between Russia (Siberia) and Alaska was connected by ice
As the animals began to move across the ice sheet, the early Inuit followed along the Bering Bridge (now the Bering Straight)
When the ice began to melt, the bridge disappeared

9. How they Adapted: List the adaptation you see

10. The Hunt
The Inuit would hunt for their food- to capture seals, the Inuit Hunter would find a small hole in the ice where seals come to breath- they would place a polar bear hair over the hole and wait for it to move (meaning there was a seal under the ice taking a breath) the harpoon the seal through the hole

11. The Inukshuk
(inukshuk video)
Inukshuks were used by the Inuit, to mark where they had been- why would this be necessary for Inuit hunters?

12. The Clothes What adaptations do you see in their clothing?
Parka (long seal fur coat, can sit down without a cold bottom!
Mukluks- high seal skin boots
Caribou mitten
Mothers would carry
Babies on their backs
So their hands would
Always be free to work

13. The Home
An igloo is a hut, made of blocks, typically snow but also sod (in the summer months when it is warmer)

14. The Transport
Inuit would travel and hunt using kayaks (qajaq) and dog sled teams
Both methods do not require petrol
Kayaks were made with animal skin stretched over a bone frame
Dog sleds were built using bone and wooden frames with animal fur wrapped around water dripped on the skies, to make them icy and more slippery
Why did hunters HAVE TO learn the “Inuit Roll”

15. Task
Create a Web Diagram to Describe and Explain how the Inuit have adapted to their life in the Arctic (Use symbols and words)